@Comradez

The only Canon FF DSLR cameras are the 5D or 1Ds series cameras.

Take your pick.

ppl who think that the 550D and 60D not much difference, then they don't need the extra features available in the 60D.

Good zoom or not - depends on the lens that you put on the camera, not the camera body.

If your friend wants to become Canon DSLR owner, better get him to go to the shop and play with the different camera models before he buy. Some models may not be comfortable to hold, some models may not have features that he is looking for.

posting food pic at this hour again...

Sigma 30mm 1.4 and canon 28mm 1.8 are almost the same price. i oso had this dilemma a few months ago - which to buy?

In the end I went with canon 28mm bcos it is an EF lens, so it can be put on full frame body, unlike the siggy, which is for crop body only.

Reason to get this range:
not as tight as the 50mm when using crop body.
Depth of field is wider, so when taking group shots at f1.8, not that many people are out of focus.
Can be used as a walkabout lens?
When paired with one of the xxxD cameras, it is actually quite small - can stuff into almost any bag you carry.

as for the loss of 1/3 stop of light (compared to the siggy), i thought to myself - "newer bodies can push very high ISO oledi", plus if it really becomes so dark until i need that tiny bit extra f-stop, i might as well use my flash

THAT is very hard to believe

Ya, the lens is made out of plastic, but so are a lot of other lenses nowadays. Lens mount is metal, though.

The siggy is also very nice, as some owners have already stated earlier. I tried one in the shop while I was making my choice. I just didn't get it bcos of previously mentioned reasons.

Anyway, performance-wise of the canon 28mm is nice, nothing to shout about... but one nice thing is that the minimum focus distance of these lenses are quite short, in the canon's case, it is 25cm, so u can do in-your-face shots of people
heck, u can even do macro shots - but not very effective macro

i bought my 28mm for around RM1700

aiya, i haven't registered online yet...

if i had the $$$ i would have gone with the 24mm 1.4L

This post has been edited by chucky: Nov 17 2010, 12:13 PM

Yes, more pricey, but u have to understand I got this in KK, Sabah. Prices here are slightly more expensive than in KL or Penang.

Go ultrawide Very useful! Make models look fat by using the side of the frame!

you could try use an external flash and make it look like you didn't use flash

bounce the flash off a side wall or ceiling or put it high up, but pointing down, while u trigger it with a remote trigger.

U tried pasang with battery grip and full complement of batteries?

oooo ya, i really need to weigh all my gear that i can attach to my camera body at one time... keep forgetting to do that.

i'm guessing it's gonna be more than 3kg

speking of 70-200 mug, i saw one for sale in some camera shop, and the sticker price was RM199 IIRC. I went because the thing looked like a 70-200 f4 that was shrunk another 20-30%

what do you mean by "it can turn"?
what can turn?
what is the "it" that you are referring to?

i got myself a battery grip bcos it was going for a song (camera was oledi superseded by newer models )

my 400D noise oso should be same as 1000D

Off Topic:
r u attending Hobbycon kah?