My Wife is Awesome.

I didn’t get the chance last week to tell the world how awesome my wife is. After getting my offer – and accepting it – from GSI, she made the executive decision that my digital camera needed an upgrade. And that meant that I got a bright, shiny new Nikon D200 dSLR.

She had broken her Nikon D70 on her birthday this year, and had gotten a new Nikon D200 to replace it. The Nikon D200 is far superior to the D70 (not that the D70 is a bad camera), and I have to admit a bit of jealousy toward her having that mack-daddy piece of photographic marvel. As a reward for my being so good about it over the months, she made sure that my photography continued to progress, as it was starting to be stymied a little by the limitations of the D70.

She buttered me up a bit by letting me know that a small surprise was supposed to be delivered that night, and that I should come home. I was thinking a book, a shirt, maybe some new tevas – that’s what I thought it was in the box when I shook it (gulp!). But I could never have imagined that I would open up that box and find the D200 in it.

I’ve been loving it so far, although it’s taken a little while to get used to the differences, which are fairly significant. But I hope to enjoy this one for quite a while … it’s already paying off in the quality of my photography, and as I get more used to the camera, I’m sure it will pay off even more.