Rebel XT popularity rises yet again

I came across this interesting statistics on Flickr, about the camera used by its users. As is evident, there is a healthy increase in the user community of Canon Rebel XT. The simple user interface of the camera, coupled with the excellent features helps the non-pro users take amazing and interesting snaps quite easily and efficiently. I am just too happy with mine and would recommend it for all those thinking of buying an SLR camera this Christmas. For further details on this statistics here is the link.

DSLR Photography

Found this good tutorial on DSLR Photography on a forum.

For those of you in the process of thinking to buy a DSLR soon ... my suggestion is go for the Canon 400D aka Digital Rebel XTi. Apparently it is getting good reviews from buyers and has many good features as compared to the earlier Canon version.

for further features check out

Hobbies & Interests : Photography

Photography is a passion in itself. Considered to be one of the most expensive hobbies, it gives the photographer enough tools and space for creativity. With the varous types of cameras invloved, the several types of lenses tailored for a particular need, photographers coming from several backgrounds, each having his/her own taste, etc - photography in itself is a vast field covering several domains from fashion-documentary-fine art-street-nature-vernacular-night-panoramic-photojournalism etc.

for starters this wiki is a good place to have your interface with this vast, interesting and creative field. With the great boom of digital camera technology, cameras and photography in general has expanded its user base by leaps and bounds. To know more about how your digital cameras this is a good link. For the little advanced users and semi-pros, a DSLR camera is the best tool. this would help all you DSLR fans

I guess most of you host your snaps online at places like Flickr, Webshots , Photo.net etc. I found this interesting blog that has a good set of photos uploaded by their users. My favourite ones are this, this and this

Macro photography is a large field in itself. Here is a good starting point to know the intricacies about Macro Lenses. This wiki is also informative.

I upload some of my snaps at these links

Enjoy !

PS: photo Courtesy of Miwaza Jemimah

Bits n Bytes : Canon 350D

Canon 350D, which is also called the "Rebel", is apparently the best voted camera of the D-SLR type. For those of you who are interested in knowing more about this piece of beauty, check out the links below.

A very comprehensively written review is here

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/xt-350d.shtml

to know more about SLR technology read this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-lens_reflex_camera

for Mirror Look-Up fundamentals check out
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/understanding-series/mirror-lock.shtml

This is a good forum for Canon 350D users, you can exchange views, ideas and tips here

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/forum.asp?forum=1031

These are some snaps I took with my "Rebel", these are locations in an around Trento, Italy.

An evening shot of the river Adige.

Tulips in the Spring.