Canon EOS 450D

The human psyche boggles me sometimes.. because I have two papers tomorrow that last from 8am to 5pm with a 2-hour break in between, and here I am.. blogging! I am as prepared as.. insert analogy here lah lazy to think now wtf.

The first camera that I’ve ever handled was my parents’ orange Kodak film-based camera when I was 12 years old (as far back as I could remember) which, well, had met its natural demise after being branded as technologically obsolete (but many a shot have been snapped and made very memorable). Then came along the black Fujifilm S5000 with a 5x optical zoom which proved marginally useful when wanting to zoom into unsuspecting girls across our class at the opposite block in high school (obviously it was my other friends who were too free to do such a thing), and then when its auto-focus was spoilt, it now lie somewhere in my house collecting layers of dust.

Next was a Sony Cybershot DSC-W50 which was purchased in April 2006 to replace the old black faithful which have seen most of its days serving my school’s Photography Club and the school magazine’s editorial board. Then fast forward to December 2006 where I lost the camera at SS15’s Station One (never going back there) on Christmas Eve. :(

Then had to get a new camera in January 2007 because there are a few things I can’t do without and one of these includes a camera, which I christened as Ixion, true to my gadget-naming habit in the past. The Canon Ixus 850 IS served me very well up to now, even went missing twice when I was kayaking at a river in Laos but was miraculously found.

But up till these few days, I suddenly felt the itch to bring my photography a step further.. and the only natural progression was a DSLR.

And so!!!

I parted ways with RM3730 on Saturday evening at Amcorp Mall to get a brand new Canon EOS 450D (RM28xx) + EF-S 18-55mm IS kit lens, and an additional 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS lens (RM8xx) for my telephoto aspirations. And yes those seemingly nonsensical numbers and letters sounded like tribal mumbo-jumbo the first time I saw it but of course lah I had to learn what the hell they meant. Does it not sound cool to say I have a 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS lens?? (Actually no it’s like a low-end lens wtf.)

I daresay it was almost an impulsive buy but I did hours and hours of researching on local forums and Googling a few days before finally making the purchase.. didn’t want to do so until I’m finally done with my exams but my dad popped the question if I want to have a look at the camera at a shop his ex-colleague was recommending.. and the originally intended window-shopping turned into actual purchase wtf.

I’m now a proud owner of a Canon EOS 450D and I’m excited to share this slice of news to the world. But this is going to be a fucking expensive hobby (don’t plan to expand to include more lenses yet), because the Nissin Speedlite Di622 flash that I’m planning to purchase costs RM480. =_____=

Yeah didn’t have much chance to play around with the camera fully yet.

OMG 1:02am already and I still have a few topics of Marketing Principles not yet finalised!! So quick photos below before I go:

Wide-angle perspective of where I normally hang out in my room: in front of the laptop wtf.

Brandon modelling for me for a bit while waiting for me to finally finish burning his Lagu Patriotik songs for him.

Obligatory sohai collage of yours truly with my new primary camera. <3

In the one month holiday that follow after my exams, I intend to sharpen up my DSLR skills enough so that one day I will be employed as an official photographer for you guys’ weddings and can take beautiful wedding photos for my extended family =D. At least, that’s the goal for now – and I intend to seek some of you out (Suet, Jess, etc) to model for me to practise my photography skills on (nudity is optional wtf).