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On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 20:31:10 +0000, Tim Auton
wrote: wrote: [snip] I would recommend the 20D for a new camera buy. More expensive, but better electronics -- particularly the AF system -- and features (firmware glitches notwithstanding). In fact, it looks like the 20D has the same internals as the 1D MkII, just re-arranged and down-sized (reduced pipeline size, etc). For general use I agree (I have one), but if it was purely for astro I'd have gone for the 300D (Digital Rebel). Better AF, instant turn-on, bigger buffers and many of the other improvements in the 20D mean nothing for astro work. IIRC the 20D has lower readout noise too, but it's not a massive difference. It'll be a long time before I rip the IR filter from my 20D, Why can't you buy an IR filter that screws onto the lens? -Rich |
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RichA wrote:
On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 20:31:10 +0000, Tim Auton wrote: [snip] Why can't you buy an IR filter that screws onto the lens? They don't quite match the original filter, which throws the white-balance out. You can correct for it, but you do lose some flexibility (all the presets will be wrong and I don't know if auto would work either). More importantly, I don't fancy tearing the guts out of a new, £1000 camera! Tim -- This is not my signature. |
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On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 22:04:29 +0000, Tim Auton
wrote: RichA wrote: On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 20:31:10 +0000, Tim Auton wrote: [snip] Why can't you buy an IR filter that screws onto the lens? They don't quite match the original filter, which throws the white-balance out. You can correct for it, but you do lose some flexibility (all the presets will be wrong and I don't know if auto would work either). More importantly, I don't fancy tearing the guts out of a new, £1000 camera! Tim No, especially since (unfortunately) it requires tearing it completely apart to get the filter out. I read the site that had the process on it. -Rich |
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laura halliday wrote:
I bought my Digital Rebel at my favourite local professional camera store (Leo's Cameras, Vancouver): the usual kit with the body and 18-55 lens, plus a 512 MB compact flash card. I know I could have gotten it a bit cheaper from Anacortes or B&H, but there is something to be said for local support and backup. ....snip I'm about to purchase one myself, and just talked to a highly respected tech guru from SFran about the possibility of the price dropping. He suggested that I put off any purchase at least until tomorrow. He thinks the MacWorld show currently running in LV might have an announcement that has to do with Canon. I mentioned the CES, but he thought MacWorld might be the more likely of the two shows to have anything to say about it. We had to end are call abruptly, but that's the story. -- Wayne T. Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA) (121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time) Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet Web Page: home.earthlink.net/~mtnviews |
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Macworld starts next week. The show currently in LV is CES.
W. Watson wrote: laura halliday wrote: I bought my Digital Rebel at my favourite local professional camera store (Leo's Cameras, Vancouver): the usual kit with the body and 18-55 lens, plus a 512 MB compact flash card. I know I could have gotten it a bit cheaper from Anacortes or B&H, but there is something to be said for local support and backup. ...snip I'm about to purchase one myself, and just talked to a highly respected tech guru from SFran about the possibility of the price dropping. He suggested that I put off any purchase at least until tomorrow. He thinks the MacWorld show currently running in LV might have an announcement that has to do with Canon. I mentioned the CES, but he thought MacWorld might be the more likely of the two shows to have anything to say about it. We had to end are call abruptly, but that's the story. |
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Tim Killian wrote:
Macworld starts next week. The show currently in LV is CES. W. Watson wrote: laura halliday wrote: I bought my Digital Rebel at my favourite local professional camera store (Leo's Cameras, Vancouver): the usual kit with the body and 18-55 lens, plus a 512 MB compact flash card. I know I could have gotten it a bit cheaper from Anacortes or B&H, but there is something to be said for local support and backup. ...snip I'm about to purchase one myself, and just talked to a highly respected tech guru from SFran about the possibility of the price dropping. He suggested that I put off any purchase at least until tomorrow. He thinks the MacWorld show currently running in LV might have an announcement that has to do with Canon. I mentioned the CES, but he thought MacWorld might be the more likely of the two shows to have anything to say about it. We had to end are call abruptly, but that's the story. Strange. The guy said wait until tomorrow, which is today. Maybe he misspoke. I asked if it wasn't more likely CES, and I'm pretty sure he said MacWorld in reply. He might have been in a hurry. I was lucky to get to him and we got interrupted by another call. When I asked him about the camera, he immediately enthused he had one and called it a "kick-ass" camera. -- Wayne T. Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA) (121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time) Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet Web Page: home.earthlink.net/~mtnviews |
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W. Watson wrote:
Tim Killian wrote: Macworld starts next week. The show currently in LV is CES. W. Watson wrote: laura halliday wrote: I bought my Digital Rebel at my favourite local professional camera store (Leo's Cameras, Vancouver): the usual kit with the body and 18-55 lens, plus a 512 MB compact flash card. I know I could have gotten it a bit cheaper from Anacortes or B&H, but there is something to be said for local support and backup. ...snip I'm about to purchase one myself, and just talked to a highly respected tech guru from SFran about the possibility of the price dropping. He suggested that I put off any purchase at least until tomorrow. He thinks the MacWorld show currently running in LV might have an announcement that has to do with Canon. I mentioned the CES, but he thought MacWorld might be the more likely of the two shows to have anything to say about it. We had to end are call abruptly, but that's the story. Strange. The guy said wait until tomorrow, which is today. Maybe he misspoke. I asked if it wasn't more likely CES, and I'm pretty sure he said MacWorld in reply. He might have been in a hurry. I was lucky to get to him and we got interrupted by another call. When I asked him about the camera, he immediately enthused he had one and called it a "kick-ass" camera. Well, it was CES, and here's their announcement. http://www.macobserver.com/article/2005/01/05.20.shtml. -- Wayne T. Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA) (121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time) Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet Web Page: home.earthlink.net/~mtnviews |
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