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Just a little christmas gift to myself =D I ordered a Canon EOS Rebel XS from Amazon. Ordered it on Sunday for $409 and came today. It was the cheapest price I've found so far and free 2 day shipping. I checked on Monday and the price went up to $449 so good thing I ordered early lol But yeah I had a Nikon D40 a while back but returned it and went back to a P&S camera. I missed the high quality pictures from the dslr so I got it again and this time I'm sticking with it. Going to buy a Canon 50mm 1.8 lens tomorrow and play around. Hopefully I'll be able to get some nice pics and post for ya'll to see =D

Cool... I feel some more picture heavy threads are coming soon...

Nice stuff! Can't wait to see the photos you take with that!

lol -- I bought a XSI and sold it for a D40 I also had the 50mm which is a great lens. Look into picking up a 430 flash to complement the kit. IMO the quality of pics from Nikon is a lot better than Canon

Quote, originally posted by bull77 »lol -- I bought a XSI and sold it for a D40 I also had the 50mm which is a great lens. Look into picking up a 430 flash to complement the kit. IMO the quality of pics from Nikon is a lot better than Canon i was actually thinking of going with the d40 again but it wasn't on sale. what drew me towards the canon was the "live view" and that self cleaning lens thing or something. i'm thinking of getting a flash too and the 55-250mm lens but that'll have to wait a while lol

Quote, originally posted by lowincash »i was actually thinking of going with the d40 again but it wasn't on sale. what drew me towards the canon was the "live view" and that self cleaning lens thing or something. i'm thinking of getting a flash too and the 55-250mm lens but that'll have to wait a while lolI got a Nikon D3000 - it also has the sensor cleaning thingy on it. No live view, but then, on a DSLR I don't use it anyway. I don't even use it on my canon which does have live view.

Well sort of an update...I sold my canon Rebel XS after owning it for under two months. I had bought a 50mm f/1.8 lens and a 55-250mm f/4-5.6 lens which I sold too.I upgraded to a Canon 50D this time and will be getting one of those higher performance lenses lol After I receive the lens I hope to clean my car and take some nice pics =D

Those lenses aren't cheap...my former co-worker paid over $2,000...just for a lens

i want a new camera i know i wouldnt use it much though

The lens I've been eyeing on is around $1,000'ish but I bought a couple third party ones. Bought a Tamron 18-270mm f/3.5-6.3 and just ordered a Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 and might get a Sigma 30mm f/1.4 later on. This hobby is expensive Btw, the 50D with the 18-270mm lens is so big and heavy compared to my tiny rebel xs lol still getting use to the extra bulk =D

Quote, originally posted by lowincash »Bought a Tamron 18-270mm f/3.5-6.3 and just ordered a Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 and might get a Sigma 30mm f/1.4 later on. This hobby is expensive nice pickups!! I want to see some pics with the 30mm tell me about expensive -- this is on my wifes wishlist http://www.henrys.ca/35889-NIK....aspx

woah that's a nice camera but holy crap it's waaaaaay out of my budget lol even with the stuff I have now is pushing it a bit =PI definitely want to get the Sigma 30mm 1.4 but might need to wait a while =/ It's either that or upgrade my flash lol

Quote, originally posted by lowincash »I definitely want to get the Sigma 30mm 1.4 but might need to wait a while =/ It's either that or upgrade my flash loloops -- i read that wrong. Pick up a flash -- it'll completely change your pictures.I know alot of people don't like him, but here's what he says about the Sigma 30mm. Quote, originally posted by kr »If you shoot Canon, forget this Sigma and get the superior Canon 28mm f/1.8 EF for less money. http://www.kenrockwell.com/sigma/30mm-f14.htm

I already have a small external flash but wanting to upgrade to a bigger one. Man, there's a lot of things I want to get now...it's like a neverending list =/