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02-12-2009, 08:31 AM
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There's a 40D going for $840 firm
Picked up from an authorized dealer last December, hardly used.
There's another 40D with a 28-135 for $1200.
There was a 30D for sale back in December but if he didn't sell he was gonna do the IR conversion on it (was selling for $530).
Shoot me an email offline.
There's another 40D with a 28-135 for $1200.
There was a 30D for sale back in December but if he didn't sell he was gonna do the IR conversion on it (was selling for $530).
Shoot me an email offline.
02-12-2009, 12:46 PM
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In terms of IQ (image quality)...
... the 50D doesn't have the much over a 40D. Everything I'm reading, the 40D is slightly clearer at high ISO.
However the 50D has some nice features such as micro-adjustments for the focus for each lens (ie.: to eliminate front/back focus), and better LCD. Is it enough for warrant an upgrade from 40D users? Probably not, stick with what you have. Maybe for a 30D user perhaps.
Having said that, better off in finding a used 40D and save some bucks. Just like buying a used car LOL.
However the 50D has some nice features such as micro-adjustments for the focus for each lens (ie.: to eliminate front/back focus), and better LCD. Is it enough for warrant an upgrade from 40D users? Probably not, stick with what you have. Maybe for a 30D user perhaps.
Having said that, better off in finding a used 40D and save some bucks. Just like buying a used car LOL.
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02-13-2009, 05:59 AM
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The good question you need to ask yourself...
... what today is lacking in the camera that could be resolved by a newer camera?
If you're not having any issues with your camera, for example, it takes photos just fine and you're happy, then there really isn't a good reason to upgrade. Of course if you have a 30D and want something that's better at sports photography, then yes, going to a 40D or 50D will have a direct impact to this.
Having said that I still have my 20D but offset the autofocus performance of the 20D with a 1DMrkIIN. Did use a 40D at Mosport with a 300 F2.8L with a 1.4x multiplier and I was really impressed with the focus capability of the 40D:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tanm/2790888212/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3074/2790888212_6b975b11c2_b.jpg" alt="Grand Prix of Mosport - Saturday: ALMS GT1 Qualifying (by Tanner.)" /></a>
If you're not having any issues with your camera, for example, it takes photos just fine and you're happy, then there really isn't a good reason to upgrade. Of course if you have a 30D and want something that's better at sports photography, then yes, going to a 40D or 50D will have a direct impact to this.
Having said that I still have my 20D but offset the autofocus performance of the 20D with a 1DMrkIIN. Did use a 40D at Mosport with a 300 F2.8L with a 1.4x multiplier and I was really impressed with the focus capability of the 40D:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tanm/2790888212/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3074/2790888212_6b975b11c2_b.jpg" alt="Grand Prix of Mosport - Saturday: ALMS GT1 Qualifying (by Tanner.)" /></a>
02-13-2009, 06:05 AM
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I had a 350d and upgraded to the XSi
I prefer the smaller body, I have a hard enough time fitting everything in my bag as it is.
Though, with the 70-200 2.8 IS mounted it's quite a sight!
Though, with the 70-200 2.8 IS mounted it's quite a sight!
02-13-2009, 06:13 AM
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That's a nice upgrade for sure
We're having a similar discussion on the photog forum about "gear vs image"... some good points below. Note that the notion of having the latest and greatest has always been a discussion ever since. Shamelessly cut and pasting it here....
<i>"Far too many photographs are taken merely, as it were, to exhibit the qualities of the lens. There is almost a craze for giving the sharpest possible definition to the greatest amount of detail that can be got in. If the detail is so over-accentuated it is made the most important feature of the picture, and anyone looking at the print will miss entirely the general effect and concentrate his attention merely on the definition. He may be able to count almost every stone in a mass of screes, and get no idea at all of the picture really presented in the photograph."
-- "MOUNTAINEERING," by C. T. Dent, LONDON, LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. 1892
"One cannot deny that there is a terrible sameness about the average amateur's productions. One of the reasons is that he makes too many photographs. Each picture should be studied carefully and the best treatment accorded to it. It may take as long to finish one properly as to make a dozen in the usual way, but quality, not quantity, should be aimed at."
