Topic: I Got My 10D!

A couple of well-timed freelance jobs enabled me to purchase a wonderful Canon 10D.

So, I headed south to shoot the Congress Avenue Bats -- for the umpteenth time -- and the World's Largest Wooden Nickel. On the way home, I got the itch to take a random road as I so often did in my younger days ... and I came across this.

It's been years since I've just shot. Expensive film and destructive cookie-cutter processing had slowly, almost without my noticing, completely put me off taking pictures just for myself. A part of me had been taken away.

It's back.



[This message has been edited by Wes (edited 09-08-2003).]

Cool, I love rusty stuff. I wonder how much a gas is at that pump? Are you shooting "raw" or jpegs?

Frank

Eh, RAW's the way to go, even if you have to buy a huge memory card to do it. I'd never trust a digicam to compress my images for me...


And it's good to hear that "that part of you" is back

Congratulations

I bought my 10D months ago, and it had the same effect. I didn't shoot the Nikon film SLR because film was too much hassle. I didn't shoot much with the digital P&S because it wasn't an SLR. Now I go to the zoo like every other week, and take macro shots on a whim. I'm going to start taking it to work so I can shoot downtown at lunch once the weather gets a bit cooler.

Best investment I've made in ages. Keeps hitting my bank account, though. Always need just that one more lens or accessory

Congrats on your new toy...I mean camera ! I hear the 10D is really nice. I look forward to seeing some of your photos ! I'm thinking of upgrading to a digital SLR. I just haven't decided on which one yet.

Well Shiiizzzam, if you ever want to donate your Sony to someone....

Jason

Beautiful shot mate... Your right... never trust a digi-cam to compress your pictures... Thats why I'm still usin a Nikon F2. :: searches for picutres to upload::

Thanks. Yeah, I'm shooting raw, though I'm not sure I'm totally convinced of its advantages. But I will hopefully learn to use the correction tools more effectively.

Of course, now the two 512 MB cards I have don't hold nearly as much, so I'm considering one of those portable storage units with the LCD screen. Anyone have any experience with a particular model?

Hey Wes, if you've ever considered buying some photoshop actions, I can tell you much can be learned from these. Not to mention they save a lot of time correcting stuff. I shoot high quality jpgs with my D60 and don't have too many complaints. There doesn't seem to be a free raw converter for OS X so I'm just waiting for PS 8.