The other day I mentioned that I got a new toy. Well … I was able to get outside and play with it for a little while this afternoon.
My new toy is a new camera! Of course … what else did you think it might be? Another laptop is the only other new toy on my list right now and considering how much money Chris and I spent on our respective toys on Sunday I don’t think I’ll be getting a new laptop anytime soon.
Ok so I bet some of you want to know what kind of camera I got? It’s a Canon EOS 30D digital SLR camera. It’s my first SLR camera so I didn’t want to go to crazy, but I feel that I managed to pick out a pretty good SLR camera to start out with. The CNET article is pretty good, giving the camera and 8.5 rating.
Since I’ve been working on upgrading my sites and trying to get their use of the servers CPU resources down I haven’t had much chance to blog, answer email or play with my new toy.
I did take a few photos Sunday night after I put the camera together and I could see right away that I’d be happy with it.
Then this afternoon I went outside while it was raining lightly and took photos of my flowers. I’ll upload those onto my computer in a little while and see how they turned out. Perhaps I’ll use some of the photos for Wordless Wednesday if they turned out as well as I think they did.
I still plan on using my Sony Cybershot DSC-H5. I love that camera! However when I really want to take a fantastic photo I think the new SLR will be the one I pick up first.
If any of you know of any pro’s or cons of the Canon EOS 30D I’d love to hear about your experiences.
Hey Tricia,
My friend’s very large turtle suddenly laid eggs. They dont have a good basking area so they ended up in the tank water.
I have given her a link to your reptile site. I suggested you are the person to ask questions to
Her name is Cheryl
Hey Tricia,
My first digital SLR camera was the Canon 20D – it’s old but still takes amazing shots. You have to love how Canon can replicate colors in the images like we see them.
Are you still shooting with the Canon D30?
Hi,
I like DSLR as well as it gives me more satisfaction to pictures i’ve taken. I use Nikon D60. I think both Nikon and Canon products are good. They are competing each other.
Hey Tricia, really love the blog!
I’ve just purchased my first DSLR too! they are really really fun to use, and much easier than expected.
I really look forward to seeing some of your photo’s on this blog!
Take care
James