Yesterday afternoon, a call rang out in the wilderness of Indiana proclaiming the word of the Camera Store! Jack's Camera in Muncie called to let me know that they had a Canon 40D sitting behind the counter with my name on it!
So this morning I packed the kidlets in the car and brought the checkbook with the donations of many OSP members along with me to Muncie to get my new camera.
I have two things to say... "Yummmm!" and "Thank you all so much!!!"
Tonight I've got a portrait session and the 40D is going to have it's first outing. I'm thrilled to say the least!
Now to give it a name...
Leann
Full Version: The Canon 40D
Congrats Leann. I've got mine on the way. 
AS for names go... Charity?
AS for names go... Charity?
I got mine a couple of weeks ago! Its awesome and you'll love it! (I too, got it from Jack's Camera Shop in Muncie!).
Ksenia
Ksenia
Yay Congrats Leann!
And I agree on the name 'Charity'!
And I agree on the name 'Charity'!
CONGRATULATIONS!! Show us some pictures when your session is done!
Congrats!
Big hug and way to go OSP!
Big hug and way to go OSP!
Hi Leann - I am currently at Myrtle Beach breaking in my new 40D that came in a week ago today. I am very happy with it so far. I love the bigger display on back.
Mark
Mark
You're welcome (from all of OSP!)
And, you should name your new camera "Bruce"
Here are the reasons for "Bruce"
1. this video
2. Bruce is a very masculine name, and no one will mess around with "Bruce"
3. When you get tired of that drunk guy at the wedding hitting on you, just start talking about "Bruce" ... "I'm glad I brought Bruce along today!"... that'll make him leave!
4. It sounds so "Australian"
5. Bruce is less confusing than "Micheal Baldwin"
6. There is NO RULE 6!
And, you should name your new camera "Bruce"
Here are the reasons for "Bruce"
1. this video
2. Bruce is a very masculine name, and no one will mess around with "Bruce"
3. When you get tired of that drunk guy at the wedding hitting on you, just start talking about "Bruce" ... "I'm glad I brought Bruce along today!"... that'll make him leave!
4. It sounds so "Australian"
5. Bruce is less confusing than "Micheal Baldwin"
6. There is NO RULE 6!
Glad to hear Leann! Make us proud!
Congrats! you'll love it!
If you're a RAW shooter test it before your shoot.. I had to run a bunch of updates to read my RAWs!
If you're a RAW shooter test it before your shoot.. I had to run a bunch of updates to read my RAWs!
Sounds like I should name the 40D "Charity Bruce" then!
I've shot a portrait session and a wedding now with the new camera and I'm just totally loving it! Yay!
Leann
I've shot a portrait session and a wedding now with the new camera and I'm just totally loving it! Yay!
Leann
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Bruce is a very masculine name, and no one will mess around with "Bruce"
Okay...what did I miss? How did you manage to get donations to get your new toy???
Dustin. LEann's camera was stolen at a wedding and Dustin Izatt donated funds from sellilng his templates. I would name it Dustin or Tiffany!
LeAnne:
Congrats! I bet it feels great to have the camera and be back in biz again! (I don't know if you had a backup or if you were just waiting for this to come in...)
Not meant to be a threadjack but how do you compare the 40D with what you were using before - I assume a 20D or 30D.
What are the differences that you see?
Congrats! I bet it feels great to have the camera and be back in biz again! (I don't know if you had a backup or if you were just waiting for this to come in...)
Not meant to be a threadjack but how do you compare the 40D with what you were using before - I assume a 20D or 30D.
What are the differences that you see?
I looked at a demo 40D at the local camera store and took some sample pics.
All the focusing points have cross sensors, so they are actually useful.
The noise is incredibly low at 1600 iso.
The display is very large - but you can't use it to check focus unless you have sharpening set pretty high (and that's true whether you are shooting raw or jpg).
There is only a single center spot meter and it's too large.
It did a pretty poor job with color in the mixed overhead fluorescent and window backlighting in the store (a very tough lighting situation anyway). It took a lot of tweaking of the image files to get something that looked decent. However, converted to b/w they looked very nice- again low noise really helped.
It's a decent camera.
All the focusing points have cross sensors, so they are actually useful.
The noise is incredibly low at 1600 iso.
The display is very large - but you can't use it to check focus unless you have sharpening set pretty high (and that's true whether you are shooting raw or jpg).
There is only a single center spot meter and it's too large.
It did a pretty poor job with color in the mixed overhead fluorescent and window backlighting in the store (a very tough lighting situation anyway). It took a lot of tweaking of the image files to get something that looked decent. However, converted to b/w they looked very nice- again low noise really helped.
It's a decent camera.
lol. Careful John, you're starting to sound like Canon is making a camera that you like. 
hehe. Just kidding with ya bud.
hehe. Just kidding with ya bud.
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