Finally, I have a canon...

Today i picked up my 30d! Im very excited. The package i bought was 30d, two batteries, 512mb cf card, nifty fifty, manual and usb cord. All for 500! And only 5k shots taken! I made the jump from Pentax, and i dont think ill turn back! So i have 200 left over any ideas on what i should purchase? I have a tripod, so no need. And a bag.

a bigger cf card so you can shoot more than 75 pixs haha

and a flash

Definitely a bigger CF card.

Oh i know i think im only going to pick up 4gig cards. I don't think theres a need for 8s or more.

MrMorrill wrote in post #6433605
Oh i know i think im only going to pick up 4gig cards. I don't think theres a need for 8s or more.

hmmm, they said the same thing about Big Hard Drives. pretty soon most of people will have 1 T. Hard Drives at home. go for the 8 g. now they are really cheap on B&H with the sandisk rebates

Thats true... Ill see whats cheaper, 2 4's or 1 8.

Can you use an 8G on a 30D, I know until the upgrade for the 5D you could only go as high as 4G.

Remember, cards can fail, so if a card would fail after you have filled an 8mb card could be more of a disaster than if you were using 2-4's. Just saying.

DVW wrote in post #6433667
Remember, cards can fail, so if a card would fail after you have filled an 8mb card could be more of a disaster than if you were using 2-4's. Just saying.

If he needs 4 gigs today, great. When he needs 8-16 tomorrow, the prices will be much cheaper.

Also, the Eos Digital Solutions disk, is it worth putting on my computer?

MrMorrill wrote in post #6433678
Also, the Eos Digital Solutions disk, is it worth putting on my computer?

I've never used that software myself, but I'm certain that many around here use it to their satisfaction.

Congratulations on the new camera!

SkedAddled wrote in post #6433694
I've never used that software myself, but I'm certain that many around here use it to their satisfaction.

Congratulations on the new camera!

I'm not sure what's on what, but I used to like DPP for previews just because it was there.... but I noticed the images looked really soft in the windows. ZoomBrowser renders them a lot smoother and they look a lot better.

Granted these are previews, and I shoot raw and either batch or hand process the files, depending on the client.

MrMorrill wrote in post #6433647
Thats true... Ill see whats cheaper, 2 4's or 1 8.

Get some transcends off of newegg.com. Save money upfront w/o messing with rebates.

I use DPP all the time for various tasks like quick previews and even quick edits. I use Zoombrowser for quick sorting.