i've been using my Canon EOS for a while now. at first i just had the cheap 18-55mm that they include with the body. then a friend(and better photographer than i will ever be) gave me his old 55-200mm lens. it's not the greatest piece of hardware, but it gave me options i didn't have before. it expanded the envelope of what i could do with my camera.

my problem was that the percentage of shots i could use compared to what i was taking was just way too low. i've been getting better, but all too often i get exactly what i wanted only to end up with a little blur hear or there.

i'll be the first to admit some of it was me. i need to spend more time learning the camera instead of falling back on the same modes that i'm comfortable with.

For my birthday [link] got me one of the greatest gifts(second only to the engineering drawings for a piper cub) ever.

a new, very nice 18-200mm Sigma.

now it's all up to me.

i'm working on it.