Yesterday I spent the day photographing the city with Jori. We spent a lot of time shooting 9 11 stuff, but we also took a lot of pictures of the San Gennaro Festival on Mulberry Street. It was good times and I think I got a lot of really great shots. We'll see.

Jori is a photojournalist and has an EOS-1D. The camera made me realize how badly I want a digital SLR. I don't really have a need for the 1D but I am dying to get my hands on the 10D. I yearn for the control and image quality of that camera. I love my G1, but it is dying and I know it. The extra megapixels are nice but I realize that for my purposes I can survive without them. Still, there is nothing like using a great Canon lens, be it for digital or film.

In the spring I had planned to get my hands on a new G5 and LCD screen. Together, these are quite expensive. Now I'm planning on dropping the screen, using my old CRT, and buying the 10D. The cost will be about the same (assuming the price drops a couple hundred bucks between now and then) and I don't really NEED an LCD screen as my 19-inch Viewsonic is a great monitor and in perfect condition. So, I get two totally seperate things and can be twice as happy.

I'm not sure why I decided to share this all on the blog. Maybe it was to get some reassurance. More likely it is to remind myself to keep raising the balance in my savings account into next spring.

MORE: I just read this review of the Canon EOS 300D and it sounds like it is VERY similar to the 10D, uses the same chip and is $600 less. Hmmmm.