Cameras

Dear Olympus and Nikon,

...Seriously? You're going to make high end bridge cameras, with ultra zoom features, and not put a filter screw thread on the lens? SERIOUSLY?

Astonished and disturbed,
Me

I was leaning toward either the Olympus SP800 or the Nikon Coolpix P100, but the lack of threading threw that right out. A life without my graduated neutral density filter is not a life worth living. I think I could count on two hands the number of landscape photos I've taken without it that I actually like.

(As for why I'm looking at cameras...well, I don't need a new one; my four-year-old Olympus C-765UZ still works very nicely. However, 10+ megapixels and 30x optical zoom? YES PLEASE VERY MUCH.)

The other options in that general super zoom category all have other drawbacks (high price and a weird two-handed zoom toggle on the Fuji HS10, focusing issues on the Canon Powershot SX20 IS), so I don't think I'll be buying anything in the near future, but if cameraphiles have recommendations, lay 'em on me.

Recipe: Cranberry-Orange Peach Chicken and Cinnamon Rice

Om nom nom. I love fruit with chicken, and I love orange and cranberry flavors together. Add in some cinnamon and this is a triple win.

This is technically based on a recipe for Chicken Tagine with Apricots and Almonds found in David Leibovitz's The Sweet Life in Paris, but in practice it bears almost no relationship to it.

( Cranberry-Orange-Peach Chicken with Cinnamon Jasmine Rice )

Cross-posted to fandom_cookery.