New Toys!

I decided to take a step up in the camera world.  I bought a Nikon D50 DSLR this weekend.




Although I have been pretty happy with my Konica-Minolta Z5, I was ready to take a step up in the world.  Here is why I made the decision:

• A DSLR gives me the options of interchangeable lenses, which is helpful for the 'difficult' shooting situations I encounter, such as low-light
• It's nice to have an autofocus assist lamp onboard
• Shooting in RAW is sexy
• I wanted to be on more "industry standard" hardware.  Things were always "obscure" with the Minolta
• The manual focus option was weak on the Z5
• Remote shutter control is cool
  

I also picked up a few items with the new toy, such as a SpeedLite 600, and a very special lens.  I picked up an f/1.4 50mm fast lens for my low-light situations.  It's incredible how well the D50 works in low-light situations.  I'm looking forward to taking it to Winter Music Conference in a few weeks.

I'll start posting to the photo album with D50 pictures pretty soon.