How important is the pageview of a deviant?

I used to think that's really important. I used to compete with my friends here, with the number of pageviews. But one day, I found the pageview in DA can't use as a judge. Because it was out of order... or interrupted by others. My friend's view simply grew up in a way that doesn't make sense - a thousand in a day, and stopped for a period, then another thousand. Does this make sense?

And now I back to DA, and found that there are some ways of getting a boost to pageview, all you have to do is to subcribe to DA...i.e. paying adv. fee...

Shit! when did DA change!? It was simply an art community origionally, with fair, open and peaceful environment. How come everybody(well~most body) have money comes in mind, Doing adv. offered by DA, and gain everybody's comment, fav, watch...with something not really artistic, inspirational but simply for showing off?

I shouldn't stop my old HK buildings collection.

At the time I worked on that, I always said HK people don't know the beauty of those old buildings. Few years after, the buildings vanishes in an even quick rate! The goverment has done NOTHING but kept DEMONISHING them. The so called district renewal is a piece of SHIT! They are distroying Hong Kong, not just a few old bricks.

Catch the time, grab the camera, capture their last smile. That's what I can do now.

So, as what the title's said, I'm gonna buy a new camera replacing my 4 years old(nearly) Sony V1. Well, everything's going fine with it except the wounds on its body and the totally unsensitive shutter(I can't do the half-press focus most of the time!). So, it's been on its half retirement for more than a year!

And that's why I'm now looking for a new camera, a DSLR. It's time for me to shift to another level...I think (and I've been facing so many limitation from my V1...). Well, most probably I'll buy a beginner level DSLR, with kit. I'm targeting Nikon D40/40x or Pentax K10D/K100...Well, still looking for comments(and price of course)...

I've lost for so long after the public exam. I've never return here since then.
Maybe that the fate, I've entered the University to study fashion design - a subject which I know nothing about at that time(I love 2D at that time). Since then, I've been traped. Although I still have some output, they just didn't satisfy me.

And now I'm back, with many brilliant deviantion missed. Hope I don't miss them anymore. And I can still gain support from many missed friends here.