So, I did it...

Yeah... I went and bought a Canon EOS 350D Digital Rebel XT. Even got the twin lens kit (18-55mm, 75-300mm) and a 1GB Sandisk Ultra II CompactFlash card. It was a lot of money, but at least I'll stop complaining about not having it now.

It's a big set up from my previous camera, as I now have many more control options, but there are a number of auto settings but I don't want to get tied down to those, I want to learn how to choose the settings myself. There's a very good site that has tutorials in using my exact camera, they're written well and I've already read a few of them.

iPhoto is slow when using the 4 megapixel photos from a friends camera, so I bet it will chug-a-long with the 8 megapixel images the Digital Rebel XT pumps out. I might have to look into another photo cataloguing program.

I had the idea to organise a hiking trip somewhere one day, just a day thing. Somewhere that would relatively easy going (though not paved walkways of course) as a day of exercise and photo taking. I guess I'll have to look more into it.

If I let myself think about it, I would like to sell some photos at some point. I guess I've got to take worthy photos first. Perhaps I'll frame some for myself first, start a collection on my own walls.