I broke down today and bought the new camera I have been eyeing for a few months. A friend convinced me to join Flickr (see link on left side) a little while ago and it re-awakened my love of photography. However the last time I was really into the hobby was back in high school using an old film SLR camera and shooting mostly black and white. I started doing some research and decided that I wanted the options of a SLR again. Digital has done amazing things for this field and I knew I wanted to be able to take advantage of many of the advances. So after much reading and waffling, and more research, and more flip flopping, I finally decided on the Canon Digital Rebel XSi with 12.2 megapixals. its pretty kick ass. It also ought to keep me plenty busy for quite a few years before i decide I need to upgrade again. I pulled it out of the box at about 4:30pm today and by 5:30 had shot about 150 pictures. Did I mention that i love digital? Now most of those pictures are crap, and just test shots to play with the various features. But i will state that after getting used to the shutter delay and inability to shoot moving objects of the point and shoots... this thing is frickin amazing. So keep an eye on the Flickr account for new stuff... it may be a while before I figure out how to use it well enough to start turning out nice stuff but Im seriously excited.
