"SteveB" <oldfart@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>
> "Elmore" <elmore@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
>
>> I think I'm getting the picture (so to speak) Steve. The Canon 40D is
a
>> more serious tool than the Nikon 40x. More serious money too, but if
>> you've
>> got it to spend I'd say go for it. I'm thinking you would be wanting
to
>> upgrade the Nikon sooner and therefore the Canon 40D will save you
money
>> in
>> the long run because you will be happier with it longer. How's that
for
>> a
>> nice rationalization to get the 40D. I have a semi-pro friend upgraded
>> to
>> one and he claims there's nothing not to like about the 40D. I have
>> another
>> friend who had a Nikon 40 and upgraded a 40x. He was disappointed that
>> he
>> spent the extra money and couldn't make better photographs with the
40x.
>>
>> And so it goes.
>>
>> Have fun and make lots of photographs.
>
> I have a full life. I have always liked photography, even had a black
and
> white darkroom with a Beseler 45 mcrx traveling head enlarger with half
a
> dozen Zeiss lenses. All the stuff. Several cameras in the 2 1/4"
format
> including a Hasselblad.
>
> But today as my sunset approaches, I just want to indulge myself without
> total immersion. I have neither the time nor inclination to go full
bore
> into photography, but enjoy the hell out of it seasonally when the
> hummingbirds are flying and when I can get afield.
>
> Ergo, I wanted a "good" better camera than I had. I don't expect to
ever
> fully understand it, or get way deep into the processing, but it's like
a
> lake. I'm a retired commercial diver. You can go as deep as you want,
> and you don't always have to go to the bottom. Just getting underwater
is
> fun, and once you put your head under, it's all pretty much the same. I
> find it so with photography, too. But now I want to go a little deeper,
> and stay a little longer, and want the good stuff that will do what I
want
> it to.
>
> I also think I will be less likely to outgrow the 40D than to outgrow
the
> Nikon. There's a HUGE difference in just how they feel in my hands,
with
> Canon winning out.
>
> It will do all I want to do with it, and my current camera won't. Which
> was the point of my original question.
>
> Thanks to all for the nice discussion and tips.
>
> Steve
>
Well said, Steve. And, good luck with your camera.
Take Care,
Dudley
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