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Recently got a new camera since my wife made me drop mine atop the Eiffel Tower tipsy A Canon Digital Rebel XT cool I saved a couple hundred dollars by finding a good site at www.pricegrabber.com - just don't fall for the upselling most sites try to do once you purchase their inexpensive main equipment - you can almost always buy better quality for less money for the accessories they try to upsell you on. smash

Who is in to digital photography? What camera do you use and what do you like about it? Do you have any favorite websites to learn from/ be inspired by?


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I have been into digital photography for several years now. I had an Olympus D500. I bought it used off of my boss. It was one of the first fixed SLR cameras out. When he bought a new camera a few years back, I bought his current Olympus D620L. It's not the most advanced camera out these days, but it serves me well. It has burst mode for taking 3-5 shots in an instant. It has a real macro and all the other basic features most cameras have. It's low on pixels, 1.3 I think, but it still takes nice pictures.

[img]http://209.204.184.164/gallery/gallery%2FStilgar%2FWinter%5FFun%5FFest%5F2004%2Fwff%5F04%2D148%2Ejpg[/img]

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I don't have any inspirational links, sorry.

Enjoy your new toy. smile

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I heart digital photography...

I have a Sony Digital Mactiva, it takes pictures to floppy disks as I wasn't interested in dealing with any "cards"; our next one will likely be either an SD or a DVD camera...

I have a load of pictures availalbe on Corthell.info , some examples:
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the second one is the one that looks the most like you gizzy wink


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those are great pictures, especially for the pixel amounts. I ran the wheels off a sony mavica until it eventually just started corrupting every floppy I put into it. It took thousands of pictures tho smile

There's a great article by Ken Rockwell at:

http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/notcamera.htm

- about how pixel count really doesn't matter, we'd need 25megapixel cameras to even get close to film quality at 4x5 and 100+ mp to get close at 11x14 and larger sizes - the difference from 4-6mp or whatever isn't really enough to make a difference. Most of the pictures he has on there were taken with a 3mp camera, even award-winning ones. A lot of his medium format pictures are taken with a camera he bought for $3 or something laugh

He has a lot of great articles on there if you are shopping for a camera:
http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/buydigicam.htm
or just wanting to learn how to take great pictures. Most everyone could learn a bit there and the articles read easy smile


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I recently took a class titled "Basic Digital Photography" for my BA, and for that class I purchased a Kodak DX7630 , and it worked very well. I took over 800 pictures in 8 weeks with this camera and only had to change the battery a couple of times.

The camera is a 6.1 MP, so you do need a hefty card to get a decent amount of images. It is easy to use, has plenty of macros, and even limited Manual mode. The price wasn't too bad either for the camera.

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Nice smile I understand Kodak is coming on strong after ignoring digital cameras for a while.

Longhorn is supposed to support RAW images built-in:

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,121085,00.asp

That'll make it easier to do things on the higher end with pictures. Those files can be huge tho smile

One reason I bought my rebel xt is that I already have a couple canon products - a powershot s50 (slowly getting worse for the wear) and a canon elura 50 or something (digital video). All 3 use the same battery and compact flash cards, so I save a bundle in not having to buy extras smile A friend of mine is a professional photographer too: http://www.clemwebb.com/ - he gets some great results from his canon cameras smile


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Here's a shot I took with my Kodak for my class:

http://thegeeksinc.com/subzero/coaster.jpg

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PhotoShop CS has built in Camera Raw support; previous versions have to purchase a seperate plugin (i knew i should have copied that when i worked for support)


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my sister has a 5mpix kodak camera that she bought around a year ago. Works great outdoor and ok indoor and has a real optical zoom.

5mpix is great if you want to blow up the pictures you take smile


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I think maybe I enjoy this type of photography a little too much. wink My most used cams are the Canon Pro 1, Canon 350XT and the Pansonic FZ5. I have a Fuji 602z Pro that gets pulled out in the nicer weather as well. Thank goodness for external hard drives! smile

Gizzy, I started with a Mavica FD91 because I felt the same as you did about the media.

