Monthly Archive for October, 2008

Normal Moments and Community Betterment

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Mark
on Sunday 26th October 2008
in General
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Tonight Chris and I went to the 2nd Annual Eat, Drink and Be Scary! Halloween fundraiser put on by The Foundation for Community Betterment. This year, the proceeds of the event went to support Normal Moments.

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Digital SLR purchase

Published
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Mark
on Tuesday 7th October 2008
in Hardware
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Much like Sarah Lane from Revision3 and TechTV fame, I am in the market for a digital SLR camera. I have been eying both Nikon’s and Canon’s line of entry-level DSLRs.

At this point, I’m leaning towards Canon and their EOS Rebel XSi. I have several friends who are acquainted with the Canon models, and they may have lenses I can poach.

The D90 is the camera I would be interested in purchasing from Nikon. It looks to be a more expensive alternative to the XSi, but with the HD video recording capability, it’s really a different class of camera.

So, at this point, I’m not sure which one to purchase. In addition to choosing the camera body, I have to figure out which lens will be best for my current shooting style. That may or may not be an easy task for me, as I have been spoiled by Sony H1, the advanced point-and-shoot camera that I have now, which has 12x optical zoom that allows me to shoot a variety of subjects from a variety of distances.

Does anyone have any suggestions for me? You can see what I’ve shot in the past at Flickr. Maybe that will help any real photographers out there help me decide on my first lens.