Pulled the trigger!

[Snapper]

Well, after seeing all the great photos on here, I was reminded of how much I really enjoyed photography back in my younger (30yrs ago) days. I use to carry a camera (A1 Canon SLR) everywhere I went. I even had photos published in a small local newspaper a time or two.
You guys and gals are having so much fun and taking so many great pics, that I decided to get back in the game. After research on here and online, I went to Best Buy to look at the D60 Nikon and the Canon competition, a few cameras I was considering. I ended doing more than just shopping and ended up bringing a new Cannon EOS D40 and EF28-135 IS USM lens kit home.
I already love this thing after playing with it in the back yard for a while. It will do way more than I can for now. I'll post some of the pictures I took while I was reading the handy pocket guide.

Here she is...sorta.

[Casey]

You did well!!! Can't wait to see what you can capture with it!

[Gerald S]

Great choice!

[Shane]

Cool! Can I borrow it this weekend?

[Atfulldraw]

That is a really good one!


Live view -- makes me a tiny bit jealous --

I also don't want to hear about how you can shoot at 3200 ISO with no noise....

[Wildman]

Actually, I heard the Canon shot at 3200 cleaner than the Nikon. Now that is just rumor until we can get Snap to post up some high ISO shots

[Kevin]

Welcome to the club!

[Les]

VERY nice. Congratulations! I'm sure you will love it, and I'm looking forward to seeing your work!

[AtTheWall]

Excellent choice and congratulations!!! Can't wait to see the pixels.

Do you still have your old A1? I'm sitting on one with 3 decent lenses that stop down to 2.8 (300mm, 70-200 macro and a 20-80mm macro). I'm getting it all dialed in for a few film shots and walks down memory lane.

[scotty]

Congratulations! I can't wait for my D-300 to come in either. Come on Thursday!

[Bill M]

Congratulations on the new equipment.

[Bluesman]

Go Man Go!

[Eric4x4]

Very nice been looking at that one myself

[Snapper]

Thanks yall. I really like this camera. Yeah Rob, I still have my A1. Hard to believe it's that old and still works as well as it has.
I had to return my new 40D because it wouldn't format the memory card and 2 of the other functions didn't work. I got a new replacement and actually took some pics this afternoon. Now if I can only figure out how to resize them in order to post them here.