NastyMcT : Alaskan Blogger

I’ve always been interested in Photography, although I didn’t realize it until my late 20’s early 30’s.

I had various film compacts over the years. But I never really learned the mechanics of the camera, film development, or photography techniques. When the digital camera age arrive, and photoshop became mainstream. My interest in photography really took off.

It wasn’t until 2005 that I was able to buy my first Digital SLR. I did a lot of research, and knew I wanted the Canon 20D (which has now been replaced with the 30D then the 40D). I knew way more about the camera, then I did about putting good glass on the camera body, and the two lenses that I purchased with the 20D’s were both Sigmas, one 28-70mm and the other a 70-300mm. I wish I had known more about lenses at the time. I probably would’ve gotten one higher end zoom, instead of the lesser quality Sigmas. This is not to say that I haven’t learned A LOT with my Sigmas and taken some great pictures. But the fact is, the grass is always greener. And as you learn your camera, and subsequently, get to know more about photography, and the type of photography you want to get into. It took me about 18 months to become fully comfortable with my camera. A slow learning curve. So if you’re just getting into photography, and are thinking about buying a camera, I would highly suggest buying a camera a level above your current comfort zone. Because inevitably as you get familiar with your equipment, you’ll want to upgrade, and you’ll be glad you have something above your level.

Laura