is a Canon 50D. I know what you’re thinking. You’re probably saying to yourself, “but you have a nice camera” or “your camera is only two years old” or “why do you need two cameras?”
Well, first of all, just take a look at this baby:
Not only is it beautiful, but it has several advantages over my XTi. One of which is that it’s 15.0 megapixels as opposed to the 10 mp of the XTi. Additionally, the highest ISO setting on my XTi is 1600 and when you shoot at 1600 on the XTi you get horribly grainy pictures. The 50D handles higher ISOs much better. In fact, the highest ISO setting on the 50D is 3200, and is expandable to 6400. You’re probably scratching your head and wondering what all that means (well some of you are, I’m sure). I’ll explain it a bit. ISO in the old days with film cameras was the speed of the film. The quicker the film speed the more sensitive the film is to light, thus making shooting in lower light situations easier and using a flash unnecessary. So if you wanted to shoot in a low light situation with a film camera, you would buy the fastest film available. In the digital camera, the higher the ISO the more sensitive the sensor is to light. But higher ISOs also make the image grainy in most entry level DSLR cameras and the XTi is especially bad at 1600 ISO. Don’t get me wrong, I would totally recommend the XTi (or the newer version, which I think is the T1i) to anyone starting out with a DSLR. And I don’t regret the decision to purchase mine at all. At the same time, I know that I will not be able to market myself and do the kind of photography that I want to do without investing in a better, more professional camera.
So, as you can clearly see, I need the Canon 50D. I probably won’t get it for Christmas, though. However, come tax time and that baby is mine!
