Goodbye Old Friend...

I just upgraded to a Canon 30D from a Minolta 800si film SLR.

I've shot a lot of stuff with the 800si - bought it before a trip to Bryce Canyon in the US - but time and technology move on, and after a lot of compromising (mostly in the form of Digital Point and Shoots), and after a trip to beautiful, picturesque New Zealand with nothing but my Nokia N70 camera-phone, I finally chanced upon an opportunity to get a Canon 30D.

We went to the Himalayan foothills for the New Year and I shot a couple of rolls with the 800si before finally switching. I think the film roll is finally going the way of the polaroid...

Took the 30D on a trip to Ootcamund - a hill station close-by - and shot a bunch of water-birds in a bird sanctuary. The machine feels good. I have to still get used to the spot-metering and the AF, but it was a good first outing.

I'll post a few of the pictures as I get the time...