An Elph Joins My Family

August 12, 2007

For those of you were around back when I had a page dedicated to myself (yeah… it was a pure vanity page… haha), the fact that I enjoy photography won’t come as a surprise. I took a class back in the early college days and got hooked - to the point where I purchased everything one would need to process film and print photos at home. For several years I always had “a darkroom” in my apartment (sometimes it was just a closet) for processing and printing photos.

For 35mm photography I rely on the always-awesome Canon Rebel G. I stand firm by the assertion that there isn’t another camera like it in the world - easy to use and almost impossible to screw up. Even point-and-shooters love the Rebel G (it’s impossible to take a bad picture, even in automatic mode). The reason I bought it was because I read on more than one occasion that professional photographers use the Rebel G (which was $399 when I bought it) as a backup for their $5000 cameras.

That was good enough for me.

The Rebel G never disappointed, either. I’ve never put color film in my Rebel but I assume it takes equally as awesome color photos (B&W is all I was ever interested in).

For years I’ve avoided making any kind of serious investment in digital photography. Something seemed “not right” about it. No processing film… no negatives… no contact sheets… no Kodak Fix (which I love the smell of)… no nothing. I’ve had a couple of $100 digital cameras (which were always bought for me)… but I never did much with them because I just didn’t like the pictures they turned out.

Lately I’ve had the hankering to explore digital photography a little more. But I still wasn’t ready to plunk down any serious cash for a digital camera. I also realized that the entry-level $100 cameras just weren’t giving me a good digital experience.

So I compromised and went “somewhere in the middle”.

This weekend I bought a Canon SD1000 Elph (oh yeah… I’m a Canon man). And while I’ve only had it a day, I’m really loving it! It’s a compact, pocket-sized camera that can go anywhere. I’ve got a big camera… I wanted a small one. And boy is this baby small. But it packs a lot into the small package. I’ve not done anything serious with it just yet… but I’ve had a blast playing with it and learning how it works.

All of my 35mm photography that’s been turned digital was done by taking a picture of the prints with a digital camera. This Elph is great for close-ups… so I’m probably going to re-shoot my 35mm photos and put some of them up here for the world to see. Exciting, huh?

So be on the lookout: my adventures into digital photography are just beginning… and I plan on sharing them here!

On that note… if anyone knows of any good photo editing software that doesn’t cost $5 billion dollars, drop me a line. What I’ve got now probably isn’t going to cut it! Haha.

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