Canon Rebel XT (or Kiss デジタルN in Japan)

I finally bought my camera.

After running over my beloved Canon S70 with my bicycle last month, I was both heart-broken and thrilled. I now had a chance to buy a dSLR, something that I've had my sights on for some time.

When the Kiss デジタルN came out in February, it was exciting to see that Canon had addressed many of the issues that kept the original Kiss デジタル (or the Rebel) trailing behind the Nikon D70.

In Japan, this camera is primarily marketed towards first time users of SLR-type cameras, digital or otherwise.



In other words, the primary market is composed of mothers and fathers who might be buying these high-tech gadgets to capture their children's raptuous youth, who just might happen to belong to a different ethnic group, of course.

So, qualities like the weight and the size (and maybe even the "toyish" feel to it) are not really detrimental at all, but in fact, are generally seen as positive.

I, though without youth to raptuously capture, am a newbie too, and the Kiss デジタルN feels really comfortable in my hands.

So, there you have it. It's going to be a lot of fun now with my new acquisition. There is so much to learn about photography now that I have taken the first step.