I developed an interest in photography when my great Aunt gave me a Minolta X-700 film camera. Soon after I began shooting My Wife's musical theater shows. Low light, quickly changing lighting and fast action created a steep learning curve. After two years I jumped to digital with a Sony DSC- F717 5 megapixel camera. At the time it had the fastest, or least, shutter lag for an entry level camera just short of an SLR. The 717 has a magnificient carl zeiss lens to it's credit. Most of my gallery, at the time of this writing, has been captured with the Sony. But, even more than dog years, camera years are about 30:1. So at 60 years My needs had outgrown the Sony. I eBay-ed my kit and moved up to the setup shown below. The Canon Rebel XT has some extremely usable high ISO and almost instant shutter. At only about 4 times the cost of my previous setup. Any gallery or shots after February '06 are taken with the Canon Rebel XT. My current hardware: Canon Rebel XT DSLR Canon 50mm f/1.8 Canon 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM Canon 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM Canon 580 Speedlite Tamrac Expedition 5 Backpack Click the EXIF button to see which camera was used for any Photo as well as shutter speed, ISO information etc. Thanks for looking at my galleries. Please leave a comment or two. I love comments!! Mikeeee http://mnmstudios.smugmug.com/Street-Scenes/Singles-1/Window-Me/2227976_EPUGf-300x300.jpg http://mnmstudios.smugmug.com/ 2009-11-26T02:58:47Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug