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Our Camera GearAs I've continued to get increasingly interested in photography again (after a long hiatus since my photography classes in high school and college), I have been gradually upgrading the camera gear that I use. I think one reason photography became fun again was that digital photography has made many capabilities accessible to me that I would otherwise need to dedicate a room to in our home for a darkroom. Specifically, in 2001, I started with a Sony DSC-S50 digital camera with 2.1 megapixel resolution. I usually used the full 3X optical zoom capability of the camera plus a 2X add-on optical zoom lens which gave me a total of 6X optical zoom. In 2002, virtually all of my pictures were taken with a Fuji FinePix 4900 digital camera with 4 megapixel resolution. I augmented the standard 6X optical zoom with a 2X add-on camera lens which gave me a total of about 11X optical zoom capability. In the middle of 2003, I upgraded equipment again as I began to really get back into more serious photography. Fortunately, digital SLRs started to tumble in prices and, for fairly good equipment started to get comparable to their 35mm equivalents. For our pictures, I am now using a Canon EOS 10D Digital SLR with 6.3 megapixel resolution. This gives me enough resolution and quality for the kind of photography that I'm currently working on. The gear that I currently use includes the following assortment of lenses, filters, tripods, etc. I've included links to two different websites where these can be purchased; if you click through, you can see more information. What's next? In a perfect world, I could afford everything on the list below. I just bought the new Canon i9900 Photo Printer to upgrade my print quality; the eight different ink tanks and 2 picoliter droplets ought to improve the color saturation and the smoothness of the image. And, I have my eyes on Canon's 24-70mm f2.8 lens. Here's what's on my wish list: For other recommendations on digital cameras, we've published several of the year-end Editor's Choice lists from various photography and computer magazines. These are great resources to find that camera or other piece of gear that you just have to find.
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