I have recently had a renewed interest in photography because of the digital revolution. I bided my time until a digital SLR was within my budget, well I mean was within the realm of reality. I purchased a Canon Digital Rebel which has turned out to be a great camera. I still haven't bought an additional lens but am considering a Canon EF lens 70-300mm lens with IS (Image Stabilization).

Along with taking digital photos I learned that I could digitize our slides that we had started taking in the late '60's. I bought a Konica Monolta Dimage Scan Dual IV. Let me tell you that it was the most rewarding purchase that we have made in years. Digitizing treasured slides and being able to access them from the computer for cropping, exposure control, color correction, and being able to actually save underexposed pictures has been phenomenal.