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SubliminalThought said:
while i drool at the FF and 1D series cameras, the 50D for me is awesome coupled with good glass. I haven't yet outgrown the features of the camera and shooting speed, resolution and noise is acceptable for my purposes. I would have jumped at buying the kit for R10k - assuming there wasn't any customs payed when bringing in. Pretty sure you'd be able to sell the kit again in a year for 8.5-9k. So if you look at it you rented a 50D for 1.5k for a year. Thats worth it i think.
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I've noticed that the vultures in JNB arrivals have stopped their BS - I always felt that they were looking for back-handers, and or, to see if it was worth alerting their buddies outside to follow you home to mug you (no more customs declaration or arrival cards which also stymied the "inside crims".)
No more long queue's to get through immigration.

Back OT.
I'm just a amateur enthusiast so no way's in a position to offer advice to some of the Pro's here.
I'm in the US now and will be looking at replacing my 30D with the 50D (I have two good EF-s lens' so I'll stick with the 1.6 crop)- my 30D has about 12000 clicks on it and still does such a great job, so it's a tough decision, but will upgrade my wife from the 350D to the 30D as part of the motivation.

I also need to look at a new laptop first - my company's getting tough on using their laptop for personal app's.
 
Frankie said:
I've noticed that the vultures in JNB arrivals have stopped their BS - I always felt that they were looking for back-handers, and or, to see if it was worth alerting their buddies outside to follow you home to mug you (no more customs declaration or arrival cards which also stymied the "inside crims".)
No more long queue's to get through immigration.

Back OT.
I'm just a amateur enthusiast so no way's in a position to offer advice to some of the Pro's here.
I'm in the US now and will be looking at replacing my 30D with the 50D (I have two good EF-s lens' so I'll stick with the 1.6 crop)- my 30D has about 12000 clicks on it and still does such a great job, so it's a tough decision, but will upgrade my wife from the 350D to the 30D as part of the motivation.

I also need to look at a new laptop first - my company's getting tough on using their laptop for personal app's.
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You think the missus is going to be keen to lug around a much larger camera?
 
bwana said:
Leaning towards the 1D... and a new bag :o
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My very handy holster that was a snug fit for my 30D with 17-55 attached, is in my lost baggage, so I got myself one of these small back-packs (Lowepro Fastpack 100) from BestBuy for day trips - I now have place to carry the 10-22 on day trips.

My main bag is the Nova 5 AW - I highly recommend it.
 
bwana said:
You think the missus is going to be keen to lug around a much larger camera?
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Her hands are very small and a good match for the smaller 350D body, but she's still comfortable with the 30D, and I guess the lugging around will be done by me.
Still in the very early stages of planning, and motivation :)
 
bwana said:
Leaning towards the 1D... and a new bag :o
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When? Isn't your trip this week?

Frankie said:
I've noticed that the vultures in JNB arrivals have stopped their BS - I always felt that they were looking for back-handers, and or, to see if it was worth alerting their buddies outside to follow you home to mug you (no more customs declaration or arrival cards which also stymied the "inside crims".)
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Really? Is that an official change in policy, or just an observation? I'm probably bringing in a fair selection of goodies next time I visit.

Frankie said:
My very handy holster that was a snug fit for my 30D with 17-55 attached, is in my lost baggage, so I got myself one of these small back-packs (Lowepro Fastpack 100) from BestBuy for day trips - I now have place to carry the 10-22 on day trips.
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They're very nice. I have the 250 model - looks the same, just wider and can accommodate my 15" laptop too. The side entrance for the camera is really handy.
 
koffiejunkie said:
When? Isn't your trip this week?
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Yeah. At the airport now as a matter of fact. Third flight on virgin this month which means there are only chick flicks left to watch :(
 
bwana said:
Yeah. At the airport now as a matter of fact. Third flight on virgin this month which means there are only chick flicks left to watch :(
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I hope you belong to their Flying Club! A couple of long haul flights a year have earned me enough miles for a free return flight to pretty much any of their destinations (except Sydney, at this point) and automatically pushed my membership up to Silver Club - what ever that means, I'll find out with my next flight.
 
Been a member for 20 years now. Most of my recent flights have been heavily discounted which means fewer air miles.

Silver gets you . . . Not much come to think of it. Though that might be saa.
 
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