New Month New Camera

Three weeks ago my newest - and my last - camera finally arrived. Seems everytime there is a huge snow or ice storm affecting the area, I am waiting for a big heavy package to arrive....  hopefully on time.

It's another Sony and is just about the same size as my old A6000 which I picked up several years while still living on the West Coast. 

The A7c at first sight looks like that old camera and I can even use my old lenses that were on that older Sony, though at a lower resolution and with a blacked-out border depending on whether I've zoomed in or not. The best things about this new camera is its small size, and very much lighter than all the cameras I've had in the last year. Having a built-in digital teleconverter is very nice too, and am discovering that it's quite sharp! I've mentioned I'm using my older e-mount lenses with this camera, and no matter that I lose a bit of resolution, the images are sharp. Last and not least, I am using my 65w Baseus power bank to power the A7c while on the streets, and when it goes to sleep due to inactivity, it charges the battery too!

Now into my third week of using the A7c, and it really is a fabulous camera BUT used to heavy camera bodies, I am really finding out how light this camera is and NOT  heavy! I know I'll adjust as I have done in the past, through so many camera of film and digital!

Melting Ice fm recent Ice Storm

NO pictures BUT our folding non-waterproof 220w solar panel now has survived lots of snow storms and now thick ice from the recent western New York (WNY) ice storm! It's been on our front awning at the wrong slant to the sun [hoping to fix this angle in Spring if  that ever arrives], but there's a tiny bit of freezing water dripping from above, and the wattage input to the solar battery has increased from yesterday's 2watts to now even springing UP to 8watts even under a mostly cloudy sky with outside temps of freezing and less at night for some months!

Sure, it's a tiny input wattage from the sun BUT it IS charging our solar batteries and I'll happily take any wattage instead of no wattage at all, or the alternative of plugging it in to AC power, which is what we purchased these panels and batteries to avoid!!

How are YOU powering your devices and electronics? We know that one of our three 300w solar batteries will power our TV up to almost six hours, and that's about how long we watch the tube in a normal day. The only reason I am still not buying a higher wattage battery is that it'll require double the time to charge via our use of sun-power!

NO images to illustrate the system we use, BUT we are happy we finally quit talking about it, and actually do something about it. Granted, we may not be getting much now BUT something is better than nothing, and we are on our way to sunpowering more devices and appliances. Also, we are learning how to utilize our batteries in powering various household items.

It's just a matter of time! HOW are you planning for your solar-powered future?