Canon EOS 20D

Long time no blog. It’s been a long week I’m afraid!

Today has been a good day. One of my brothers has just got engaged, so I met up with him and his other half for dinner. Had a really nice (pub) meal which was a bit of a surprise. It seems increasingly difficult to find a decent pub with decent beer and decent food. My bro’ got me a Good Pub Guide last Christmas and this has helped a lot, but I am generally disappointed with pub grub these days. Anyway, I can’t remember the name of this pub, but it was a good one.

Before meeting them I stopped off at Park Cameras and picked up my brand new camera: a Canon EOS 20D. It’s my first foray into the digital world, and I’m looking forward to seeing how the camera does. I’ve not really had much of a chance to look at it yet though - the battery was nearly flat when I got it, so it’s charging now

I got a Canon EF 17-14mm f/4.0 L lens with the 20D body. This seems like a good lens, but it weighs a ton! I’ve just tried it on my rather old (film) EOS 5, and it’s great! You don’t get the full wide angle effect on digital (see the lens calculator) like you do with film, so I’m really looking forward to taking some sweeping landscapes with it on my film body

Canon EOS 20D and EF 17-40mm f/4.0L - picture from Imaging Resource

I had a quick look through the manual and it all looks rather complicated. Not like film, but there we go.

Woohoo! The charger has stopped blinking, so I think that means the battery is charged. I’m off to play! I’m quite sure there are going to be lots of snaps appearing on the site now!