New Photos

Recently I got myself a new lens for my SLR, and I have been trying to take better photos with it. The lens is a Canon 50mm 1.8 Mark I, and I have been using it on my "ancient" Canon EOS Rebel 2000. The person I bought the lens from had bought it with an Elan 7 back in 1987 or 1988 he said. Its a faster lens in terms of aperture, but the autofocus is incredibly slow on it. Because of this, I have been using the lens in Manual mode, and subsequently, I have even been using the camera in Manual mode. Its been a long time since I shot a camera without all of the automatic features, so I am finding that some of my photos are what I am expecting, and some are not. I think part of this is that I am still getting used to the camera, so I am not as fast with the controls as I might like. I do feel like I am getting better in general, but I do have a ways to go. In all honesty, it has reinvigorated me, and my savings goals have shifted again. The 7d/t2i has once again risen to be an initial savings priority. The two bodies are mostly the same, with the two notable differences being the Burst capabilities, and the storage media formats. I think in the long run, I would end up upgrading before too long, so the t2i is a better choice. (I have had the 35mm for 9 years, and the digital P&S for 3 with its predecessor lasting 5, so too long may be relative.) I could also afford the t2i and a 135mm or 85mm Prime Lens for the price of the 7d body, so that is a consideration.
Anyway, here are the recent photos, and more will be posted when I finish the rolls. Over last weekend I shot 2.5 rolls of 35mm, 10/12ths of a roll of 120 film, 20-30 digital shots, and a couple of phone pics. Though the phone pics were mostly inconsequential shots to capture gps/time metadata.
MemorialDay 2010 Photoset on Flickr