Blurry excitement.
October 16th, 2006 | by john |Weeks been passing by so quickly lately that my life’s been a bit of a blur. I decided to invest some serious dough to develop a hobby in photography. I remember buying my first digital camera my freshmen year. It took be over a month to research and decide on which camera I wanted. Then it was all about it being small and taking awesome pictures. It was a Canon Digital Elph S110. I remember having to look for a web design job to pay for the camera. One of my former clients so happened to need some work done on a new site – got paid $400 USD or something then I ordered the camera the week after. I think that was my very first ‘big’ purchase. I outgrew the functions of the camera very quickly. Within a few months, I knew that I would not invest in another ‘point and shoot’ camera next time around.
Within the past two years, I’ve been doing the same kind of research on and off on a more advanced camera. I finally made up my mind on the Canon 20D. I drooled over that camera for over two and a half years but could never take the plunge since I had neither the time nor money to invest in it. In February of this year, the Canon 30D was announced as the successor of the 20D. Within the next few weeks, I plan on investing in this digital SLR and a decent lens for starters (Canon 50mm f/1.4 USM AF). Canon just today announced a ‘Double-Your-Rebate’ deal so I plan on taking advantage of that and saving a few bucks.
I am very excited to have finally decided to make this investment. While this will be just a hobby, I am hoping that it will turn into something more meaningful for me personally as I take the time to shoot, read, learn, and shoot again.
