Comments on: Friday Feel-goods

By: Jason

Jason — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:50:38 +0000

Thanks Brian. A rainy weekend and time spent packing and putting things in storage to “show” the house has kept me rather busy so really didn’t get much chance to put her through the paces too much. I did notice though that the wireless trigger I got for the XT is not compatible with the 40D…bummer!

By: Brian Reyman

Brian Reyman — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:28:22 +0000

Nice! Exciting news on the 40D. It’s a great camera!

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:16:43 +0000

On Tuesday it’s a tutorial…

On Wednesday it’s “What’s This?”

I am thinking of starting a new theme…

Thursday Throw (get it?….:D )

By: Tim Solley

Tim Solley — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:57:57 +0000

Ah yes, the gear machine. Congrats on the new baby! I’ve seriously thought about buying the 40D, but I’m holding out for the new 5D.

I bought my D30 (not the 30D, the D30, Canon’s first DSLR) back in 2002. Five years later, my 20D cost me a third of the price of the D30.

Know what though? Still love that camera. It’s the camera I carry with me daily, and almost all of the photos on Photowalking Colorado are taken with it. It produces photos every bit as good as the 20D, albeit smaller and with less bells and whistles in the camera.

The great thing about taking your old backup with you is that you don’t worry as much about breaking it, ruining it, or having it stolen. You save that primary camera for the important stuff, but rack up the daily shutter actuations on the oldie.

Of course, it will really be awesome when the new 5D becomes the primary, and I can use my 20D as a backup. Then my D30 becomes a backup in case my backup dies! Woohoo!