slr camera, digital camera zoomToday I'm ordering an SLR camera for the family so we can upgrade our photos and be able to use different lenses instead of being limited to a single lens that we presently have, even though it has a digital camera zoom. We want to get back the flexibility we had with our film camera and all the lenses that make photographing with wide angle and telephoto lenses possible. Other than being limited by our current digital camera zoom lens, we love digital photography compared to film photography. Having made the switch about five years ago, we won't consider anything else.

It's so easy to shoot all kinds of photos with digital camera and the SLR cameras are the best. My husband wants to start learning more about photo editing because he simply loves photography and creating unique images. When we travel, he loves to go to galleries and look at what some local pros have done with their images so he can broaden his range of shooting styles. This camera is the Canon Silver 12.2MP Rebel XSi Digital SLR Camera with a 3.0" LCD. Since it has 12.2 megapixels, we'll be able to get some incredible enlargements. Other fantastic features of this camera are that it will shoot both JPEG and RAW files, even simultaneously in the RAW format, which is the highest resolution type of file that digital cameras can do.

Since we don't have any EF and EF-S Lenses that will fit this camera body, we'll have to start looking for them online. For starters, I'm going to order an 18-135 mm lens because those are the most versatile and will give us a good start in wide angle and to some extent, telephoto photography. As time goes by, we'll buy different lenses, but for now, this lens will be just fine. It uses a rechargeable battery that I will charge before Christmas so we can start using it right away, once my husband opens the box.

I found this SLR camera at Electronic Photo Gadgets located at http://www.electronicphotogadgets.com, an online store with a wide selection of all kinds of SLR cameras and other camera accessories. They also have a number of different digital camcorders and camera bags. We already have a camera bag for our film camera equipment that we can remove and box up for posterity. Who knows, in time film cameras may be a collector's item. All I know for sure is that with the week after Christmas off for the entire family, we'll be out taking pictures with our new SLR camera and loving every moment of it.