In August of 2006, my family and a group of friends took a trip up the Oregon coast. I had been looking into getting a dSLR, but didn't know if I wanted to go with Canon or Nikon. On that trip, my sister had a Canon Rebel Xti and she let me use it for the day that we went through the Redwoods. Until then, the only camera I had used was a point and shot. After using my sister's camera, I decided to go with that Canon. One of the main reasons for choosing Canon was that we live in the same town, so we could share the lenses that we would get in the...more
