few Questions

well im gunna pick up the nifty today at 4... im looking for the extension tubes but noone seems to have them in any camera shops around town

would you guys recommend me getting rid of my 18-55mm non IS and putting the money towards the other stuff... I just found my 35-80mm 1.3 today so i have three lens... what do you guys think I should do?

canonnoob wrote in post #6100689
I just found my 35-80mm 1.3 today

What should that be?

On the "what to buy next" question, my answer would be: First learn to use what you have....

René Damkot wrote in post #6100941
What should that be?

On the "what to buy next" question, my answer would be: First learn to use what you have....

What do you mean what should that be? lol you lost me there....

I doubt your 35-85's an f/1.3. Maybe an f/3.5 or something. If you get rid of the 18-55, like I said before, you'll lose wide angle on the XT. Learn to use what you have, then worry about new stuff.

canonnoob wrote in post #6100988
What do you mean what should that be? lol you lost me there....

All 35-80mm lenses canon ever made are f/4-5.6....

your right... sorry... im still getting used to understand this stuff...

Doesn't matter, I was just curious as to what part was wrong: The "35-80" or maybe forgot some thing in the "1:3" bit.
Could have been a 35-70 f/3.5-4.5 or 28-70 f/3.5-4.5 or ....

yup it was my bad... sorry...i just messed up lol...

Hoods on eBay

Hoods are a must! There are numerous Chinese knock-offs of the Canon hoods on eBay at a fraction of the OEM price. I use one on my 17-55mm f/2.8 IS lens and I don't find any quality difference between this hood and my Canon OEM versions.

Another really needed item is a hot shoe mounted flash. A used 420ex or 550ex can be had at a very reasonable price. Get a Chinese knock-off of the Stofen diffuser for just a few bucks.

Later, you can think of an off-camera sync cord and a flash bracket. However, you will see a greater difference between your pictures with the built-in flash and those with a bounced hotshoe flash using a diffuser than you will see between images from a hotshoe mounted flash with Stofen type diffuser and that flash and diffuser on a flash bracket.

a shoe mounted flash is a flash that sits on top of the camera correct?

canonnoob wrote in post #6099633
Hey guys so basically I have NO accesories ...... tripod.

IMHO, yes, you can do without a remote shutter release by using the timer function when your camera is mounted on a tripod, but it's so much easier to have control. I thoroughly recommend one of these : -

Hahnel Remote Cable release HRN280

Half press to focus, just like the original shutter button, operates continuous shutter release, and has a device to hold the shutter open when using 'bulb' setting.

I also have the Canon RC-1 IR remote release, but I find it a bit fiddly to use sometimes, with the IR receiver located on the front of the camera.

The Hahnel claims to operate every Canon DSLR, I'm not in a position to verify this claim as I only have the 400D (but also have no reason to think it's wrong!), but it does come with a couple of adaptors, very reasonably priced, (£25 in the UK), well made, in my a opinion a good buy.

Pete