DAH: Sit still.
Monkey: These leaf things are spiky!
DAH: This will only take a minute.
Monkey: I don't know how you get me into these things.
DAH: I pick you up and put you down. That's all.
Monkey: You're always putting me down. Seems like you ought to pick me up more often. I can always use a little lift more than I can use a put down.
DAH: I place you carefully.
Monkey: Fine. But why?
DAH: I'm testing something.
Monkey: Testing what? How sensitive my knitted behind is to poky plants?
DAH: It's a yucca.
Monkey: It certainly is. And an 'oucha!'
DAH: I mean the plant. It's a yucca.
Monkey: Mmm-hmm, mmm-hmm. But you never explained what you're testing.
DAH: These two cameras. I'm taking photographs of the same things with each in turn, to compare their output.
Monkey: And you think anyone wants to see a picture of me on yucca leaves?
DAH: Not really, although you are very handsome.
Monkey: Thank you.
DAH: I'm just taking pictures of any old thing, different sorts of things, to see how the photos from these two different cameras turn out, and how they differ from one another.
Monkey: 'Any old thing.' Very flattering, I'm sure. So, you're a experimental camera scientist now?
DAH: Just two old cameras, new to me. Both belonged to my Dad. One's 20 years older than the other. Both use 35mm film. I'm just trying them out, learning about them.
Monkey: So, how come you're taking a picture of me with your Blackberry, too?
DAH: I need a digital shot for this blog post, silly. I still need to take the film to be developed and printed.
Monkey: You want it all. Instant gratification AND old school photography.
DAH: That's right. That's me. That's now.
DAH is David Anthony Hance at www.DAHplaytime.com
Monkey is usually quieter.
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