How many Non Pro with 40D?

Hermeto wrote in post #3889180
My wife promised to find me a mistress if I give up photography.
She believes that with careful choice and a little bit of luck, she could make significant savings in our family budget..

I believe you can do that on your own (find a mistress) and KEEP your hobby!

^ lol

I would take her up on the offer and then have an affair with the camera

Hermeto wrote in post #3889180
My wife promised to find me a mistress if I give up photography.
She believes that with careful choice and a little bit of luck, she could make significant savings in our family budget..

It is all in the presentation I guess. She made it sound like it is a great offer when all she did was give you ideas.

Hermeto wrote in post #3889180
My wife promised to find me a mistress if I give up photography.
She believes that with careful choice and a little bit of luck, she could make significant savings in our family budget..

That sounds intriguing but watch out. I can see this scenerio:

You sell of your camera equipment. The wife finds you a Mistress. The wife and Mistress runs off together: you're left with no camera no wife and no Mistress and probably all the bills.

Gliderparentntn wrote in post #3889235
That sounds intriguing but watch out. I can see this scenerio:

You sell of your camera equipment. The wife finds you a Mistress. The wife and Mistress runs off together: you're left with no camera no wife and no Mistress and probably all the bills.

roflmao so true

Damn I can really relate with the bulk of you or at least resemble the remarks...
In the span of 12 mos I bought a XT, XTI and now the 40D, 9K later I realize I should have spent half on classes.
The only complaint I have with the 40 is it outruns my F4L 70-200 when I use AF....
Damn if I don't look good with it though and I still have a 25% keeper rate
Used it today at both my grandsons soccer games, overcast and spotty but I still love the camera and though I took better images with the 400 D I am confident I can make this work better..
A lot of boring images but they are my grandbuddies if you want to look..http://picasaweb.googl​e.com …908AydanAndBenS​occerGames

I like the photos I htink one thing I see others critique about is keeping the subject in the photo.

I see alot of feet chopped off and no ball in play or a partial ball. I'm sure the action is fast and it's hard not knowing what you captured until you made it home and uploaded the pics. Some would make good crops of facial expressions and so forth. But alot to me lost the theme w/o the ball in play.

Now as for buying equipment. Everything in my signature has been purchased since May plus had and sold a 30D and alot of misc items not listed. This is expensive for sure.

I have one - and am very far from pro status - consider self to be a learning newbie. Have been into this for going on two years now and have yet to take the photo I'd consider blowing up and framing. But it's fun to keep trying.

I've got one and I'm nowhere near pro. It's just a hobby that I've gotten a little obsessed with.

pixel_junkie wrote in post #3889207
I believe you can do that on your own (find a mistress) and KEEP your hobby!

That would be a good movie scene: "What are these?! More pictures of your mistress? I thought we agreed you were going to get rid of that camera!"

Gliderparentntn wrote in post #3889289
I like the photos I htink one thing I see others critique about is keeping the subject in the photo.

I see alot of feet chopped off and no ball in play or a partial ball. I'm sure the action is fast and it's hard not knowing what you captured until you made it home and uploaded the pics. Some would make good crops of facial expressions and so forth. But alot to me lost the theme w/o the ball in play.

Now as for buying equipment. Everything in my signature has been purchased since May plus had and sold a 30D and alot of misc items not listed. This is expensive for sure.

You are sooooo right and I do appreciate the CC but these were family photos and meant to show the youngsters in the spirit of competition and not necessarily for bragging rights.
I post here for the very comments you submit because I have a passion for photography and want to refine same..
I am honored you took time to review and give feedback and will be a better camera holder as a consequence.
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definitely a non-pro here .. just got the 40D a couple days ago. finally upgrading my rebel XT which i had for about 2 years now. will use that as my backup/2nd body when needed

Im no professional but I am buying this camera....whenever I can get my grubby hands on one....I would love to be one day though. Right now I own a Canon S3 IS and am taking a digital photography class.

Gliderparentntn wrote in post #3889235
That sounds intriguing but watch out. I can see this scenerio:

You sell of your camera equipment. The wife finds you a Mistress. The wife and Mistress runs off together: you're left with no camera no wife and no Mistress and probably all the bills.

Or.. Have your wife take a mistress. You take the pictures. You sell the pictures. You buy more stuff...


I'm contemplating the 400d with an extra lens, or the 40D with the kit lens.

ekk_xt wrote in post #3889883
definitely a non-pro here .. just got the 40D a couple days ago. finally upgrading my rebel XT which i had for about 2 years now. will use that as my backup/2nd body when needed

Same here. I purchased one yesterday, arriving Thursday. I will keep my XT as a secondary body.