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Yogotta B. Kidding

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I do mainly sport where I need (like) quick AF and fast fps. I was talking about both.

this pic with 40D made me wonder

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Yogotta B. Kidding

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That photo was taken with a 500/4 on a 40D. Considering the 'out of camera' image it was almost perfect (to my expectation).

Considering the value of the equipment, one could argue that from a hobbyist opinion it may not be worthwhile to fork out 20K for a mk3 or 10K for a mk2 if you can pick up a 40D with grip for 6.5K. Thats what I am trying to get to.
 
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Yogotta B. Kidding said:
That photo was taken with a 500/4 on a 40D. Considering the 'out of camera' image it was almost perfect (to my expectation).
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That's what I thought but I had to ask :) bwana used to take pics like that with his 400D...

Yogotta B. Kidding said:
Considering the value of the equipment, one could argue that from a hobbyist opinion it may not be worthwhile to fork out 20K for a mk3 or 10K for a mk2 if you can pick up a 40D with grip for 6.5K. Thats what I am trying to get to.
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I'm with you. I had a 40D. I chose it over the 400D at the time because I prefer the bigger grip and being somewhat heavy on kit, i thought the better build quality and environmental protection would probably be a good idea. I would still have had the 40D if someone didn't walk off with my bag. So I have the 50D now and that does fine.

But there are things that some of the higher-end bodies have that I really wished I had. Spot metering that follows the active focus point, for example - this would make a lot of the shooting I do a lot easier.
 
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Rouxenator said:
Guess I'm the only one using ACDsee.
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That reminds me - Microsoft's ICE is pretty decent if you're looking for a free and easy way to stitch together panos.
koffiejunkie said:
That's what I thought but I had to ask :) bwana used to take pics like that with his 400D...
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:) I'm actually selling one of my 400Ds with the 28-300 (my first foray into the forum classifieds) - I had a long hard look at the gear I have and have decided there's redundancy and then there is excessive redundancy. :eek:
 
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With ICE it pretty much sums up the software I use - ACDSee and ICE. I suppose you can call me El-Cheapo :cool:
 
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koffiejunkie said:
How accurate is it though? If you hold up next to a calibrated monitor and view the same image, is it close?
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Turns out it's very close. I calibrated it with the spyder as a second monitor on my mac and compared the same photo and it was almost spot on so no worries on that front. :)
 
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MS Ice for the pano's, Photofiltre for quick edits, Picasa3 for viewing

Feel free to call me cheap too :D
 
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l use Lightroom for quick edits & finishes, Picasa3 for viewing.
 
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I'm using:
Photoshop CS5
Lightroom
Photomatix (for hdr work)
Autopano Giga (for panoramas)
Fast-stone viewer (for general viewing, quick batch resizing etc)
 
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