{"id":3569,"date":"2023-01-02T08:36:31","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T07:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/?p=3569"},"modified":"2025-10-22T21:52:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T20:52:39","slug":"happy-new-year-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/02\/happy-new-year-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy New Year 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A friend on Facebook posted a meme depicting this year 2023 as an ominous fog enveloping a wooden rope suspension bridge, of which we can only see the first few uninviting joists. Even if that’s an unfortunate reflection of my own mood, I wish good health and happiness to everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The office closed on 23rd December, and I spent the rest of 2022 recovering from working long hours in the last week. As my one-month sabbatical starts, I want to realise photo ideas, to visit places, to see friends and relatives, and to take care of personal business. Things go slow in Mauritius, so if we don’t manage our time carefully, I might not be able to do everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This blog seems to have taken a photography theme, and I’ll run with it for now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the last week, I played with my brother-in-law’s Canon EOS 40D DSLR camera. It was an interesting discovery. Compared to my Nikon D200, the Canon seems to do more through soft controls and menus, which forces me to take my eyes off the viewfinder. For example, on the Nikon, I can change ISO setting by pressing the ISO button and rotating a wheel until the correct ISO shows in the finder; on the Canon, I have to press the ISO button, then<\/em> look at the screen to select the correct value. Similarly, to set the timer on the Canon, I have to press the drive button, then<\/em> look at the screen again to choose the timer option; on the Nikon, I only have to rotate the function wheel to the timer function.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, this opinion is based on my first experience with a Canon camera\u2014an old model at that. But, overall, it was nice to use a different camera. My nephew, who is all about fashion when he isn’t absorbed in TikTok or Fortnite, wanted some photos. His request was a good opportunity to test the Canon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I also took a couple of shots from the rooftop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A friend on Facebook posted a meme depicting this year 2023 as an ominous fog enveloping a wooden rope suspension bridge, of which we can only see the first few uninviting joists. Even if that’s an unfortunate reflection of my own mood, I wish good health and happiness to everyone. * * * The office […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1j9q5-Vz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3653,"url":"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/20\/jai-demande-a-la-lune\/","url_meta":{"origin":3569,"position":0},"title":"J’ai demand\u00e9 \u00e0 la lune","author":"Eddy Young","date":"20 June 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Je n'ai pas grand chose \u00e0 te dire Et pas grand chose pour te faire rire Car j'imagine toujours le pire Et le meilleur me fait souffrir \u2014Indochine","rel":"","context":"In "General"","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3881,"url":"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/02\/a-few-memories-of-tahiti\/","url_meta":{"origin":3569,"position":1},"title":"A few memories of Tahiti","author":"Eddy Young","date":"2 December 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"From November 2019 to January 2020, P and I holidayed in Tahiti. 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