Caz Photo Blog

I’ve had a busy week with photography, enjoying a potter round local Essex villages last Monday, an evening stroll with photographic buddies around the Barbican and St. Paul’s on Tuesday, and finally a day out to Cardiff Bay on Saturday, to see the National Assembly of Wales and the new Opera House. Cardiff Bay is an interesting development, much akin to London’s Docklands, and has lots of exciting modern architecture, just my sort of thing!

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My Canon Speedlite 540EZ is now officially a dinosaur. I’d suspected as much a few months ago when I went to use it with my EOS300D and nothing happened. That is, the pilot button on the back would fire the flash when charged, but the camera wouldn’t. It was the first time I’d attempted to use it with the digital body, and (stupidly) I’d not tried it out before going somewhere where I really needed it. So I had to manage, and vowed to test it again soon.

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I hope I didn’t come across as arrogant in yesterday’s post about how much difference a good piece of equipment can make. That wasn’t my intention. But further reflection set me thinking that, in these days where consumers expect instant gratification from their purchases, I think it’s sad that some people spend an awful lot of money on the best camera and are then disappointed with the pictures they take with it.

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If you read my recent post, Green-Eyed Monster, you might be thinking that I advocate getting the latest gadgets just for the sake of it. And while I think you should always buy the best model you can afford (whether that be a mobile, digital camera or toaster), it’s certainly doesn’t follow that you will only get the best results from the best kit.

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Envy is a terrible thing!

I’ve had my trusty Canon EOS300D digi-SLR since Feb 2004, and have used it for capturing countless pictures which I’m extremely pleased with. The vast majority of the images on my photographic portfolio have been taken with it, so much so that I haven’t picked up my Canon EOS50E film body since going digital. In the main, I’ve had no complaints at all about the camera, and in the age when whatever you buy is obsolete before you get the credit card bill, it’s been an excellent tool to get to grips with the peculiarities of digital, as opposed to film.

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