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Camera conundrum

I’ve been thinking lately about making some changes to my stable of photo equipment. Here’s what I’ve been mulling over:

• Sell the Canon Digital Rebel and accessories and buy an ultra-zoom point-and-shoot camera, specifically a Canon PowerShot S2 IS.
• Buy a new lens or two and an external flash for the Digital Rebel.
• Buy a tiny point-and-shoot like a Canon PowerShot SD 450 to replace my aging PowerShot G1 as my “go everywhere” camera. I would keep the G1 for hazardous duty.

Doing some combination of the second and third items is the most likely scenario. I like the specs of and wouldn’t hesitate to recommend the S2, but I think it would have some shortcomings in my work.

Of course, I may do nothing and just be suffering from what Dad would call “money burning a hole in my pocket.”

[...] I have come to one of the camera decisions that I hemmed and hawed about earlier. I ordered a Canon SD450 last night to become my new “carry everywhere” camera. It should be here next week before I go on vacation to the Keys the following week. Now I just need to decide which additional lens or lenses to buy for the Digital Rebel and whether or not to replace it sometime next year with an EOS-20D. [...]

[...] last time, I may do nothing and just be suffering from what Dad would call “money burning a hole in my [...]