MOF (Sydney)
Forum Enthusiast
I’m hooked. Congratulations to the Marketing dept at Canon.
Two recent events convinced me.
The first was the release of the new Konica Minolta 7D. I thought it’s on-board IS functionality was “interesting” but I didn’t bother reading up on it. It was then I realised I was hooked into the Canon world and that was why this news wasn’t relevant.
I’ve now also contracted the apparently incurable and most certainly very expensive L disease. I just ordered from B&H the 24-70 f2.8L, the 70-200 f4L, the 1.4 t/c and some filters to replace the kit lens and (a very ordinary) 55-200. This completely wiped out the budget, but – for the sake of proving restraint – I did reluctantly defer the tripod collar for the 70-200. (It is an incredible $120, which must make it a 90%+ margin product).
Blame for the L disease is spread between posters to this forum and more particularly the professional at my niece’s wedding recently. We got talking and he let me borrow a couple of his lenses during the evening. The shots with his 28-70 f2.8L were so good it almost took violence to get me to give it back. But that was the final straw – I just HAD to have one.
I’m staying with the 300D and not looking at the 20D at this time. Partly because I’m now broke, but mostly because I chose to put the money into glass rather than a body. Anyway, I haven’t found the camera to be a limiting factor.
The important point though. Why did this all work so smoothly? Because, despite some of the rubbish written by the disgruntled in this Forum, the 300D is a bloody marvelous camera. That's why I got hooked.
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MOF Sydney
'The important thing is not to stop questioning.' Al Einstein
Two recent events convinced me.
The first was the release of the new Konica Minolta 7D. I thought it’s on-board IS functionality was “interesting” but I didn’t bother reading up on it. It was then I realised I was hooked into the Canon world and that was why this news wasn’t relevant.
I’ve now also contracted the apparently incurable and most certainly very expensive L disease. I just ordered from B&H the 24-70 f2.8L, the 70-200 f4L, the 1.4 t/c and some filters to replace the kit lens and (a very ordinary) 55-200. This completely wiped out the budget, but – for the sake of proving restraint – I did reluctantly defer the tripod collar for the 70-200. (It is an incredible $120, which must make it a 90%+ margin product).
Blame for the L disease is spread between posters to this forum and more particularly the professional at my niece’s wedding recently. We got talking and he let me borrow a couple of his lenses during the evening. The shots with his 28-70 f2.8L were so good it almost took violence to get me to give it back. But that was the final straw – I just HAD to have one.
I’m staying with the 300D and not looking at the 20D at this time. Partly because I’m now broke, but mostly because I chose to put the money into glass rather than a body. Anyway, I haven’t found the camera to be a limiting factor.
The important point though. Why did this all work so smoothly? Because, despite some of the rubbish written by the disgruntled in this Forum, the 300D is a bloody marvelous camera. That's why I got hooked.
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MOF Sydney
'The important thing is not to stop questioning.' Al Einstein
