I have had a fascination with photography for years. I’ve never been any good at it but I still love it. I started shooting with a little P.O.S. pocket camera, then graduated to a hand-me-down Pentax k1000 from my brother. Eventually I found digital cameras and loved the freedom from film. Today I shoot using a Canon Powershot S5 IS. It’s rather nice for a “point-and-shoot”, having a hotshoe and a 12x optical zoom, and I don’t feel like I need a DSLR, at least not for a while. That being said I do want to upgrade my kit a bit.

What I have:

  • 58mm adapter
  • Lens hood
  • Adjustable flash
  • Cheap tripod
  • 2X 2 G.B. SD cards
  • Lenspen
  • 2 sets of batteries

What I want:

  • Polarizing and neutral grad filters – I hate post processing (I’m allergic to Photoshop) so those two filters would help me get the shots I want in the first place.
  • New flash – The flash I have is quite old and is ever so slightly laggy, even with new batteries.
  • A better tripod – The one I have is about what you’d expect for a $35 tripod. That is, it holds the camera and is steadier than shooting by hand, but just. I’d like one that is truly steady
  • A bigger bag – While I already lament the fact that my camera is too big to just throw into my backpack and go I need more room in my camera bag. As it is the camera, hood, flash, and such barely fit
  • Bigger faster SD cards – What digital photographer doesn’t
  • More batteries – Ditto