It comes....

BBonesBBones Registered Users Posts: 580 Major grins
edited February 9, 2005 in Cameras
Ok, just got cleared to buy my 20D soon. I am going to get my taxes done and I have a trip to Maui coming up in about 2 weeks. After that I will be buying my 20D. Can't wait.

Now I need to buy the lenses...have to start with the 70-200 IS 2.8 for all the race photography I do, talk about starting off in a hole. :)

Can't wait to get it all together and start shooting!

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  • fishfish Registered Users Posts: 2,950 Major grins
    edited February 7, 2005
    Great! clap.gif


    But don't you want to have the camera before your trip to maui? deal.gif
    "Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk." - Edward Weston
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  • BBonesBBones Registered Users Posts: 580 Major grins
    edited February 7, 2005
    More then you know I want the cam to film the whales. Be happy with the trip and the 828 for this year though.
  • USAIRUSAIR Registered Users Posts: 2,646 Major grins
    edited February 7, 2005
    BBones
    BBones wrote:
    Ok, just got cleared to buy my 20D soon. I am going to get my taxes done and I have a trip to Maui coming up in about 2 weeks. After that I will be buying my 20D. Can't wait.

    Now I need to buy the lenses...have to start with the 70-200 IS 2.8 for all the race photography I do, talk about starting off in a hole. :)

    Can't wait to get it all together and start shooting!
    Going through the same thing here.....there is lots to read here on lenses


    I will be getting a 20d in a couple of weeks I hope

    I am looking at the 24-70 f/2.8 first then 70-200 f/2.8 is

    Then the 85 f/1.2L and then the.....Holy Cow I don't even have the camera and I'm already ate up with the lens thing. eek7.gif :uhoh eek7.gif :uhoh


    Good luck
    Fred
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  • Steve CaviglianoSteve Cavigliano Super Moderators Posts: 3,599 moderator
    edited February 8, 2005
    Congrats Brandon and Fred!!
    WooooooBoyyyy, you guys are in for some fun now clap.gifclap.gif


    Don't sweat the Lens Fever, it only gets worse :lol Never wide enough, never fast enough, never long enough rolleyes1.gif The camera is fairly inexpensive, it's the lenses that will empty your wallet :uhoh

    Anyhow, suffice it to say that it's all worth it in the end. You guys will be soooooooo happy with your new kits. I'm very excited for you :)


    Steve
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  • BBonesBBones Registered Users Posts: 580 Major grins
    edited February 8, 2005
    Now I will need muscles. That lens/cam weighs alot, especially after a whole day of shooting motorcycles
  • OklahomaLightOklahomaLight Registered Users Posts: 1 Beginner grinner
    edited February 8, 2005
    Agreement from a F828 convert
    I can't agree more about being sooooooo happy with the Canon. I just traded up to the 20D from the Sony F828 last week. As much as I loved my Sony (and I was a TRUE believer) the Canon just gives you so much more. What a camera! While we're on lenses, don't forget about the Canon 50mm f1.8. It's cheap at about $75 online, but a terrific little low-light lens. Hard to find a sharper lens for even three times the money. I'm also looking at the Sigma 24-70 f2.8L. Anyone heard anything about it? If not that then I'm definitely on the Tamron counterpart.
    Steve Cavigliano wrote:
    WooooooBoyyyy, you guys are in for some fun now clap.gifclap.gif


    Don't sweat the Lens Fever, it only gets worse :lol Never wide enough, never fast enough, never long enough rolleyes1.gif The camera is fairly inexpensive, it's the lenses that will empty your wallet :uhoh

    Anyhow, suffice it to say that it's all worth it in the end. You guys will be soooooooo happy with your new kits. I'm very excited for you :)


    Steve
  • fishfish Registered Users Posts: 2,950 Major grins
    edited February 9, 2005
    BBones wrote:
    Now I will need muscles. That lens/cam weighs alot, especially after a whole day of shooting motorcycles
    You'll get used to it. It's really not *that* heavy. Sure, it's heavier than a drebel and kit lens, but it's not the iron ball that so many of the reviews would have you believe.
    "Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk." - Edward Weston
    "The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over."-Hunter S.Thompson
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