My First DSLR

Yay I got the first DSLR camera of my life yesterday~ Canon EOS 500D~

It's so much better in terms of pixel quality and of course the manual functions compared to point-and-shoot digital cameras. Although digital cameras are more convenient and easy to carry around, I think I like the functions and freedom on the DSLR camera better :P

Well, yesterday when I bought the camera it didn't come with a memory card (not a good deal at the camera store) so I went to the electronics market area in Taipei to buy one. After some quick browsing I found a good quality memory card and as I had my camera with me, I inserted the card into the camera and started using my camera right away XP

Went around to a few places downtown and shot some photos in the park. I've read some basics about the manual functions you could play with on DSLRs and I experimented with shutter speed while taking pictures of sprinkling water. With digital cameras it's probably hard to see big differences as the adjustment of shutter speed is usually unavailable, or so little that it barely makes any difference (at least for the digital camera I used anyway..)

But DSLRs the range of adjustment is way bigger and allows the pictures to really show differences. For example, the sprinkling water would look "softer" when shot at a slower shutter speed while looking "sharper" and more "distinct" when shot at a faster shutter speed. Well, this is really basic stuff for DSLR users but for me this is quite new and exciting :P It's fun being able to adjust all these settings to take different styles of shots. Anyways, today was just a quick test to see how my camera works, and I think I'm getting the hang of the basics. Awesome.