If anyone is interested in the EXIF info for online photos there is a little program called IExif that lets you see the camera info if they haven't been renamed.
http://www.opanda.com/en/iexif/index.html

FastStone Image Viewer seems like a neat little program too.
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Your Canon 350XT - is that the same as my canon digital rebel xt? It's also called the 350 in europe I believe smile


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Yep, it is Allen. I visit a forum photo forum and it's always referred to as the 350 but you're right it's the Digital Rebel XT on this side of the pond. smile


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Currently I have a Mostek 800, which was very good for 1998. It did it's purpose for the time, but compared to pictures nowadays it's like a 4 mb ram computer. I'm actually keeping an eye out for one to buy, that's not too expensive, probably 500$ range.

Gizzy: [Linked Image] You have made my day with that 2nd picture and my new desktop picture. laugh

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hehe... man I have hundreds of pictures of my dog... My saying is, "if you want one great picture then you must take hundreds of crappy ones".

But there are like 20-30 great pictures of my dog on there hehe... We just got him groomed so I need to take more pictures of him (well, after i re-brush him, he had an accident last night and puked everywhere, including on himself)


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Now that's an accident tipsy

I took a buncha pictures of the astros getting whupped today smash It woulda been a great game but for the 3rd inning when the cards got 8 runs eek

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Yep, it is Allen. I visit a forum photo forum and it's always referred to as the 350 but you're right it's the Digital Rebel XT on this side of the pond. smile
ah, ok. I've seen it referred to as the XT and the 350D, I thought maybe I missed an upgrade to the 350XT bigshock


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BTW, for anyone interested; if you look in my dog's left eye you can see my wife taking the picture wink ... The dog is looking at me in it smile .

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What do you recommend for a case? Enough size to hold multiple lens or your fave lens and the body? As big as some lens are it might require a backpack smile


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My saying is, "if you want one great picture then you must take hundreds of crappy ones".
I received similar advice in my Digital Photography class. That's why I took over 800 pictures in 8 weeks for an 18 image portfolio which was half my grade. I got an A in the class, of course wink Also learned a few tips in Photoshop for fixing images too smile

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Yeh, you can never have too many photos; besides, with digital you can always delete what you don't need wink


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Originally posted by AllenAyres:


What kinda lens do you use for it? I've got the kit lens that came with it (18-55), but it's pretty limited for zooming use. I'd like to get a 70-300 with image stabilization, but those things are mucho dinero thumbsup


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I have thousands (>3,000) on my hard drive, probably 4-5,000 on my old work computer and a few thousand on my personal site: www.praisecafe.org and maybe a thousand on some compact flash cards I haven't downloaded yet smile

I was never the camera geek growing up, but in the last few years I've more than made up for it. tipsy This is my first non-point-and-shoot camera tho cool

Tell me how you like the 70-300 IS, I am borrowing an old 75-300 or something like it from someone I work with for my little trip in a few weeks, It seems to work pretty well, IS would be nice tho smile

Where do you get your hard-copy prints done? At home? If so, what kinda printer? I've used Walmart recently for some nice black and white prints and another site online for larger prints (can't remember right now). I think it's cheaper to get them done by someone else right now, printers are not that expensive, but the paper and ink is crazy tipsy


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I like Walmart or WalGreens; even KMart... they all have the card scanner/disk/cd drives on the Kodak machine and it's come out decent... In fact, that's what we're having the baby pictures printed out on wink ...


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Their photo station is quick and pretty cheap. I've liked the black and white and the sepia prints we've done so far smile


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Nice collection of pics Gizzy! smile

I don't print my own either. I've used Walmart, Sams and an online service for printing... I can't remember the name right now either. I believe some places have profiles for different cameras... but I've never done that myself. If you're interested in books, MyPublisher.com has a 2 for one deal until the end of the month if I'm not mistaken. The books I've seen have turned out quite nice.

