Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Gadgets: New camera !

Whilst my little Nikon Coolpix L3 (5.1 Megapixels) has been pretty OK for me since I bought it, I have always had a hankering to get a more "serious" digital stills camera. I have still got my JVC DVL365EK digital video camera but never really got into video very much.... and although I had a good "old fashioned" film stills camera (Canon EOS 500N SLR camera) finally decided to take the plunge and go for a Canon EOS 450D Digital SLR (12.2 Megapixels)

After much research and consideration... went for the "Canon EOS 450D Twin Lens Bundle" from Jessops
  • Canon EOS 450D with Canon 18-55mm IS lens
  • Tamron 70-300mm f4.5-5.6 lens
  • Sandisk Ultra II 4GB SDHC memory card
  • Camera bag
Taken quite a few shots with it, but still getting used to all the buttons and how to get the best out of the technology.... great fun to use and got some good shots already (well I think so!)..... couple of "artistic" shots below:
 

Just need to get the external flash and remote control now :-)

Poker: Home Tournament - October 2008

I am a bit late with my report this month.... nearly 4 weeks late! 

Actually I don't remember much about it now, so sorry to those who have enjoyed reading about our exploits so far.... but normal service will be resumed next month (next week in fact!)