I’ve been having an amazing time here in Hawaii and it’s been even more awesome having this Nikon D90 along for the trip. Not sure how many photos I’ve taken, but I have an 8 gig Sandisk card that I’ve constantly been clearing off.

This is one of the first real videos I’ve posting using the video on it. It’s definitely a bit odd having a DSLR that shoots video but it’s pretty useful for situations where a photo just won’t do the situation justice.

I haven’t played around with all of the settings yet, but it definitely won’t entirely replace my Flip. The audio is decent and the video quality looks pretty good and you can use any lenses that you’d normally use on the DSLR. I love being able to manually focus on objects.

I must admit though, it is quite funny making a video blog and filming yourself with this camera — definitely feels a bit awkward :) Also, it’s really fun to act like you’re taking a picture of someone and surprise them that it’s a video. They never believe it!

..and now, for some photos:

Amazing view in Pa’ia from the front of Mama’s Fish House.

My fail whale coloring.

The paparazzi was out. I think they were from US Weekly or People?

The water is pretty much perfectly clear!

Waiting for the sun to set.

Leaping in the sunset :)

Sunset!