You owe me a new 24 inch LCD Moniter fdl.

I just sprayed sprite all over it.

 

Sweet camera Derrick.

 

oh yea... something ive noticed... the bigger your camera is, the more serious ppl think you are... its uncanny how obvious it is sometimes.. I will have to admit that its an advantage. 20d, 30d, 5d.. esp w/ grip.. yea you are REALY SERIOUS lol..

so im thinking about getting one of those big flash rig setups to make mine gargantuan.... lol jk

 

Especially when you attach a white lens to it.

 

nice! now get your pics on the EBP thread

 

not really the camera, ive heard of people with rebel XTs and XTis on the CDP forums getting the professional/serious comments when they have the white L series lens', i i think it really comes down to having a SLR with a gigantic lens attached to it.

 

I hear ya 'zouse..

 

I just ordered a Rebel XT last night! Can't wait to start playing with it!! It's my first SLR camera. It's replacing an Olympus c5000 zoom (my parents called dibs on that - they don't even have a digicam yet, lol!).

 

 

its pretty funny when you read thru the thread in the CDP forums about the most ridiculous comments people have received while having a huge lens on i was ing the entire time

 

Random comments on prior posts:
I never thought I'd see the words 'very compact' used in a sentence regarding a SLR.
It always struck me as a bit odd in comparing sizes of SLRS. I mean, after you
stick the same lens on both, is there really that much of a signifigant difference?

They're both going to be big enough that they're inconvenient.

There's an element of truth between how serious you are, and how much equipment you
carry around. After you reach a certain point, carrying more equipment around is
just annoying. There's stuff I'd like to have with me that I really just don't
care to generally lug around with me.

 

I myself never thought an SLR should be small and I have never shopped for an SLR based on size, for sure. It really is kind of an oxymoron.

I do have to say that the D40 is ridiculously small, it reminds me of one of the bigger C-series Olympus digicams from '02. Very nice size factor and very nice pics - I do believe there is a market for that because I know for one there are occasions where I just would never use the 5D - but if I had something as small as the D40, yes I could use it. Think about like parties with family or friends... I did take the 5D out once at a party but that was ONLY because ppl were asking me where was my cam, and also I was pretty . Anyway...

Chod I like what you had to say about how serious you are and how much you carry around - it does make some amount of sense, doesn't it. Then you get to some point where you are looking for ways to get similar results with less equipment..

 

Olympus E-400: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0609/06...lympuse400.asp

Check the pictures at the bottom of that page to get an idea of how small that camera is.

 

I shot my friends wedding (very casual, backyard BBQ) with my SLR a few years back, and I had numerous people coming up to me and asking if I worked for the city's major newspaper! This was before every third person had a DSLR as a primary camera.

SLR's in general definitely freak people out.

 

I hate the whole "Bigger the equipment, better the person" stigma. But it does happen. I shoot a significant amount of ENG/EFP television news gathering and it is funny how when I shoot my old circa 2002 DVCpro Panasonic crowds go crazy. I'd then shoot a handheld Sony HDV camera and I'm no longer special... Sadly, the 5k dollar sony shot just as well as the 26k dollar panasonic.

 

it looks like a toy

 

wow Olympus still makes cameras?

actually I was an Olympus fan back in the day...

 

This Olympus looks pretty cool: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0701/07...mpusp550uz.asp

 

I dont like it either but its true - it happens.

 

Definitely some impressive specs. Not sure how good they actually are, but looks nice on "paper".
Lens • 4.7-84.2mm (28-504 35 mm equiv) 18x optical zoom
• F2.8-4.5
ISO sensitivity • Auto ISO
• ISO 50
• ISO 100
• ISO 200
• ISO 400
• ISO 800
• ISO 1600
• ISO 3200
• ISO 5000
Focus distance • 0.1m-∞ (wide), 1.2-∞ (tele)
• 1cm closest focus (super macro)

It has some underwater modes, too. I didn't see any mention of water resistance, but I wonder how much the underwater case is.

 

all your cams are girly cams compared to my 1d

 

h8

 

ISO 5000... yeah.. you need that.

 

I'm only impressed if it's a 1Ds.





I'd I'm sure there is no noise when shooting ISO 5000, either.