10,000 Mistakes

I finally bit the bullet and moved from being a Minolta guy to a Canon guy. I wanted to start investing more in photography gear and wanted to do it with a system that’s more common and has more options available. I tried out both Canon and Nikon cameras, and ultimately decided to go with the Canon T2i. I looked at the 7D (and longingly at the 5D Mark II), but ultimately decided to save money on the body and invest in a nice lens instead.

Took a while to get used to all the different controls on the Canon – it’s still an on-going process. I have to say, even though my Minolta DSLR is old now (~4 years, which is ancient these days), it still has far more ergonomic manual controls. Everything on the Minolta Maxxum 7D is adjustable with a physical control and the controls are laid out well. With the Canon, I have to fuss around with electronic display menus much more. But I am loving the Canon – my pictures are much sharper than before, thanks to the image stabilization in the lens, as well as higher quality optics.

I do also like the ability to record beautiful 1080p, 24fps video from the camera. I have so much respect for the focus pullers who work on TV shows and movies. I’m thinking of investing in a split-prism focusing grid for the Canon so that manual focusing in video mode will be much easier.

Before that though, the next stop is going to be: 50mm, f/1.4 lens.