Some say knowledge is power, for me, knowledge means it is gonna cost more money.

Well I have some nasty cold today that has really put me down for the count.  My next plan for my blog was another soccer post because I have pictures ready to go.  But I have been holding off because I have really wanted feedback on my ideas.  So thanks too you guys that responded!  We went to Logan on Thursday as a family.  We haven’t really been out in a long time, so it was a really nice trip.  We went because Natalie wanted to check out how much it was going to cost to tile the kitchen, dining room, and entry way.  Our linoleum has started peeling up of the ground.  I super glued it back down, but who knows how long that will last.  I wanted to go to Logan so that I could go check out my camera.  All the posts I have been reading have said that before you buy you should go and handle the camera and see how you like it.

 

So for dinner we went to Texas Roadhouse.  Dinner was fantastic!!

After that we went to the Mall because Natalie wanted to check out dresses for Kallie to see if there were any summer dresses that were on clearance. 

After that it was off to Lowes to check out tile.  We bought 4 samples for Natalie to lay out and decide what she wanted in the different light of our home.  When we got home that night she decided on one, but the next day it changed.  I think we have it narrowed down to 2.

After that it was off to Best Buy, the kids call it Buy More.  I don’t know if any of you have watched Chuck.  But they said it so much, even I was calling it Buy More before the end of the night.

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So the moment of truth had arrived.  I found the DSLR Cameras, and picked up the one I was aiming to buy.  The Canon T2i.  Unfortunately the camera they had, did not have any power to it.  So I played with it as much as I could, without any power.  So I played with the Canon 40D, and the Canon T1i.  My dream camera’s older and younger brother respectively.  I figured then I could plan for something in the middle.  Sadly I was not impressed at all.  I tried the lower end Nikons and I still wasn’t impressed.  When I first started thinking of Photography, I planned on getting a Nikon D90.  But a buddy of mine recommended I check into the Canon line.  The Nikon D90 was the most expensive of all the cameras even living in my price range, and so after a month of research, I discounted the D90 because it was hanging out just over my price range.  And I am easily persuaded with my “you have to have it now” attitude.  The D90 did score higher than any of the Canon camera’s I was looking at, but the price made me cringe a little too much.  Now these camera’s aren't cheap,  and the difference in price is $150.00, so I didn’t want to save my money for that much longer. 

Well I picked up the fabled Nikon D90, and this is what I found…  I am in love!!  Imagine the scene in Harry Potter buys his wand from Ollivander’s.  It was a lot like that.  The camera fit my hand perfect, the Canons were too small.  The Nikon felt solid and sturdy, and the Canon’s were plastic and light.  It might be the wrong way of thinking, but if I am going to spend this much money on a camera, it better feel like my monies worth.  So I started to check out the camera further.  It comes with twice the lens that the Canon’s come with.  I was amazed at how good the camera was able to auto focus inside the store.  I found some life size cardboard cutouts from the Prince of Persia movie that just came out, and started taking pictures.  I was amazed at how good the pictures were turning out.  So I turned the flash off on the camera and felt like it was taking even better pictures.  So I chose my next target, a HDTV with a football game on.  I snapped a few pictures and looked at the results.  I was amazed that despite not even being able to tell who was playing, that the detail in the picture was good enough that I could not only check the score, but I could read the number on the jersey’s that fans in the spectators were wearing.  I was convinced!  This was the camera!  Here it is…..  The Nikon D90!!

So, I was excited.  I had my camera picked.  After going hands on with the camera, the $150.00 price difference didn’t seem so extreme considering how much more lens I was getting, and how impressed I was with the performance of the camera inside an electronics store.  And then Natalie showed up.  She looked at the price tag on the camera and looked like she was going to pass out.  From where I started a month ago, I was looking at double the price.  She seemed very concerned and it took so quick assurances from me to make things ok.  Natalie knows about my, “you have to have this right now” condition.  I assured her that I was not expecting the camera today or tomorrow and that all the price tag meant was that I was going to have to save for longer.  I tried to show her why I picked that camera over the others, but I think she was still seeing dollar signs.  I just feel good to know that I have made my decision and know where to aim my desires.

 

Like most trips to Logan, it ended with a stop at our favorite ice cream parlor, Cold Stone Creamery. 

Hopefully Natalie’s ice cream took the edge off.  She has been really good to listen to me go on and on……… and on, about photography.  Now to buckle down.  If the dream can last as long as it is going to take me to save for this camera, then I am set!