Canon 40D

edrex · Posted: Feb 28, 2008 7:21 pm Post subject: Canon 40D

Just ordered today!! Can't wait to get it and play.
It comes with a EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens. That should keep me going long enough to save up for my next lens.
So, what should I be in the market for now? I am just getting the camera body/lens and 2GB memory card.
For lenses, I would like something that is good for shooting wakeboarding/wakeskating from the boat and will also probably try out some landscape and wildlife type stuff with it.

pyrocasto · Posted: Feb 28, 2008 7:59 pm Post subject:

I've been very happy with my Tamron 28-300 until I broke it. Great range and could make some sick wake boarding shots.

My canon 18-55 has been great as well. Been doing a lot of panos with it, indoor and out. Mostly 360(not connected).

A remote would be a good buy, and I went for the wireless for that.

edrex · Posted: Feb 28, 2008 8:06 pm Post subject:

pyrocasto, what happened to your Tamron? Sad

Dragonlady8 · Black Widow Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Posts: 9198

Gravity pulled it out of his hand. It fall down and go crack. Crying or Very sad

scott a · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 9810

Gravity is such a douche bag.

edrex · Posted: Feb 28, 2008 10:01 pm Post subject:

pyrocasto · Posted: Feb 29, 2008 4:06 am Post subject:

edrex, yes it would not be a good idea to lay the lens sideways on any surface it can roll off of.

A 4 foot fall on concrete messed up the auto focus. Manual works fine but I'm sending it back for repair.

joedirt00 · Posted: Feb 29, 2008 6:00 am Post subject:

Good tripod and remote shutter release.

edrex · Posted: Feb 29, 2008 7:59 am Post subject:

What are the uses of a remote shutter release?

DRAGON88 · Posted: Feb 29, 2008 8:33 am Post subject:

edrex, exposures longer than 30 seconds and you wont jiggle the camera when you depress the shutter button.

Those two things would also be very high on my list. (tripod/ remote)

For lenses the 70-200 F/4L is popular for wakeboarding. I really like my 17-40 F4/L for landscape stuff too, but you also might consider some EF-S lenses as well.

scott a · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 9810

ontrider · Ladies Man Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 16491 City: Russia

pyrocasto, can you let me know what that costs??? I dropped mine in the boat last fall and now the auto-focus only half works. Laughing

edrex · Posted: Mar 05, 2008 4:40 pm Post subject:

Got it this afternoon and been playing around with it for a bit. One thing that is bugging me is that I can't seem to take burst shots. I'm sure its just me doing something wrong, but I can't find anything in the manual about it or any settings in the camera that would activate a burst mode. Anyone know Canons that can help?
Thanks,
ed.

edrex · Posted: Mar 05, 2008 4:44 pm Post subject:

Nevermind, found it.

Damon · Posted: Mar 05, 2008 5:32 pm Post subject:

haha, are you hitting yourself for asking that question? Laughing

edrex · Posted: Mar 05, 2008 5:41 pm Post subject:

Damon, Yeah! I had been trying different things for like 20 minutes and searching through the manual for anything about it. Right after I posted that I started playing with the top buttons and when I hit the AF mode button the menu came up with the one shot, high speed burst, low speed burst, etc settings. Embarassed

Oh well, there is going to be a lot of dumb questions about this camera before I am done! Laughing

Damon · Posted: Mar 14, 2008 4:51 pm Post subject:

edrex, no worries, to be honest it's a little more difficult then there lower end lineup. Took me a few minutes to figure out myself.