Yet another camera thread: Good Buy, 40D?

Thanks for the response...more reading for tomorrow at work :p

I see Carol (BoB) responded again, she can get the 18-55mm lens for an extra R700, don't think thats a bad deal.
 
xrapidx said:
Thanks for the response...more reading for tomorrow at work :p

I see Carol (BoB) responded again, she can get the 18-55mm lens for an extra R700, don't think thats a bad deal.
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Which 18-55mm and is that as well as the sigma?
 
I'd make sure I bought a lens that at least covers the critical (for me) wide area 35-50mm. i.e. in Canon digital terms that means 21mm - 32mm.

A 70mm minimum (i.e. 112mm) is going to have you walking backwards a lot!

My personal opinion is to rather save a bit on the body and spend more on the lenses ( 400D is available at great prices right now, and lenses will influence your picture more than the additional features that the 40D offers. Also Canon's Live View implementation is a bit clumsy IMO - it doesn't seem to have much real benefit unless you're shooting still life or landscapes). I suggest something like the 18-55 IS plus a medium to long zoom 70-300 if you need IS, or alternatively you could sacrifice IS and buy a one-off lens like the Tamron 18-250. I've used the Sony version of this lens (badge engineered - Pentax and Sony supply a badged version) and it is awesome as a single lens solution.
 
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arf9999 said:
I'd make sure I bought a lens that at least covers the critical (for me) wide area 35-50mm. i.e. in Canon digital terms that means 21mm - 32mm.

A 70mm minimum (i.e. 112mm) is going to have you walking backwards a lot!

My personal opinion is to rather save a bit on the body and spend more on the lenses ( 400D is available at great prices right now, and lenses will influence your picture more than the additional features that the 40D offers. Also Canon's Live View implementation is a bit clumsy IMO - it doesn't seem to have much real benefit unless you're shooting still life or landscapes). I suggest something like the 18-55 IS plus a medium to long zoom 70-300 if you need IS, or alternatively you could sacrifice IS and buy a one-off lens like the Tamron 18-250. I've used the Sony version of this lens (badge engineered - Pentax and Sony supply a badged version) and it is awesome as a single lens solution.
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Even the 400D with the kit lens is going pretty cheap these days and despite what some people say that lens isnt all bad - esp for starting out. I still regularly use mine.

Get the grip if you're worried about the 400D being too small - at least you'll never run out of batteries :D.
 
Dammit... been messing around the whole day and didn't see the thing was sold last night :eek:

Well... maybe I'll get the Makro one.
 
Thought they had a special... but I see its actually R10,999 at Makro... guess I'll have to wait.
 
xrapidx - the suspense is killing me. Did you get it?

After everything we've said, I'll say this: the 40D is still one hell of a nice camera. The issues I mentioned are down to personal taste, really.
 
Ok... looks like I'll need one sooner, my Ixus 55 died after the weekend, at least it had good timing. E18... Apparently quite common.
 
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