-- "THE AMERICAN AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER," VOLUME VII. JANUARY-DECEMBER, 1895.
"In some photographs I see a dark, discolored shadow around and under it, that only is seen in persons who have been in a drunken brawl or fight, or had some mishap; when they would hasten to some painter in oil to give it a flesh-tint before they would make their debut. Too many photographers of the present lay are making just such photographs (or caricatures, the better name) for their patrons, and charging from two to five dollars per dozen for them. Is it any wonder that photography is not appreciated more by persons of art culture and art education? It is because there are so few photographs amongst the many that are made that come up to the standard of art rules, by comparison with high-art painting and drawings of the old masters."
-- "GET AWAY WITH THAT BLACK EYE" BY J. D. MOSHER
"Should one contemplate a change in size or quality of outfit, it is well not to dispose of the old lenses or boxes unless they are really worthless, but it is better to get the new thing desired and keep both, as the old may and very likely will prove advantageous some time. It is seldom an enthusiastic worker could be made to feel he owned too many cameras. To some a suggestion of this kind is hardly necessary, as they consider their cameras of the past or present like friends--something it is well to keep and cherish. Further as to the purchase of new material, especially a box or lens, it is well to use quite a little judgment and investigation to make sure the new thing will fill the requirements for which it is intended, as it is so easy to have disappointments come when it is too late to prevent them."
-- "THE PHOTOGRAPHIC TIMES," VOLUME XXIX. NEW YORK, 1897. </i>
In the end, I think there will always be two camps... one who don't think about gear as much and concentrate on the end result, while others are more concerned with have the best technology out there. Maybe there's a spot for folks somewhere in the middle, maybe like myself.... it's the $$$ that turns me off from continuously upgrading
<i>"Far too many photographs are taken merely, as it were, to exhibit the qualities of the lens. There is almost a craze for giving the sharpest possible definition to the greatest amount of detail that can be got in. If the detail is so over-accentuated it is made the most important feature of the picture, and anyone looking at the print will miss entirely the general effect and concentrate his attention merely on the definition. He may be able to count almost every stone in a mass of screes, and get no idea at all of the picture really presented in the photograph."
-- "MOUNTAINEERING," by C. T. Dent, LONDON, LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. 1892
"One cannot deny that there is a terrible sameness about the average amateur's productions. One of the reasons is that he makes too many photographs. Each picture should be studied carefully and the best treatment accorded to it. It may take as long to finish one properly as to make a dozen in the usual way, but quality, not quantity, should be aimed at."
-- "THE AMERICAN AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER," VOLUME VII. JANUARY-DECEMBER, 1895.
"In some photographs I see a dark, discolored shadow around and under it, that only is seen in persons who have been in a drunken brawl or fight, or had some mishap; when they would hasten to some painter in oil to give it a flesh-tint before they would make their debut. Too many photographers of the present lay are making just such photographs (or caricatures, the better name) for their patrons, and charging from two to five dollars per dozen for them. Is it any wonder that photography is not appreciated more by persons of art culture and art education? It is because there are so few photographs amongst the many that are made that come up to the standard of art rules, by comparison with high-art painting and drawings of the old masters."
-- "GET AWAY WITH THAT BLACK EYE" BY J. D. MOSHER
"Should one contemplate a change in size or quality of outfit, it is well not to dispose of the old lenses or boxes unless they are really worthless, but it is better to get the new thing desired and keep both, as the old may and very likely will prove advantageous some time. It is seldom an enthusiastic worker could be made to feel he owned too many cameras. To some a suggestion of this kind is hardly necessary, as they consider their cameras of the past or present like friends--something it is well to keep and cherish. Further as to the purchase of new material, especially a box or lens, it is well to use quite a little judgment and investigation to make sure the new thing will fill the requirements for which it is intended, as it is so easy to have disappointments come when it is too late to prevent them."
-- "THE PHOTOGRAPHIC TIMES," VOLUME XXIX. NEW YORK, 1897. </i>
In the end, I think there will always be two camps... one who don't think about gear as much and concentrate on the end result, while others are more concerned with have the best technology out there. Maybe there's a spot for folks somewhere in the middle, maybe like myself.... it's the $$$ that turns me off from continuously upgrading