Oxide vs. Obsidian

Yesterday I joined Mil and ShelShel up in the Kingdom. I saw lots of
photo opps whilst driving up there but Sid was safely packed away out
of reach, so I grabbed Oxide instead (he's my emergency photo camera
now). I ended up grabbing him also when we all went out to
photograph the fall foliage in the area. Not sure why I did that,
but whatever.

Well, I'm starting to suspect that Sid is not as good with colour and
detail as Oxide is. The closeups I took yesterday are what really
caught my eye. The detail is stunningly amazing with Oxide. But, I
admit I had him set to Auto and the light was far better than usual
because it was a bright sunny day with a flood of golden colours.
Both my S3 and S5 seem to do best with this type of environment
regardless of macro or wideangle usage. So, I'm probably wrong, and
I hope I am, because it would be a shame if Canon ruined an excellent
line of product in favour of the awesome new features they've added
to it.

I'm going to start dragging both cameras around and do some
comparisons with similar photos. That should give me a better idea
as to what's causing my suspicion, and whether or not it's warranted.

In other news, Lancelot has had a few treats lately. An influx of
bugs has made its way into our household, so I've been hunting and
diverting bugs into Lancelot's home. He's quite appreciative. I
wasn't sure houseflies were a good idea but he loved them and doesn't
appear to have indigestion from them. Currently he's got fruitflies
in there. They appeared after I made something with Fennel in it,
and when a friend left a box of blueberry pastries on the table
yesterday, they dove into the box. Now I refuse to eat the pastries,
but 'twas quite easy to shut the box and then reopen it in Lancie's
cage to release the fruitflies. He hasn't seemed to notice the itty
bitties yet, though. They're still clinging to the glass on the
inside of the cage. Whups, correction. He just saw one move and is
studying its movements with great detail. Snack on the way...

Speaking of snacks, I should have breakfast some time today. Maybe
after I forget about the bug carnage...

~nv