50D

I have a new toy! And I'm so frigg'in excited I can't even tell you! Well, to me it's more than a toy, it's a piece of art to produce art and it's a privilege to be able to own such a special machine. Yes, that sounds weird, but I really feel lucky to have been given this as a gift and can't thank the giver enough, other than give them the art I produce with it... and what am I talking about... well the title says it all: the 50D. Here is a photo:

It's big, it's bad and it's fast! It's a world above the camera I was using - the Canon S5IS - which was a great camera, but I was reaching it's limitations with it, and needed to upgrade. So I went to the Henry's Digital Imaging and Photography show that was on here in Ottawa this weekend with my dad, and we went from booth to booth, asking questions trying out different things, and I found that the 50D was for me - I'd go into the reasons why, but it may just be boring for you!

So I'll just show you:




I could have never taken photos like this with my S5IS! (now they aren't the best pics, but hey I've only taken about 20 photos with it so far!! I'm still trying to figure out all the settings)

Anyway, needless to say, I'm happy!!

Tonight Eric and I got to go out for my birthday (not that I really needed any more feteing). We decided to actually go to a movie. Now this is something very rare for us. We just do not go to movie theaters. The last one we saw in the theater was - Lord of The Rings, Return of The King. Crazy isn't it, I think that was about 3 years ago?? or more? So we decided to go to the early show at 6:30 and we saw the new James Bond film - Quantum of Solace. I enjoyed it, however I felt the chase/fight scenes were too busy and fast for me. Eric and I both agreed that they were geared towards the younger, video gaming crowd (I think we are getting old if we say that) so they were too rushed and you couldn't really see what was going on. But overall it was a good movie. I think if you plan on going, re-watch Casino Royale, because they tie in very closely to oneanother. After the movie we went to The Works for dinner (an Ottawa burger joint), which was yummy as always.

Have a good night - I'm off to dream about shutter speed and aperture!