郁金香节拍花

这都是家里自己种的郁金香。

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Canon PowerShot S230

我们的Canon PowerShot S230已经跟我们五年多了，是一部忠心又能耐的机器。目前，它已经进化成我们的摄像机。用250MB的Compact Flash来摄像实在不过用。希望可以找着一个二手的Compact Flash。

kkdd的手

这是我们的手。好玩！是50mm新镜头拍的。

Nikon 50mm f/1.8D AF Nikkor Lens

Finally, I've got my prime lens. Hopefully this fast lens will bring us more sharper photo quality in low light condition. Love it so far, but didn't have chance to take a lot of portrait photos yet.

http://www.nikonusa.com/template.php?cat=1&grp=5&productNr=2137

Nikon 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6G Lens

It has been a long shopping for lens since I bought my D50 body. Honestly, getting serious into photography costs money, and it is not cheap. It is not an easy decision for me get started, but it is to my surprised that it is also not an easy decision to stop buying equipment.

Somehow I need to draw a clear line on the spending, what is essential and what is nice to have. After a more thorough research during the Christmas holidays, I've concluded that I will buy 2 affordable lens and an external flash. I will need a good glass suitable for a wide variety of shooting situations; from sports, action and portraits to wide-angle landscapes. I will also need a prime lens for shooting baby's portrait at home at low lighting condition. Getting an external flash seems unavoidable to shoot at night.

Finally I got my first lens for my D50. It is DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6G, which is destined to become the D80's kit lens when it was introduced in September 2006.

To Learn more about Nikon 18-135mm lens
http://www.nikonusa.com/template.php?cat=1&grp=5&productNr=2162
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0608/06080902nikonafsdx18-135lens.asp

Nikon D50

dd and I love our Canon PowerShot S230 very much. We have been using it to take thousands of our photos, preserving our memories in this digital age. Those photos taken in the past 3 years really bring us a lot of sweet memories.

The Canon PowerShot is great, but it is time to get serious about photographing and get some breakthough, especially when we know our baby is coming in March 2007.

Well, in order to get into this SLR camera world, I've decided to start with this D50 body that costs us $589, and I ended up paying Cdn$701 after shipping and 14% tax.

To Learn more about Nikon D50
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond50
http://www.nikonusa.com/template.php?cat=1&grp=2&productNr=25216