Reflecting on 10 months in the world of (amateur) photography - lessons learnt

06.02.12

It was ten months ago since I bought my first DSLR. Before that I had endless pleasure with my Canon PowerShot A530. I guess that's why it is still in my bag!

I knew nothing about photography at that stage. I just knew that I want something on which I can put different lenses. I decided (after asking some friends with DSLR's and those super cool extra long lenses) that I will choose between Nikon and Canon. At that time, the 550D with 2 kit lenses was available at a fairly good price, at almost every shop in town. Also the Nikon D "I cant remember what one" with THREE lenses, for about $100 less. 

So I decided on the latter. Nikon with THREE lenses. I assume all the other people looking for cameras over that festive season decided to go for the Nikon. So there was only one Canon kit available. I took that one. A nice Canon 550D, with a 18 55 and 55 250, with a nice bag and a 4GIG memory card. 

I immediately went off to the beaches to go take awesome pictures. I still didn't know a thing about aperture, shutter speed, ISO and the whole bunch. So "Auto" was the thing. My friends were really impressed with the 55 250 lens. Especcially on the longest end.

Source: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)