A new obsession.
Wednesday, October 27th, 2010It has been a while coming, but I’m finally here with a new addiction. DSLR cameras.
Seven months or so a go, a new colleague started at work, and as it turns out he is very much into photography; He has Canon cameras, does weddings and doesn’t (didn’t? :P) mind talking about it.
I’d been wanting a new camera for a while, I think I may have assumed that better camera = better pictures, or perhaps I just wanted to learn more and thought new equipment was to way to do it. Anyway the new guy reignited my interest.
After a lot umming and arring, reading web sites, slacking off work, and talking with the new work mate, I finally chose a Canon 500D on the day of my birthday.
Since then I’ve purchased the Canon EF 50mm f1.8 and Canon EF-S 18-135mm f3.5-5.6 lenses, a Cullman Nanomax 250 and I’m currently wiring up a IR/Sound trigger from http://www.hiviz.com for high speed photography (even though I still haven’t got a flash yet, it’s in the post from Hong Kong!)
I’m sure I’ll be posting more about this, promise, and hopefully I’ll see myself getting better over time.