Why I bought the zoom lens

This was shot from my back porch with the new camera, using the default magnification. . The standard lens of course has some zoom capability. This second shot is at the maximum magnification with that lens. .

Ah, but the zoom lens. It lets you magnify things just a bit more, doncha think?

New Camera

At last the prices of digital cameras with interchangeable lenses have come down far enough to fit my budget. For years they stayed in the $1200-$1500 range. Now you can get a decent one for around $500, give or take a couple hundred.

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So today we bought a Canon Rebel XS camera (the one Andre Agassi used to hawk on TV), plus a zoom lens. I spent the evening annoying the dogs with my picture-taking and getting the basics down pat. So far, so kewl.