Came back from Chennai yesterday. Apart from visiting the city, I re-visited my childhood. I met school mates. Guys I hadn’t seen in 7 yrs. It was good fun…talking abt all those yesterdays. I returned to Bangalore yesterday, and the first thing I did was open my new camera from the box. I had made an online purchase, and a friend got it to Bangalore from S’pore on Sunday. (I was in half a mind to cancel my Chennai trip, coz I didn’t want to wait an extra day to see it!)

This camera, which I chose after extensive research, is very popular in the Canon catalogue. It’s not only about the 5 Megapixels that this baby can handle - it is about the extensive manual controls that this model has to offer. I am no pro, so I figured that purchasing this camera would be a good way to overcome the learning curve that one has to encounter while getting serious abt photography. And talking abt learning curves, I shot my first set of snaps at Sankey tank yesterday only to realize later at home that none of the shots had come out as expected. I wasn’t disappointed abt this - I knew I had to RTFM. With 14 scene modes, manual control over White Balance, F-stops, Sensitivity blah, blah….I have a lot of things to figure out. And the only way to do that is by reading the manual. Something I hate doing (yea, yea..I know I am a Tech Writer and all :p )

I am excited!

Oh ya, I got a 128 mb CF card, a Battery Charger Set, a mini tripod and a 7-in-1 Kit Bag with a camera cleaning kit free as part of Canon’s year end promotion