The Ozomatli show was great, as mentioned by Georg and Lisa B. And will you be surprised to find out that I spent much of my time talking about cameras? First, before the show I got to admire the really nice lens Chris C. was using, which prompted an interesting conversation on Canon vs. Nikon digital SRLs. Chris said that he thinks Canon is better than Nikon, and professionals all go with Canon, unless they have such an investment in Nikon lenses that they can't switch. (His camera was a Nikon, and the lens was very very nice.)
This was great to hear. I'm glad to know that people who know like Canon, since I use a Canon Digital Rebel. I got it because it was the only digital SLR I could afford, and have been slowly buying lenses to go with it. 4 so far: the "kit lens" that came with it, which I haven't used since I got a Tamron 28-200 zoom. Which has been my everyday lens, although recently I've been having fun with my one expensive lens, a Sigma 17-35 wide angle. (Well, actually fairly inexpensive as wide angle lenses go, but it was expensive to me. Lenses seem to range in price from "a heck of a lot of money" to "holy shit, the lens cost how much?" and mine was more on the "heck of a lot" end of the range.) Also I have a Canon 50/1.8 that I never use and had considered a mistake. But just this week I got an assignment to photograph high-end picture frames for a catalog. And it turns out that the 50/1.8 is the only lens I have with absolutely no wide-angle distortion, which is important for something like a picture frame, so I wouldn't have gotten the job without that lens. Thank you, lens I never use! I promise I will use you more often in future.
So anyway, our seats at Ozomatli were great, right up near the stage, but at some point the heat and closeness from all the people down there started to get to me. So I took my camera bag and walked up to the lawn, right by that scaffolding where the engineer sits. I set up the tripod (not all the way up, just on the ground to give the camera a little stability in the dark) and took a few photos of the band. While I was breaking down the tripod a guy near me came over and asked me about my camera! He said that he had a Canon film SLR, and also a Powershot, and he wanted to upgrade to a Digital SLR. I was happy to tell him how much I like the Digital Rebel. It was kind of funny to be at a rock show and to end up talking about cameras all night.
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I have the same camera, and I love it so far. However, I'm still using the kit lens as my primary until I can afford a better one. I bought the Canon 50/1.8 lens as well, and it seems like it's really nice for low light portraits.
If you bought your camera in the past year then it's probavly the Digital Rebel XT which is higher resolution than mine, the original digital rebel. I don't know if the XT has any other features beyond better resolution. It doesn't matter though, I loove my camera just the way it is.