The new lens didn't come today... crossing my fingers it comes tomorrow. I'm seriously considering the 400mm prime right now. The only other contender is the 300mm IS prime. They both seem to have great reviews.

BTW, my May 2005 folder has over 2,000 pics. June 2005 will most likely have more. wink

How does everyone organize their pics? I have the year as the main folder with all of the months inside starting with '1_Jan', 2_Feb, 3_March and so on. Perhaps someone has a better idea.


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Organization of pictures/albums: yyyymmdd-#####

As for ordering; Gallery (Melto Gallery) allows you to order prints through differant servies on a picture by picture basis as well wink


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I organize some by date, some by topic (if the topic is pretty important, like my wedding tipsy ) I go to the huge Sema show in vegas every year and take a bajillion pictures there, usually that gets its own folder, sometime broken down into makes (dodge, bmw, etc). or trucks/cars/ mutated ill-tempered sea bass with frickin laser beams - you can see most anything in vegas wink

If it's a big trip I'll give them it's own folder smile


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My events are organized by name, then the pictures by YYYYMMDD usually; most pictures i'm too lazy to rename from "MVC-xxxxx" hehe


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My wife's birthday is Saturday, I ordered her a Casio - getting rave reviews here:
http://www.kenrockwell.com/casio/exz750.htm

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I have a Pentax Optio 430RS which has served me well over the last 2-3 years. I wanted something that was small enough to keep in a pocket, but not so small that it fits in a mint tin wink

The small form factor makes me more inclined to bring it with me, and as a result, I've accumulated quite a few pictures since having it. I know that I wouldn't have taken nearly as much with a Digital SLR, although I'd prefer the SLR for astrophotography. Not sure whether or not I want to eventually buy a SLR or a CCD camera when I decide to take the plunge.

Since I'm fortunate enough to own Macs, I use iPhoto to organize them.

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What's the advantage/disadvantage of using a prime lens over a zoom? Is it sharper since it is made exclusively for one particular shot?


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I have some good photos from our trip to Fort Vancouver today and we did a quick drive by through the Soldiers Row in Vancouver as well... Not sure when I'll have them up, but should have them online within a few nights (as they're next to me, but i'm tired and want to sleep)


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For anyone interested in photos of Fort Vancouver (the heart of the Hudson Bay company's pacific fur trading) I have a nice little gallery (350 photos) up here ...

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Originally Posted by AllenAyres
What's the advantage/disadvantage of using a prime lens over a zoom? Is it sharper since it is made exclusively for one particular shot?


The answer is 'yes' smile

I've been spending a lot of time at a photo website: http://www.nobsphotosuccess.com - a great site if you are seriously into digital photography and want amazing pictures smile

I keep a few of my trip photos here: http://flickr.com/photos/22849320@N00/ thumbsup


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Primes are good smile They are sharp, but bear in mind they are not zooms, so only good for particular jobs - I will use a prime usually for sport (cricket, football(soccer) etc..) - of course a decent prime is expensive - my 400mm F2.8 cost around £6,000 ($12,000 on current version rates)!!!

If you have any photography questions just ask. I am a canon man myself with the following kit...

1DMK11
1DMk11N
400mm F2.8
300mm F2.8
100-400mm
70-200mm F2.8
16-35 f2.8
15mm Fisheye
1.4x converter
2x converter
various filters, flashunits etc... (and the odd item, I have forgotten)

Another good site is http://www.photography-on-the.net



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oh my goodness that's some expensive hardware shocked

I have a rebel xt with a 50mm 1.8, the kit lens and a 70-300mm with IS and a speedlight 430ex flash smile


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The best thing photo related that I've bought is a Canon Selphy CP510 Dye-Sub Photo Printer. My wife used to always complain that we had 1,000s of pictures stored on the computer, but none that she could put in an album or share with other people. I bought it a year ago and she prints as many pics as she wants, lots and lots of baby pictures - real nice quality too

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Nice, my wife got me a canon photosmart printer for Christmas, I need to start using it too smile


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i have a Cannon SD500 and my mom bought a Cannon SD550; I was in the store the other night and took a look and they have an SD1000 (10mp) for like $450; its insane how huge they're gettin MP/$ wise... and yes, if I had the cash I would so upgrade wink.

