{"id":338,"date":"2006-05-22T09:15:49","date_gmt":"2006-05-22T14:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/?p=338"},"modified":"2006-05-22T09:45:10","modified_gmt":"2006-05-22T14:45:10","slug":"i-like-my-new-toy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2006\/05\/22\/i-like-my-new-toy\/","title":{"rendered":"I really like my new toy!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nicmcphee\/147529338\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.flickr.com\/52\/147529338_4e350e70ea.jpg?resize=400%2C266\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" alt=\"Cotton buds (1 of 2)\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So I&#8217;ve finally broken down and gotten into the digital SLR world.  I lived in the (slide) film SLR world for nearly 20 years, and then sold most of that equipment to fund our earliest forays into digital.  Up to this point it&#8217;s all been (nice) point and shoots (e.g., Canon PowerShot A80) and I kept <em>slightly<\/em> missing the flexibility of an SLR and the higher res images I saw other people post.  Finally couldn&#8217;t stand it any longer, and with <a href=\"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/WeatherGirl\/\">WeatherGirl<\/a>&#8216;s kind permission, I made the leap.<\/p>\n<p>My new Canon 350D came about 1.5 weeks ago, and it&#8217;s been <em>lots<\/em> of fun so far.  I&#8217;ve taken a ton of pictures around the house, outside, at graduation, <a href=\"http:\/\/unhinderedbytalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2006\/05\/16\/a-cornet-solo-to-shatter-the-silence\/\">Sub-Evil Boy&#8217;s jazz band concert<\/a>, yesterday&#8217;s dance recital (featuring both WeatherGirl and Sub-Evil Boy), etc., etc.<\/p>\n<p>I really love the added level of detail, and the increased tonal range (gotta love RAW!).  The image above was taken at night in the downstairs bath (which is now half gutted) on a tripod, and is one of my mostest favoritest pictures of mine at the moment.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m currently using an old EF 28-70 zoom from <a href=\"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/WeatherGirl\/\">WeatherGirl<\/a>&#8216;s film EOS, and the next big question is lenses&#8230;  I chose to get the cheaper body because I figured that the camera bodies have essentially turned into computers, and you want to replace computers fairly often.  My plan, then, is to spend some of that money saved on some nice glass, in the hopes that lenses will change a little more slowly.  I really love the sound of the Canon IS lenses, but that gets pricey fast, and it would be nice to actually try them out before coughing up that much dough.<\/p>\nNo tag for this post.\n\t<h4>Related posts<\/h4>\n\t<ul class=\"st-related-posts\">\n\t<li>No related posts.<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So I&#8217;ve finally broken down and gotten into the digital SLR world. I lived in the (slide) film SLR world for nearly 20 years, and then sold most of that equipment to fund our earliest forays into digital. Up to this point it&#8217;s all been (nice) point and shoots (e.g., Canon PowerShot A80) and I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2006\/05\/22\/i-like-my-new-toy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;I really like my new toy!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[1,20],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p90sy-5s","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":417,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2006\/12\/29\/floral-pick-up-lines-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":338,"position":0},"title":"Floral pick up lines","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"29 Dec 06","format":false,"excerpt":"Floral pick up lines, originally uploaded by Unhindered by Talent. 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