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[kirkcudbright]

In other news, I just took possession of a Canon EOS 1000D/Rebel XS. For about $100 more than a refurbished 400D with kit lens, or $50 more than a refurb 400D body with refurb Image Stabilization lens, I got a new 1000D (sold only as a kit, with the IS lens). I have no objection to refurbs, and have bought plenty of other refurb items, but the 1000D has a few other advantages over the 400D/XTi:
+ Live View
+ auto ISO
+ ISO in viewfinder
+ high ISO noise reduction
+ much better battery
+ 54 grams lighter
+ SD vs. Compact Flash (smaller, cheaper, and even my netbook can read it)
- 7 point autofocus, versus 9 point
- no IR shutter release (not that I have any kind of remote at the moment)

c1 knows I'm going to outgrow it, but I have to grow into it first. Gonna be fun.

Comments

[catwithclaws.livejournal.com]

congrats! I bought my 50D (Nikon) knowing I was going to outgrow it, but I knew I had a lot to grow into too :) Have much fun :D

[perspicuity.livejournal.com]

a 50D will take a while to outgrow, i'd think...

then the 5DmkIII might be out :>

the 1000D sounds like a good camera...

and remember, friends don't let friends buy EF-S lenses, except the 10-22 ultra wide angle :>

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[catwithclaws.livejournal.com]

like the D3 I got last week? :)

(Nikon, D50 << 50D in Canon)

[catwithclaws.livejournal.com]

erps. that'd be D50, not 50D. danged dyslexia

[perspicuity.livejournal.com]

hey, me too. i saw 50D... didn't see nikon.

i've heard of this nikon... mmm, they make motorcycles? :)

really wish these guys would stop copying each others numbers :>

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[kylecassidy.livejournal.com]

good luck! have fun!

[c1.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you'll outgrow it... but feel free to ping me if you need help outgrowing it.
One quick suggestion is to take the EF-S lens and make it go away. Someday, you'll get a full-sized sensor camera, and that lens (with it's protruberance on the back end) will be a liability to the mirror. You'll only hit the trigger once before it goes back to Canon.

[kirkcudbright.livejournal.com]

See, here's what I don't get. You and perspicuity are down on the EF-S lenses because they're not full-sensor. When I start collecting lenses, I'll certainly keep the upgrade path in mind. But this lens I have now, this EF-S 18-55mm IS kit lens, which everyone on dpreview seems to think is a fine lens (unlike its non-IS counterpart) - why do you think I should replace it *now*, just because it might not be compatible with a camera that I might get sometime in the future? Remember that the 1000D is only sold as a kit (in this country at any rate), so this was a package deal. When I'm ready to pony up the bucks for a spluftier camera, I'll be willing to pony up the bucks for a spluftier lens.

[kylecassidy.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't worry about the kit lens now. I have a bunch of non-full-frame lenses around and ... i still have a bunch of non-full-frame camera bodies too. my d700 recognizes when you have a non-full frame lens on it and crops accordingly, so my DX fisheye still works (albeit at half the megapixels) but it still works and i still use it.

you're going to find that there are a few lenses that do a bunch of thinks "OK" -- your kit lens is one of those, and then there are a few lenses that do one thing "WOW!" and other things not at all. these are the lenses you're going to spend your money on, and they'll mostly all be down the road.