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Oct 10, 2007 14:27 | #1

...and a grip and a couple extra sterlingtek batteries.

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I called up 17th street photo yesterday morning and they verified they had body-only in stock. They said that it will ship that afternoon and I'll probably have it in 1 day. I figured the XT that my wife has been using has earned its keep (a few times over) and needs retirement.

so here it is 1 day later...the big brown truck just came in and I'm already in heaven!!

The viewfinder on this thing is freakin awesome!! Worlds better than the rebels and heck I think I notice a difference from the 20D/30D. The thing reminds me of the 1D viewfinder and yes it has ISO in it!! WOOT! I immediatly bolted up my 70-200/2.8L.... omg... just omg. I'll be at a horse show friday night, a private sitting saturday for portrait type stuff, and another horse show on sunday, so I expect to put a couple thousand shots through this thing over the weekend.

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No I didn't do the lens purchase and ebay dump... finding a body only kit was hard enough. Just waiting on the grip and batteries... hopefully they will arrive tomorrow so I have a 3 batteries and a grip for this weekend. My poor arm will fall off if I have to shoot w/o a grip through three sessions.

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Oct 10, 2007 14:51 | #2

17photo is an amazing e-tailer. I actually started using them before B&H, nowadays. If you live in the tri-state area, expect to receive it next day. Good luck on your 40D!

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Oct 10, 2007 14:55 | #3

How is the viewfinder as good as the 1d and bigger than the 30d when the 1d shows 100% of the frame and the 30d and 40d both show only 95%? Perhaps you were speaking of brightness?

I use a Kodak Brownie

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Oct 10, 2007 14:57 | #4

ok, read "The thing reminds me of the 1D viewfinder". I never said "as good as".

While I don't own a 1d to do direct comparison, but from what I remember of a 1dIIn I played with not too long ago its similar in size. I DO have an XT, XTi, 20D and 30D to do direct comparison to and its absolutely larger, brighter, and has iso info on it (pet peeve of mine for a while now).

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Oct 10, 2007 15:02 | #5

I just got mine yesterday too and I LOVE it. This may sound odd to some but honestly I will probably shoot more with the 40D than my 1Ds MkII. Just seems like the controls are much easier to use. ISO simply move the index finger 1/2" inch and press the button then spin the wheel.

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Oct 10, 2007 15:09 | #6

carpenter wrote in post #4101186

yes i heard alot of coments on this forum that the 30D buttons feel much nicer... and yeah it's a really nice camera.

only wish it had more focus points so i could go birding... owell

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Oct 10, 2007 17:11 | #7

who says you can't bird with a 40d? Heck, I can bird with a XTI+70-200/2.8L!

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Of if wide is your thing you can always bird with an XTI + 24-70/2.8L

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If ultrawide is your thing you can do that with an XTI + ef10-22 too

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Oct 10, 2007 17:12 | #8

that's a big bird

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Oct 10, 2007 17:13 | #9

Jon_Doh wrote in post #4101153

How is the viewfinder as good as the 1d and bigger than the 30d when the 1d shows 100% of the frame and the 30d and 40d both show only 95%? Perhaps you were speaking of brightness?

the 40D is bigger than the 30D

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Oct 10, 2007 21:43 | #10

SilverOnemi wrote in post #4101817

that's a big bird

actually... its a boobie :lol:

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Oct 11, 2007 06:11 | #11

whoa ya edited ya post... awesome work. add me to msn and show me some mmore.

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