30D on the 17th? I'll believe it when I see it

jimfjimf Registered Users Posts: 338 Major grins
edited March 3, 2006 in Cameras
Amazon tells me they expect to ship my 30D on the 15th, and I'll have it around the 17th. Do I believe them?

Nope!

But at least it's in the queue.
jim frost
jimf@frostbytes.com

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  • BodleyBodley Registered Users Posts: 766 Major grins
    edited February 28, 2006
    jimf wrote:
    Amazon tells me they expect to ship my 30D on the 15th, and I'll have it around the 17th. Do I believe them?

    Nope!

    But at least it's in the queue.

    Is that May 17th :D
    Greg
    "Tis better keep your mouth shut and be thought of as an idiot than to open your mouth and remove all doubt"
  • jimfjimf Registered Users Posts: 338 Major grins
    edited February 28, 2006
    Bodley wrote:
    Is that May 17th :D

    Don't make me hurt you.

    It took 6 weeks to get the Rebel from Calumet....
    jim frost
    jimf@frostbytes.com
  • ivarivar Registered Users Posts: 8,395 Major grins
    edited February 28, 2006
    Bodley wrote:
    Is that May 17th :D
    No, July 17th :D
    Ivar
    www.ivarborst.nl & smugmug
  • BodleyBodley Registered Users Posts: 766 Major grins
    edited February 28, 2006
    ivar wrote:
    No, July 17th :D

    Lets play nice, I'm sure it was March 17th ............................2007:D
    Greg
    "Tis better keep your mouth shut and be thought of as an idiot than to open your mouth and remove all doubt"
  • Bob BellBob Bell Registered Users Posts: 598 Major grins
    edited February 28, 2006
    I wonder what its like to be the first on the block with a new DSLR with the firmware version of 1.0.0. My guess is painful. You will have to let us know as I always wait for 2-3 releases. Laughing.gif
    Bob
    Phoenix, AZ
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  • BodleyBodley Registered Users Posts: 766 Major grins
    edited February 28, 2006
    Bob Bell wrote:
    I wonder what its like to be the first on the block with a new DSLR with the firmware version of 1.0.0. My guess is painful. You will have to let us know as I always wait for 2-3 releases. Laughing.gif
    Should be fewer issues since it's a minor upgrade from an existing product (20D)
    Greg
    "Tis better keep your mouth shut and be thought of as an idiot than to open your mouth and remove all doubt"
  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,938 moderator
    edited March 3, 2006
    I saw one at PMA. If you looked at the 1dmkiiN and applied some of the same
    features to the 20d, you'd have the 30d. The two that stand out are picture
    modes and the larger LCD.

    I'd say your date is reasonably good. Within a couple of weeks.

    As far a firmware go, I'd say it's going to be pretty solid. Again, it's based on
    an existing camera.
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  • jimfjimf Registered Users Posts: 338 Major grins
    edited March 3, 2006
    ian408 wrote:
    As far a firmware go, I'd say it's going to be pretty solid. Again, it's based on
    an existing camera.

    Firmware on the 300D was in good shape despite it being a very new model, and as you say the 30D is not a big change. I'm not worried about it.

    I still have to drool at my co-worker's D200, but the 30D will fix all but one of my complaints with the 300D so I should be very happy.

    The only complaint it doesn't fix is lack of a split prism viewfinder. It's hard as heck to manually focus in low light.
    jim frost
    jimf@frostbytes.com
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