I want to get one of those digital photo frames, they cycle through pictures and the such, look really awesome (only about $110).

But yeh, we have tons of photos, but I usually just order through Snapfish, they have great pictures and a decent cost... I've had some good experiances with both the Walmart and Walgreens picture centers, the Kodak machines are better than the otherones they have, and some are instant (vs having to wait for them to print out)

I've looked at various photo printers, still can't justify buying one though...


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I've been looking at the HP Photosmart 8250 Q3470A, it looks nice... support for sd cards (which all my cameras use), usb, and hp has some interesting (optional) bluetooth adapter should you have devices for it...


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Originally Posted by AllenAyres
oh my goodness that's some expensive hardware shocked

I have a rebel xt with a 50mm 1.8, the kit lens and a 70-300mm with IS and a speedlight 430ex flash smile


indeed - but I am also a professional photojournalist wink

I can assure the insurance doesn't come cheap either frown


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Can I be your assitant, and steal everything out of your bag? lol


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I've done a lot of iPhoto goodies (pictures, albums, calendars, baby announcements), which reminds me - I need to make up a 2007 calendar as well as wanted to make up a photo book for the past year as well.

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PHOTOS STORED IN AN OLD BROWNIE CAMERA
Thought you might find these photo's very interesting, what quality from 1941.


Pearl Harbor Photos found in an old Brownie stored in a foot locker.
THESE PHOTOS ARE FROM A SAILOR WHO, WAS ON THE USS QUAPAW ATF-11O. I THINK THEY'RE SPECTACULAR!

PEARL HARBOR

December 7th, 1941


On Sunday, December 7th, 1941 the Japanese launched a surprise attack against the U.S. Forces stationed at Pearl Harbor ,Hawaii . By planning his attack on a Sunday, the Japanese commander Admiral Nagumo, hoped to catch the entire fleet in port. As luck would have it, the Aircraft Carriers and one of the Battleships were not in port. (The USS Enterprise was returning fromWake Island, where it had just delivered some aircraft. The USS Lexington was ferrying aircraft to Midway, and the USS Saratoga and USS Colorado were undergoing repairs in the United States.)

In spite of the latest intelligence reports about the missing aircraft carriers (his most important targets), Admiral Nagumo decided to continue the attack with his force of six carriers and 423 aircraft. At a range of 230 miles north of Oahu, he launched the first wave of a two-wave attack. Beginning at 0600 hours his first wave consisted of 183 fighters and torpedo bombers which struck at the fleet in Pearl Harbor and the airfields in Hickam, Kaneohe and Ewa. The second strike, launched at 0715 hours, consisted of 167 aircraft, which again struck at the same targets.

At 0753 hours the first wave consisting of 40 Nakajima B5N2 "Kate" torpedo bombers, 51 Aichi D3A1 "Val" dive bombers, 50 high altitude bombers and 43 Zeros struck airfields and Pearl Harbor Within the next hour, the second wave arrived and continued the attack.

When it was over, the U.S. losses were:

