Digital Resolution

Well, in my previous article I contemplated about which digital SLR camera to purchase. I finaly decided on the EOS Rebel based on sample image quality and price. This decision was somewhat forced on me by the sudden need to invest lots of money into my home PC, thanks to spurious hard drive failures, sigh.

Anyway, this decision was made prior to renting the Nikon, so I cancelled it, but still wanted to buy the camera from this particular shop, that has store near my office. But I wanted the new limited edition black EOS Rebel, not the somewhat cheesy silver one.....Samy's can't get it! So I found another shop nearby, and after a fat chunk of change later, walked out with my new rig.

I got the EOS Rebel body, the kit lens (18-55 F4-5.6 EF) and a nice zoom lens (75-300mm F4/5.6 IS EF), that's image stablized, plus a couple of batteries, a 1GB high-speed CF card, a few UV filters, and of course, a nifty bag to hold it all. All in all, it's a pretty nice rig.

This weekend I did my first photoshoot with it, taking about 300 product photos in conjunction with www.soaringusa.com, but the lighting conditions were horrible and most of the photos turned out poorly. I also did some backyard photos, and took a few snaps when we visited some relatives on Marni's side of the family. Those turned out pretty good, but clearly there is a learning curve to this camera, and I will need to study up on it. Canon actually has a self paced online tutorial that looks very cool, and it's free with my purchase. Nice!

I'll upload some photos soon.