Happy Snapper....

Well, today I got to indulge in my first big purchase. One essential piece of equipment to my journey is a new Digital SLR camera, for all the stunning scenery South Georgia has to offer.

After plenty of indecision, reading reviews, asking friends and collegues, it boiled down to 2 contenders. The Canon EOS 50D and Nikon D90. In all respects 2 very similar cameras. The Canon is bulkier and abit heavier, but felt tough, but is more expensive than the Nikon. Now I am new to high end digital photography but it didnt take me long to realise there are 2 major camps and you fit into either one or the other. The rivalry between Nikon and Canon photgraphers is surprisingly akin to Portsmouth-Saints, Celtic-Rangers, Chevy-Ford...... the only difference is that the Canon-Nikon camps are sepaerated by almost indefinable differences. It really, so I am told, comes down to personal choice. It is perhaps telling that out of 6 very keen amateur and semi professional photographers I consulted, 5 were Nikon, and only one sat firmly in the Canon camp. Even he admitted the Nikons had caught up at the very least, and would consider a D series. It seems that most say that you have to feel each one, touch it, press the buttons, hold it up to shoot, and one will "talk" to you more than the other, and thats the one you choose........ BUT........ the thinking man will always choose the Nikon path.

Well, not feeling the Zen, I kinda slipped tripped and fell into the Nikon camp, and I am now the Very proud owner of a Nikon D90 with an 18 to 105mm kit lense, and a 30-300mm Telephoto. Its lovely, and despite not actually testing it for real yet, I am happy to pin my colours to the Nikon mast. Come on you REDS!

Here she is.....

See the brochure HERE!