Friday, July 27, 2007

My New Favorite Camera


Back in 2002, we were heading out to the west coast for a vacation and decided that it was time to invest in a digital camera. We were new to the world of digital photography and bought a pretty basic HP camera. It worked quite well for what we wanted at the time.

Then we had Little J.
Again, the camera was fine while he was a fairly stationary infant. Once he began moving around at a faster pace, I began getting very frustrated with our camera. There is a rather significant pause from the time you push the button until the picture is actually taken. Then there is another pause until you are able to take another picture. I wound up with a LOT of pictures of the back of Little J's head.

I began asking around about cameras and found that what I wanted was a digital SLR camera. I settled on the Canon EOS Rebel XT and I love it! It allows you to take pictures as if you were using an old-fashioned 35 mm camera. Hardly any time passes between pushing the button and the shutter action. Also, you can set it for action shots and take like 50 million pictures in one second (okay, it's a 14 frame burst, but it FEELS like 50 million!). The camera has a great auto focus mode, or you can focus manually. It is compatible with the lenses we bought for our 35mm rebel, so that is an added bonus. The LCD screen is bright enough to be seen outdoors and shows a very accurate representation of the picture.

It really is the best of 35mm shooting with the advantages of digital thrown in!