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Water FountainJune 05, 2006

Water Fountain




Notes:     Previously, when I posted that my recent photos were taken with a Digital Rebel, a few people congratulated me on my new camera. But no, I was just borrowing it from Chiaroscuro.

But this time the Digital Rebel XT that I am using is actually my own! I've been wanting a dSLR for several months but haven't been able to afford it. Well, I finally found a solution to the money problem by selling my Canon PowerShot Pro1 on eBay for $100 less than a new Digital Rebel XT cost me. I would have done this months ago but the gap between what I could get for my Pro1 and what the XT would cost me was closer to $400! It was simply fortuitous timing that the Pro1 was discontinued, causing its selling price on eBay to go way up, and also that Canon is currently offering a $100 rebate on the XT. I was also helped by some generous wedding gifts in the last week that some of my friends designated specifically for a camera upgrade, so that buying a telephoto lens and a polarizer from Chiaroscuro's stash of older gear doesn't send us into deeply into debt.

I haven't had a lot of time to play with the camera, but have taken it with me every time I leave the house, like when we stopped by Federal Hill Park and the Inner Harbor over the weekend and today when I went to campus to run some errands. The camera is super light, so I don't think I will mind taking it everywhere I go.

And it's just in time for our upcoming trip to the World Cup in Germany! You can pretty much expect an onslaught of pictures in the very near future...

Location:     Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Camera:     Canon EOS 350D Digital Rebel XT, Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
EXIF:     Aperture Priority, Pattern Metering, EV +1 2/3, 1/500 sec, F/5.6, ISO-800, 55 mm (88 mm equivalent)


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Congrats and congrats.

Posted by: Obelix at June 7, 2006 04:48 PM

 

Congratulations!

Posted by: Andreas at June 8, 2006 08:07 AM

 

Hey! Way to go. On both the Rebel and the trip to the World Cup. I'm jealous about the latter but not the former as I recently won one in a photo competition. Yay!

Looking forward to the World Cup photos. Enjoy.

Posted by: nogger at June 8, 2006 08:34 PM
 
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