Camera

In an effort to start taking better pictures for my blog, I purchased my first DSLR camera. Its a Canon Rebel T3. Yes, I know it’s only a 12 MP camera and my old point and shoot Sony Cybershoot was a 14.1 MP (I was forever taking blurry photos because it was so small and light) but I wanted to ability to do more, take faster photos, have more options and I thought, get more lighting with a better flash. The biggest benefit with Canon Rebel T3 was the cost. $429 at Henry’s, $399 at BestBuy, $379 at 2001 Audio/Video and $328 at Walmart. I bought it at Walmart last night. The only reason that I can think of for the big price drops is that it’s probably going to be replaced by a newly model very shortly but oh well, I need to start somewhere and $328 is a much better starting price than $500 – 700.

One of the biggest things I noticed right away, that I liked, was the speed at which it takes pictures. It is so much faster and I'm hopefully that will lead to more impromptu photos and less missed opportunities. The biggest drawback I've see is that the standard lens isn’t wide angle… photo’s just look funny to me when they aren’t wide angle. I’ve been shooting everything wide angle for the last 2 or 3 years on that Sony. I'm starting to look for an inexpensive wide angle lens but they are all pretty much above the $200 mark and I really only want to pay like $50 - 80. Then after that, I’m pretty sure that I will want a macro lens so I can take closer / better food photos. sigh…