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Canon EOS 300D / Digital Rebel

  For the past two and a bit years and four ground breaking camera releases from Canon I've said - "I'll have one of those if I can get one second hand for a thousand pounds" well with the release of the Canon EOS 300D in November 2003 it was time to prove I wasn't lying to myself. I think it was £800 well spent.

The links in the menu above cover some of my 'work' I take photo's of things that interest me, I'm not a particular fan of landscapes, preferring a definate subject and often just a part of that subject.

The EOS 300D is a great camera, it's lightweight and fits in my left hand really nicely allowing me to compose the shot and adjust the focal length of the lens while it does the fiddly bit of focussing quite well. I find I can hand hold most shots as a two handed person can, I do suffer on long Focal lengths though.

One of my favourite techniques is macro photography, and I'm slowly building up an equipment list covering basic amatuer SLR requirements with a tendency towards closeups.  Unfortunately all the next bits I would like are the expensive ones.

Current Equipment

  • Canon EOS 300D
  • Canon EOS 300
  • Sigma 100-300 EX HSM
  • Canon 75-300 usm II
  • Canon 50mm f1.8
  • Canon 18-55 f3.5-5.6 (kit lens)
  • Jessops AF Extension Tubes 13,21,31mm
  • Sonia Close-up kit (+1,+2,+4,+10)
  • Jessops 6ft Tripod
  • Manfrotto Monopod

I'm just starting on my foray into photography, I have a few friends and colleagues interested too but they all have more expensive equipment - I'm hoping to make them jealous with the Digital Bit, but I think they'll succeed in making me jealous with thier lens quality