Going Back?

Lately, I've been seeing some of my photography friends announcing that they're getting a new camera or changing brands. For me, it's not wrong (obviously). It's their money anyway, so, go ahead. But somehow, all these talk about changing brand and upgrading, really makes me reminisce about my old Canon 350D and Nikon 40D. Seriously miss those two cameras. 

Nikon D40                                                    Canon 350D

The Canon 350D has been with me since 2006 and the D40 was with me only since Feb of 2009. Both were sold off and from those two, I decided to move on to Sony and got myself a Sony Alpha 200 (a200) and never looked back since. I'm not going to spill the details on why I changed brands. Lets just say that it's time to try something new.

Sony Alpha 200

But, nowadays, after seeing so many upgrades and updates and even new models coming out like there's no tomorrow from every camera brands out there really somehow makes me want to go back to Nikon or Canon. I'm not saying that those brands are better than Sony, it's just that thinking about the old cameras makes me miss those brands. But, if I do get or go back to either those two brands, I might get a used set of either the Nikon D80 or the Canon 30D. "Why those two" you might ask, well, Just Because. 

 

Canon 30D                                            Nikon D80

But, I guess it might be something of the distant future for now. Because I'm planning to stick to Sony for quite some time first. No rush. 

For those who are reading this and are deciding that they need a new camera just because the new one has better feature, think about this first, have you really covered every inch of the camera you already have? If not, then don't bother changing because there's going to more things that you are going to need to re-learn. Save your money for your lenses and flashes. Always start form the bottom-up. You'll learn more from there.

Cheers