actually there is no more stock for the free item 90-300mm, replacement are 75-300mm which i oledi grab

400D will be lauch on 5 of sep...

cant wait to hold it

Dun hold it ... BUY it! Hahaha ...
If you happen to hold/buy it, do let us know the price ya?

But actually the freebie 75-300 is not that great also ler..cos they didn't gib the IS models... if u fully utilize the zoom very easy to blur if you're not tripod mounted

the dust function is barely a plus point
u will still need to manually clean it if really got dust problem

and if u dun change lense that often, its not really an issue
like erm, maintenance every one month or more extreme, once a week
and its barely 10 minutes job

dust cleaning system is more of a "make-up" accessory
if they add anti-shake, better

free a zoom lense consider ok lo
if IS free, dream oni can...better get the tripod
huhuhu

cant see anything on Canon Malaysia website. Are you sure it's launching on 5 Sept?

it's launching soon .... within da month ....
it's not on da website , probably it's not announce yet ?

The EF 75-300mm is great as a all-rounder telephoto lens, and it's cheap (<RM1000). The IS version would cost about RM1000-RM2000 more depending on the make, L lens construction or non-L lens construction.

Blurring at maximum focal length is actually not a lens problem, it's a user problem, let me explain. The way the user hold the lens is very important. At 300mm for a non-IS or non-internal focusing lenses, hold as far as poosible at the lens barrel to assist stability and keep the camera as close to your body as possible. In all cases, do not hold the lens at the focussing ring coz at AF, the barrel will be distrupted when the camera is trying to achieve focus.

Sept 5 ... it's today!

wow, thanks for ur advice......wish to hv a friend like u so that can teach me to use my 350D.... ......now still exploring the basic function which also make me .....

Err..guys, I was at Sunway Pyramid and the 350D price is RM3K. Includes Lens kit, 1Gb SD and a tripod. Is the price ok? I think i'll go for the 350D instead of the a100. I can't swallow the high noise at high ISO.. besides I don't think there's much difference between 8 and 10MP.

What do u sifus think? Any opinions?
Thx!

u r right about the noise
u r also right about 8MP and 10MP (for most ppl)

so it other things not that important, go for it!!

While you can forget about the issue about high iso noise and additional 2mp, the improved AF borrowed from the 30D might be worth it.

As quoted from dpreview:


I have been playing with a 30D a couple of days ago and the 50mm f/1.8 + larger viewfinder made it a breeze to focus, compose and shoot. The AF was much responsive compared to my D70s + 50mm f/1.8 so i think the AF does makes a difference in shooting.

Now i'm even more gatal for D80.. unexpectedly poisoned myself thru a canon. Geez....

Heard the 400D + Lens kit is priced at RM 3.6K. Now thats worth saving money for then..

350D Kit with 1GB SD Card and Tripod is a good price! It is also worth it even if you decided to pay by credit card and the extra 2% for it.

Nonetheless, get ready to be supplied with a dunno-what brand of card and tripod. Heck, even if they supply you that, just keep those as spare and buy better ones for everyday use-lor.

Dun worry about the noise, I am yet to see a digital camera without a 'problem' of noise. What kind of noise do you expect to see at 3R to 8R on a 8MP or 10MP?

Belilah 'tanpa was-was' ... as long as it's a Canon

This post has been edited by ac98: Sep 6 2006, 09:52 AM

but the 400D only with 70mm kit lens is it or 50mm?

for that price rather add a bit more for the D80s

The camera is already here-lah ...

i thought yesterday was the launch?
so the kit is with the 50mm only?

The 400D comes with the EF-S 18-55mm F3.5, similiar one found with the 300D, 350D as well as the 30D if you're getting the Kit package. It was mentioned elsewhere that a Body-only package is also available, dunno how true, but I would advice newbies to take up the EF-S 18-55mm kit lens.

This post has been edited by ac98: Sep 6 2006, 10:56 AM