Finally.
Well I finally got my hands on my first DSLR camera last friday. My friend Tony got the itch from me I think since I was yapping about it so long, and he ended up getting a Canon 40D. I was fortunate enough to have his old one passed down to me.
He just sold me the body so I was without a lens. If you have ever looked at how expensive lenses are you will know they are not cheap. My thoughts are why spend a few hundred bucks and be unhappy with your image quality? My mom has the 17-55 IS, and that is an excellent lens. The bad thing? It’s about a grand. That’s not quite in the budget at this point. So I looked around and stumbled on the 70-200 f4 L series. One of Canon’s least pricey L series. Still, at $600 or so, it’s not in the budget. The wife wants me to redo the basement so she has a workspace for her job (she’s a realtor, and a damn fine one at that). So she made a deal with me that when I get her office done, I would be able to buy what I want.
So, long story short, I really wanted to be able to play with my new toy. So I kept seeing people rant and rave about the Canon 50mm f/1.8 Prime lens. I have zero experience with primes, and to be honest, I had no clue what they were about a month ago (prime lenses are fixed focal length, so there is no zoom). The good? It was $80, super sharp, excellent in low light, and…. did I mention it was cheap!
I hope to learn how to shoot a bit better since I have my OWN camera. I have a few niggles with the XT. I have a hard time proofing my shots to make sure they are in focus. So I need to zoom in on the previews to be sure. It’s also very light. Even more so than the XTi that my mom lets me play with when I am in Tennessee. Other than that I am very happy to have it. If you head over to my gallery
you can see some of my photo’s from this weekend. The wife had to work Saturday, so I took the boys to the Franklin Park Conservatory. Sunday we all got to hang out so we went downtown to the Santa Maria replica Columbus has on the river. Here is a sample:
