My cameras have always been point and shoot. Recently, I told Mom that my next camera would be a digital SLR. Shortly after that conversation I received an email from Amazon – a Canon Rebel EOS T3i had been shipped to me, courtesy of Granny (and Papa) Gadget.
Granny Gadget outdid herself this time. I take this gift as an endorsement for the BLOG –they (Mom and Dad live 13 hours away in Pennsylvania) like seeing the pictures and stories of life in coastal, rural Maine.
I have not had much time to play with the new camera since it arrived on Monday. Frankly, the SLR – even on the automatic mode, overwhelms me, there are many options to play with. Ultimately, a few lessons might be in order.
Yet, today I took it along as Hannah and I went for a hike in the woods.
I love the ability to do really neat closeups.
The zoom lens is lots of fun to play with.
Okay not my best picture of the day, but today’s track sightings included deer, possibly bobcat, and snowshoe hare – which look a bit like a momma and baby tracks. Aren’t they cute?
Returning home, I snapped this picture of Oscar and Dilly. The detail on Oscar is very fine – you can see the water droplets on her feathers.
So the pressure is on to learn the ins and outs of this camera. Granny Gadget informed me that she got one for herself too and I need to master mine so I can teach her how to use hers!
Thanks, Mom! More pictures to come.
Congratulations on your new camera. My BIL gave me his canon 5D mark II and it is overwhelming, but I do get some nice shots with it. I finally got a zoom, but not an L series, so not the best quality, but good enough for the price. That is the only bad thing for me, getting a good zoom at a price I can afford;)
Debbie
The camera overwhelmed me at first too. I have the exact same one! Once you get the hang of it, it’s wonderful. I only manually focus now. If you use the pan in button, you can make sure everything is perfectly crisp. I adore my camera! They sure are expensive too 😛