Casualties
USA : 218 KIA, 364 WIA.
USN: 2,008 KIA, 710 WIA.
USMC: 109 KIA, 69 WIA.
Civilians: 68 KIA, 35 WIA.
TOTAL: 2,403 KIA, 1,178 WIA.
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Battleships
USS Arizona (BB-39) - total loss whe n a bomb hit her magazine.
USS Oklahoma (BB-37) - Total loss when she capsized and sunk in the harbor.
USS California (BB-44) - Sunk at her berth. Later raised and repaired.
USS West Virginia (BB-48) - Sunk at her berth. Later raised and repaired.
USS Nevada - (BB-36) Beached to prevent sinking. Later repaired.
USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) - Light damage.
USS Maryland (BB-46) - Light damage.
USS Tennessee (BB-43) Light damage.
USS Utah (AG-16) - (former battleship used as a target) - Sunk.
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Cruisers
USS New Orleans (CA-32) - Light Damage..
USS San Francisco (CA38) - Light Damage.
USS Detroit (CL-8) - Light Damage.
USS Raleigh (CL-7) - Heavily damaged but repaired.
USS Helena (CL-50) - Light Damage.
USS Honolulu (CL-48) - Light Damage..
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Destroyers
USS Downes (DD-375) - Destroyed. Parts salvaged.
USS Cassin - (DD-37 2) Destroyed. Parts salvaged.
USS Shaw (DD-373) - Very heavy damage.
USS Helm (DD-388) - Light Damage.
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Minelayer
USS Ogala (CM-4) - Sunk but later raised and repaired.
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Seaplane Tender
USS Curtiss (AV-4) - Severely damaged but later repaired.
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Repair Ship
USS Vestal (AR-4) - Sever ely damaged but later repaired.
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Harbor Tug
USS Sotoyomo (YT-9) - Sunk but later raised and repaired.
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Aircraft
188 Aircraft destroyed (92 USN and 92 U.S. Army Air Corps.)?

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Oh wow, those photos say a lot... Sometimes B&W show so much more than color ever could lol... I love seeing old B&W photos then compairing them to modern shots of the area...


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Canon announced their new 1D Mark III today - looks great along with the wireless adapter smile smile

It is already on my shopping list - might mean a flight to the US to purchase it smile


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I saw that - one guy says he has the 2 card slots writing raw images to one and jpg to the other - instant backups smile , I am really anxious to see what the 40D might have over the 30D myself, that's more my price range and I think I am wanting to upgrade my rebel xt at some point this year smile

Hey, one lens I've got my eye on is the 70-200 2.8 IS L, do you use that and does it work well for sports in a not well-lit gym? (basketball, etc.)


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70-200 2.8 is a nice all round lens - tend to have that on 80% of the time smile

Yes - any lens at 2.8 is good for this.

They used to do a 1.8 lens at 200mm (I think) - that was a nice focal length - but sadly they stopped it a few years ago.

The new 1D MKIII goes up to 6400ISO!! So it should be even better in these situations.

The existing model will write to both at the same time already - but the new MKIII will write to one card and then continue automatically to the other card - which is good smile

Nothing on the 40D yet though frown


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Originally Posted by Ian_W


Nothing on the 40D yet though frown

Official announcement (finally) is here :

http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&fcategoryid=139&modelid=15653

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I'd like to replace my camera this fall, let's cross fingers and toes to get there smile

Amazon leaked info earlier today, looks like they'll sell it for $1299


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great lookin camera, but far more than what I'm willing to spend (granted the quality seems unmatched)...

If/when I replace my cam, I'll be going for the SD900 (10mp) or the SD950 (12.1MP); they also support SDHC which means a theoretical 32gb card...


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Well I'm late to the party on these pics. The pics are real but not the story.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/military/pearlharbor.asp

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Yeah, I read that not too long after posting the images, they're great story-tellers tho, for sure.


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Nothing on the 40D yet though frown

Official announcement (finally) is here :

http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&fcategoryid=139&modelid=15653

thumbsup

I'd like to replace my camera this fall, let's cross fingers and toes to get there smile

Amazon leaked info earlier today, looks like they'll sell it for $1299


It should be a nice body - with liveview as well smile

Or you could go for the 1DsMKiii (just a tad dearer wink ) - but a very nice body.



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Just a tad... it will take some convincing my wife that I need the 40D wink I'm assisting at a wedding this weekend, mebbe I should accidently drop it walking out the door wink


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psh, i can talk my wife into the SD950 no prob, then again it's under $500 and i'd be the one saving up... lol


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I haven't digital camera, but my brother have a sumsang one.

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For those who like lunar photography, it's supposed to the year's largest full moon tonight - 11:52 CST our time smile


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