Well I've been waiting long enough to finally get a good camera, and today was the day. After much research and advice from some friends and colleagues, I'm going to go buy the Canon 450D (Rebel XSi) camera. It's a great entry SLR camera, and should provide me enough time to buy all the lens and accessories before I need something with more power. After shopping around for about 4 hours we finally found a great shop, and price, and we finished the transaction, and went for a great early dinner (around 3pm).

After a good dinner, I went out to the OCD, and though I'd get some new pictures using the new camera, here are a few of the good ones:

After finishing the rounds I went back to DHQ to met with a few colleagues, and found that we have recently received a few upgrade cards that can be used to enter some of the venues. So using these cards I was able to go into the Watercube, and Bird's Nest to take some additional photos.

On the way back to the apartment I caught this cool sequence of color changes on the Pangu Plaza.

Overall a very good day, and love the new camera. The only thing missing now is a zoom lens.

-Chris