I thought it was about time I posted a journal entry here. And, since I've just gotten a new camera and I'm planning on posting lots of pictures, it just seemed like the right time!

I had been looking into getting a better camera for a while now. My old sony is ok, but it lacks a lot of manual controls that I really want. At first I was looking at getting a dSLR, but I quickly realized that it would cost too much. I could have gotten one with a kit lens, but thats like playing a killer stereo through cheap speakers! I decided that the lenses I wanted would push the price tag way too high.

So...I started looking at the higher end point and shoot cameras out there, and I finally settled on the Canon S3IS. Here's a picture of it:



I really love this camera! Canon's feature set is amazing. The firmware gives you so many options that it's sort of intimidating at first. Of course, I got over that quickly(like the first night I had it!) I already bought a wide angle converter for it and a few filters, so I'm totally psyched!

This means that I will be taking quite a few pictures, some of which I will be posting here . I've been learning more tricks in photoshop as far as photo editing goes, so, hopefully, my new pictures will be better than my previous ones!

I've already gotten a chance to take some pictures with the Canon in Philadelphia this weekend of some of the historical sites there. The picture of Independence Hall at the top of this entry is from this new batch. I'll be posting others to my gallery in the next week or so.

I wont be updating this journal as much as some of you guys update yours, but I will try to add some entries from time to time. In the mean time, thanks for reading my journal!