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darkness
03-06-2009, 07:33 PM
Just bought my wife a 50D I hope she likes it. How much of learning curve is there from an XTi to this one? Next thing will be to enroll her in some photography classes.
J____
03-06-2009, 07:56 PM
its about the same as xti in terms of usage. just a bit more options and alot better processor/sensor/image quality.
darkness
03-06-2009, 08:43 PM
sweet. Well I guess we are going out to try it tomorrow. Hopefully the weather will be nice.
jolaika
03-06-2009, 10:45 PM
haha.. forecast it said it was goin to snow a little bit over the night.. not even a sign that it'll happen.. or.. maybe later on.. haha
darkness
03-08-2009, 06:01 PM
Here is a couple of pics I took. They aren't as good as the one's you guys take but I hope to get there some day.

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee161/senorbutts/eye.jpg

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee161/senorbutts/eckowatch.jpg

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee161/senorbutts/IMG_5950.jpg
niforpix
03-08-2009, 10:14 PM
What lens are you using with your 50D?
This is exactly what I'm thinking of doing, upgrading from XTi to the 50D... But still trying to decide. Lots of $$... :(
darkness
03-09-2009, 05:58 AM
is got the 18 - 200 IS lens kit.

http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0926INGFS10111810&catid=20222

got Futureshop to price match.
K-Dub
03-09-2009, 08:19 AM
Trade you my 30D for your 50D. :D
niforpix
03-09-2009, 08:24 AM
^^ WTF? lol

Now I'm thinking of buying the 40D instead and putting the difference towards a better lens. I guess the only difference between those 2 is higher res screen and 5 extra MPs. Maybe couple other things but I won't be printing anything huge so the extra MPs don't really matter much.
Bonjour43MA
03-09-2009, 06:24 PM
40D is probably the best bang-for-the-buck canon SLR right now... get it while you still can.
niforpix
03-09-2009, 06:28 PM
Got me a 40D today! :D Now that I've saved $400 by buying that instead of the 50D, I can put that towards a lens :) Just hoping my Sigma 150-500mm will sell soon so I can get an L lens again :D
darkness
03-09-2009, 07:21 PM
Nice. Well I figured since I was gonna upgrade I go as far as could. The 5D was a little more than I could afford. But I am happy with it and more importantly so is my wife.
niforpix
03-09-2009, 09:20 PM
If you have $$ why not. You or your wife will love it. Easy to learn too. Switching from XTi to D40 was super easy. Took me 5-10 minutes to get used to it :)