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My Precious 20D

I love all of my camera gear. I could not image life without my wide angle lens. It is great for landscapes and commercial photography. What would I ever do without my zoom lenses? I would miss out on all those birds and things that I just can't get close too. I love my macro!! Then there is my tripod. I hated it at first, but now I can't image shooting without it. Then there are my lights. I have modeling lights, strobes, flashlights, and all their umbrellas, boxes, and filters. I have had hours of fun playing with light. There are extensions, converters, cable releases, and filters. I have so much gear and I love every piece of it. To choose my favorite, I have to get down to the basics. Which piece pulls it all together?

I love my canon 20d! I love it so much that I bought two of them. One is usually fitted with a wide angle and the other with a telephoto. So much time is saved and images that would have been missed from changing out lenses are no longer an issue. I love that I know where just about every button is without looking. I love that I can hold that shutter button down and it will fire and fire and fire. I love the control I have with all of the options. I love the priority selections. I can set the aperture priority or shutter priority depending on the image I am trying to create. It allows me so much more freedom. I bought my 20Ds from friends that have moved up in the Canon World. Both of them have come back and said that they wish they had stuck with the 20D. I am even happier that they did not buy them back from me.

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19 responses

peggy gardner gave props (1 Jul 2009):
you didn't submit any picture? I'm with you, wide angle is the way to go...at first I used a telephoto on everything...now I never use it....could walk off the face of the planet with a roll of infrared film in a leica with a 24mm....and never look back.
Joy B gave props (1 Jul 2009):
I vote yes!
Andrea Petersen gave props (1 Jul 2009):
Great story and yes your camera does take excellent pictures and so does the photographer behind it who knows what she is doing...I vote yes.
Lynn H gave props (1 Jul 2009):
SUPER story and photos! VERY well done! My vote
Christopher Long gave props (1 Jul 2009):
Fantastic story and shots. I love my Canon too!!
Martin E. Morris gave props (1 Jul 2009):
It's always nice when you "get on" with your camera gear but I suspect you would still make great images with a pin-hole camera made from a biscuit tin.Great story that certainly gets my vote.Super images too!!!
Litz Go gave props (1 Jul 2009):
love your photo essay and I'm glad you are a canon girl too! way to go, Reg! Now I know where to go for advice on my Canon. Yeah of course it rocks, my vote!
peggy gardner gave props (1 Jul 2009):
oh yes very nice...I like your boxy set up their - quite impressive...nice story.
Zapata-Bedoya Juan P gave props (1 Jul 2009):
My vote ... great story and lovely image of my favorite model kitty. Un abrazo, Juan
JOE FAILK gave props (1 Jul 2009):
Great Photos and story Vote!
suzanne said (2 Jul 2009):
Lovely story Regenia....Voted yes!
Beth Wode gave props (2 Jul 2009):
Fabulous Regenia.. as usual.. you are a wizz with the camera.. One day I would love to as good as you are!
Gary Cole said (2 Jul 2009):
Too late now but your idea of having two cameras with different lenses at the ready is great. Now, I wish I'd have kept my Minolta 5D to do that very thing with. Guess I can't cry over spilt milk. Great story!
J. Harris Blacklist gave props (3 Jul 2009):
Great Story Essay and Yes from me.
Michael Ball gave props (4 Jul 2009):
Excellent Regenia!! I love all the shots!! You rock!!
Maria Cox gave props (6 Jul 2009):
Very inspirational story!!! voted!
Alain Mijngheer gave props (20 Jul 2009):
A fine story, even tough I'm a Nikonist myself :)
Will Depo gave props (20 Jul 2009):
What a nice story I like your photos
Judy Wanamaker gave props (9 Aug 2009):
A real love story! You have made the 20d an extension of yourself, and your breathtaking photography is the proof. voting.