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After over a year I finaly got myself a new camera.
The D7000 is a great bit of kit, but I'm noticing that I'm not used to walking around with a camera. I need to get back into that, but at least I now own a camera again

Apart from that we now have winter and the days are full of winter activities, including sailing around on the ice on the pavements of Oslo.

Completed two more small walks the last few week-ends. After holding a presentation in Bergen I took the train to Finse. There was an excellent mountain litterature (yes, it does sound a bit wierd) festival there three weeks ago. A good 9 hour walk alone on friday made me realize that
1. "Alone" is not as much fun as "almost alone". Then you can talk to people about how few people you've met
2. The "sound" of nature/silence is fun for about 1,5 hours. After that the noise of a wind-stopper jacket, a huge rugsack and waterproof pants sort of get a bit tedious. I had my ipod with me and was listening to all kinds of nice norwegian music. As the day wore on and my feet started feeling the kilometers, the music got a bit rougher. Papa Roach/Linkin Park about half way and Metallica after 25kms

A good walk anyway.

Last week-end, three of us walked to a cabin in Krokskogen. A short three hour walk on friday. Great dinner in a cabin, a good night sleep and excellent breakfast the morning after followed up by a four hour stroll back to Oslo on Saturday was a perfect start of the week-end. Being back in the city by three and getting the most out of the city on Saturday was cool too!!

Winter almost came and now we're back to autumn. Suits me perfectly as I don't have skis yet. Will get another trip in the woods before the snow comes.

Ok, so I haven't bought it yet, but now I know what I want.
When I owned a D700, I always thought I was missing something (and that's why I sold it).

Now it seems the camera has arrived. D7000. I know that the camera isn't what makes the good shots, but owning a camera does improve the chances.

Otherwise the days are busy. Will be trying to get one more good walk before the snow hits us.

The bag is packed yet again and I'm ready to go.
Will be borrowing a Canon 30d for this one.
Not owning an SLR is actually more fun than owning one as I'm now forced to borrow, and hence try, different kit.

Staying at a cabin in Beitostølen (Norway). Saturday we'll be walking Beseggen, Sunday Bitihorn.
Feeling a bit slow today, and will fix that with an early night... after a quick Guinness

Got a feed-back on Wednesday that was most welcome. Thank you. You know who you are, and now, so do I

As you can see, I've had a weekend in the hills. Another one comming up next week-end.
There will be more photos and the borrowed D90 worked like a charm. It is easier carrying that than a D700 when you allready have 20 kgs in a backpack.
Enjoy the autumn. I sure am!!