another 40D owner!!!

Hello everyone , I'm a noobee here, But I did just purchase a 40D. So I'm eager to get stated using it.
I also want to buy the best possible laptop for photo editing and graphics. Somewhere in the 1500-2000 dollar range.Soooooooo if anyone has experienced a wining combination and is ecstatic with their choice, PLEASE post.
Flash

FlashMorgan wrote in post #4161162
Hello everyone , I'm a noobee here, But I did just purchase a 40D. So I'm eager to get stated using it.
I also want to buy the best possible laptop for photo editing and graphics. Somewhere in the 1500-2000 dollar range.Soooooooo if anyone has experienced a wining combination and is ecstatic with their choice, PLEASE post.
Flash

Congrats on the new camera. Laptops are not the best for photo editing. The LCD's on laptops are known for being difficult to calibrate.

qwalls wrote in post #4160973
Interesting statement. What types of differences are you noticing?

The overall image quality is much better. I use a 20D as a second camera during lifestyle portrait sessions and the difference is somewhat akin to comparing consumer glass to L glass.

liza wrote in post #4161609
The overall image quality is much better. I use a 20D as a second camera during lifestyle portrait sessions and the difference is somewhat akin to comparing consumer glass to L glass.

Are you seeing this kind of qualitative difference after processing the raw images or are you referring to the output generated by the camera?

My experience with the 40D is that its in-camera image processing is so good that it's difficult to do as well by postprocessing the raw images. This seems especially true of images taken with highlight tone priority enabled -- even DPP doesn't generate images that have as good a balance of noise control and highlight preservation as the camera does.

The 40D is a particularly impressive camera in that respect.

EDIT: the above may, of course, say more about my postprocessing skills, or lack thereof, than it does about the camera! But I like to think that it's the camera that's impressive more than me that's unimpressive.

Output generated by camera. When I open the files in DPP, there is a noticeable difference. And when I get to the Photoshop stage after converting raw files, they don't seem to need as much adjustment. I'm considering the purchase of a second one in the spring rather than the 5D successor.

New 40D owner with my first session (Artistic Nudes)

Finally found a model who wouldn't "flake" on me and we had an outstanding session. See the photos marked "Whitney". Comments are always welcome:
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Allen

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