Abi, I did it!

I GOT MY CAMERA!!!!!!!

At 6:00pm yesterday evening, I came home with my very first digital. And it isn't just any digital. It is the amazing Canon D20!!

I saved for an entire year for it and now it's mine. It's no longer a picture on the monitor, or a print out on my desk, or an image in my brain. It's real, it's in my hands now, and it's mine. All. Mine.

I have a lot A LOT of reading and learning to do and may even throw myself into one of the 3-hour classes offered by the camera shop specifically for Canon cameras. Last night I started reading the manual and about an hour later I finally got to 'how to take a picture'. I wish there was a way to hook a cable up and just suck all the information out of the book into my brain. That would kick ass. But alas, it is not so. All the others had to learn from experience, and so will I. The capability of this little guy is, simply put, just too impressive and will take me a lifetime to master - but I will. Mark my words.

Now we're cookin folks. This is a great day for me. This is the piece of professional equipment that marks a new beginning for me. The amount of information that I will learn from the D20 and all the photo software it came with will set me on my way to a promising future in... something. Not to mention all the money I will save by not having to buy film or film developing; this digital will pay for itself soon enough...

I will still, however, never give up nor will I stop using my 35mm as I lurve it so. Oh dear Rebel, you are not forgotten. But when I found out Art Wolfe finally went digital, I knew it was safe for me to follow.