new camera

Roger and I decided this year we were going to buy ourselves one gift rather than getting each other gifts. We narrowed the choices down to a new surround sound for the living room or a new digital camera. Today we went shopping.

All of the surround sound sets we found were wireless. That’s great ~ for a home that doesn’t already have a dozen wireless things competing for airtime. The wireless network we have set up for internet access is a bit finicky, and occasioally someone will get kicked off when the cordless phones ring. It’s a bit annoying. So, we decided it would be better to not add more wireless contraptions to the already overloaded system in our house.

That meant our choice was a digital camera. Roger did a little investigating ~ Consumer Reports and such. I’m a camera buff, so I pretty much already had my choices of digital cameras narrowed down to two. One was a Nikon, the other was the Canon EOS Rebel. I have always owned Canons ~ I still have and use my very first camera; a 1977 Canon AE Program. Yep, it’s film. But I use it and love it anyway.

I have been looking at the Nikons, but having been a dedicated Canon user since I was a kid, it was hard for me to imagine not owning another Canon. When Roger did his investigating, he learned that the EOS Rebel XSi was the best camera in our approximate price range.

Best Buy had the camera (body) and two lenses on sale this week. It’s a kit ~ you get the camera, the regular lens and a zoom lens. The zoom lens is usually a $350 lens. With the kit it was $200. I just couldn’t pass that one up.

So today we brought home our new baby ~ the Canon EOS Rebel XSi. I started playing around with it. Wow ~ the images it’s capturing are amazing. I was beginning to get frustrated with the digital camera I got from my dad ~ it was just too slow to catch the things I wanted to catch, and half the time even when I did catch something it turned out blurry! With the new Rebel I took a picture of the dog walking away ~ something in motion that should have turned out blurry ~ and the picture was as clear and sharp as it could possibly be. I’m SOOOOOOOO thrilled!

canon-eos-rebel-xsiSay hello to my new baby! I can’t wait to start taking pictures with it. Roger even asked me if I would teach him some photography.

So far I love this camera…and I will be taking pictures Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and probably every single day for a while!

P.S. (Monday morning) I took pictures of Attison jumping up and down with my new camera ~ they were clear and focused! Amazing. And that was on the full auto setting, not even the sport setting! Man, am I going to have fun with this camera…

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December 21, 2008 | Joyful Category a joyful heart, joyfully attison 

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  1. Sisterlisa on December 22nd, 2008 10:57 am

    Yahooo!!! Congrats!

  2. Amanda on December 22nd, 2008 7:29 pm

    I have the digital Rebel and I love it. I KNOW you are going to love yours as well! I cant wait to see how your raw talent is going to blossom with your new piece of technology!! You already take such great pics!!!

    many blessings-
    Amanda

  3. Dawn @ My Home Sweet Home on December 27th, 2008 6:19 pm

    Congratulations! You will enjoy it so much!

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