A few years ago I complained about problems with the original Canon EOS Digital Rebel. I'm happy to say that the newer Digital Rebel XT is a great camera and costs nearly half as much as the Rebel. Newegg has a body-only Digital Rebel XT kit for a good price.

Since I bought a kit without a lens I decided to get something a bit more versatile than the usual 18-55mm lens. So I got a Canon EF 28-105mm f4-5.6. But the Canon EF 28-105mm f3.5-4 Mark II would have been worth the extra money. It has better optics and it affords a faster shutter speed. I think my next lens would be a Canon EF-S 17-85mm f4-5.6 IS. Its much wider angle and has image stabilization to help steady the shakes.

I took some photos of insects feeding on Sedum Telephium (Autumn Joy) flowers. I believe the first is some sort of skipperling. The second is a bumblebee, of course.

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