This spring, my trusty Canon 10D died on me while taking photos in Selma, Alabama for a tourism project I’m working on in the Black Belt. I had my other camera with me and the 10D was getting pretty old in terms of digital cameras, so nothing really shocking about it finally giving up the ghost. BUT, I really don’t like having only one camera. If it had been my only camera, I’d have been stuck in Selma at 8 a.m. with basically nothing else to do. Worse, if that had happened on one of my trips to take pictures in a coal mine or at an event, I’d really have been up the creek.
I held out for a few months with only one camera while I researched (though I pretty much knew what I wanted) until last week when I ordered a new Canon 5D II. Wow! What a difference. Wide angle shots are really, REALLY wide. The resolution of a 21 megapixel camera is astounding. I’ve only taken a few photos with it so far, but I’m blown away with the difference in quality thus far! Here’s one from the farmer’s market this weekend.
