Pic of the 40d?

krepta wrote in post #4033774
Finally got the chance to take a photo of mine (shot with my Rebel XT):

I agree with Nick_C, this grip looks really cheap and tacky. Looks a bit like an afterthought - trying to keep-up with the big-boys? Without it the 40D looks great!

krepta wrote in post #4041094
Hey, we have similar set-ups! Nice lens!

I agree with all of you about the grip. It is not really smooth looking.

I noticed too...even our shots are reasonably similar I also have a 350D, 18-55, but swap your other lenses with a 50mm1.8, and a 70-200f4l.

scrumpy wrote in post #4041290
I agree with Nick_C, this grip looks really cheap and tacky. Looks a bit like an afterthought - trying to keep-up with the big-boys? Without it the 40D looks great!

your right, I like the 40D and all, but the grip doesn't seem to fit correctly, like it's too short or something

Does Opteka make a better fitting grip? Or another company?

NSWESP - Opteka I think make a grip for the 20D/30D/40D but AFAIK it's not better than Canon's. Quite some people think Opteka will make a very good grip for the 40D, which will fit perfectly. Well, don't care really as I decided I wouldn't buy the 40D, just something even better.

Hey, tell me... why do I feel that most people aged around 15-16 in this forum seem to write their age in the signature... Not like age matters. I'm 14 and I'm not really much for notifying my age.

Regards,
Aero

This seems to flow better from the camera to the grip, notice the right edge, but of course its not a 40D.

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Yes Nick, but though the 10D flows as well as the 5D does, it fits much better - tighter.

Yes I saw the 10D with grip, looks very nice.

I loved the way my 10D handled with the grip, until I got my hands on a 1DS - the integrated grip on that (and I assume all 1 series bodies) is just so much better due to the nicer more rounded shape.

goatee wrote in post #4041767
I loved the way my 10D handled with the grip, until I got my hands on a 1DS - the integrated grip on that (and I assume all 1 series bodies) is just so much better due to the nicer more rounded shape.

I agree, but unfortunately you never have the option of removing them to lighten up the camera, I was planning on getting the 17mp 1DsMkII but went for the 5D instead as its far lighter & easier to carry around all day, but I have the option to make it larger & heavier by adding a grip if I want to.

But yes the intergrated grips do look a lot better.

The 10D & 5D both have pretty decent looking grips, matching the contours of the body pretty well.

The worst so far ive seen are the 20/30/40D & 400D with grips, they look kinda silly to me, but then I have been told that im a fussy ******* in the past

They look prettier, but I also find them much more comfortable, as the shape doesn't have to accommodate the BP511 shape in it. I wouldn't mind having the option of a 1DM3, but to be honest, I'm so delighted with the quality of the 40D, I think if I had the money, I'd have a pair of 40Ds, and use the rest of the money on glass .

Nick_C wrote in post #4041879
I agree, but unfortunately you never have the option of removing them to lighten up the camera, I was planning on getting the 17mp 1DsMkII but went for the 5D instead as its far lighter & easier to carry around all day, but I have the option to make it larger & heavier by adding a grip if I want to.

But yes the intergrated grips do look a lot better.

The 10D & 5D both have pretty decent looking grips, matching the contours of the body pretty well.

The worst so far ive seen are the 20/30/40D & 400D with grips, they look kinda silly to me, but then I have been told that im a fussy ******* in the past

aero145 wrote in post #4041636
NSWESP - Opteka I think make a grip for the 20D/30D/40D but AFAIK it's not better than Canon's. Quite some people think Opteka will make a very good grip for the 40D, which will fit perfectly. Well, don't care really as I decided I wouldn't buy the 40D, just something even better.

But does it fit better?

aero145 wrote in post #4041636
Hey, tell me... why do I feel that most people aged around 15-16 in this forum seem to write their age in the signature... Not like age matters. I'm 14 and I'm not really much for notifying my age.

Regards,
Aero

Once your 15- 16 you will learn... lol
Nah i really have no idea why i do it.

PS: Bloody nice selection of glass for a 14 year old... How do you afford it?

[QUOTE=NSWESP;4042055]​But does it fit better?


Once your 15- 16 you will learn... lol
Nah i really have no idea why i do it.

PS: Bloody nice selection of glass for a 14 year old... How do you afford it?[/quote]

Pocket money must have gone up! in my day I was lucky to get a fiver a week!

I dont get any pocket money... And never have

NSWESP wrote in post #4042220
I dont get any pocket money... And never have

Birthday + Christmas money put together then? thats what I used to do in order to get expensive stuff at that age, hell im still doing that now, when the parents give me cash as they havent a clue what to buy me.