This past weekend we rented a Canon digital camera to test drive. We want to buy a new camera and I decided it would be a good idea to rent before we buy (just to make sure we love it). I have been shooting Nikon for years but it looks like we are going to crossover and buy a Canon. We had a wedding on Saturday so it was the perfect time to see how the camera worked for us in action. We both were very happy with the image quality. I just need to get use to buttons being in different places! On Sunday we went out in the cold to test out the Cannon in different lighting situations. We ended up in an old garage covered in graffiti in downtown Tacoma. We posed for each other and it felt quite strange for me to be on the other side of the lens. I had to bust out my old faithful friend, my Hasselblad camera. To reassure her that I will never replace her for a big fancy digital camera! After all they did take the Hasselblad to the moon, "This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind" I fell in love with photography with this camera! Most people have abandoned film, but I will not! I love composing images in a square, looking down through the viewfinder and seeing the world backwards. I enjoy the process of focusing manually and setting it on my own, without the camera trying to convince me otherwise.
