Two Realizations before Lunch

Summit One Vanderbilt, Manhattan NY or How My Brain Feels Most of the Time. I realized two things about myself this morning — both embarrassingly self‑centered and exactly what a blog is for. First: camera gear. After a week in NYC carrying a Canon 5D Mark II (an excellent 18‑year‑old DSLR), I finally hit its one real limitation for me: the screen doesn’t tilt or articulate. That matters more than I expected. If you always shoot from eye level, everything ends up looking like “a person holding a camera.” And if you want a low or high angle, you either squat like a gremlin or climb something like an OSHA violation. At my age and girth, neither is ideal. So when I shoot from above or below, I’m basically guessing. I used to have a camera with a fully articulating screen — the kind that swings out like a 1990s camcorder. I hated it. It stuck out, it looked goofy, and I was constantly flipping it open and shut just to carry the thing. So, I swapped it for the Canon, which feels fantastic…