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[scorpio_e]

those seems like US stores, won't they charge duties on it?

They will not charge duties BUT you customs might.

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Got the 40D with 17-85 lens

As you guys know this was a race b/w the D90 and the 40D and in the end I got a good deal on the 40D so the decision became a no brainer

Thanks to everyone for the suggestions

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Canon 40D: Ist Impression

Pros: Image quality .... fast operations, quick camera .... ability to shoot at 6 frames per second .... Magnesium alloy construction, superior built quality .... comes with useful softwares like remote camera .... the top info LCD helps and gives one more reason to move up from the entry-level DSLRs. most needed buttons at the fingertips

Cons: Auto white balance not up to the mark in indoor low light conditions [but that may be the case with other cameras too] .... no dedicated LV button. thats not a criticism but an observation. I don't use LV much so this is not an issue with me and on the plus side a lack of dedicated LV button does make the back look less clustered .... a little heavy

Overall Ist impression: fantastic piece of photo equipment


17-85 IS EFS USM lens: Ist impression .... so far it's been good

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[scorpio_e]

Congrats on your new camera.
I think you will be happy with your 40D.
The 6.5 frames per sec is SOooooo fast. Personally I will never use it.
It is a quaility build.

Happy shooting !!!

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The 6.5 frames per sec is SOooooo fast. Personally I will never use it.

that translates into more than 360 shots in a minute!! I don't take than many shots in a month

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will an UDMA CF card work on the 40D? I am using the Scandisk Extreme III CF card for the 40D but also have the PNY 40MB/sec UDMA CF card and am wondering if I can use it on the 40D as well

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D90 review by DPreview

As expected they gave it the 'highly recommended' verdict .... looking at the JPEG outputs of D90 vs 450D's, I kind of liked the 450D's, so guess i did the right thing by going with the 40D as I like that kind of JPEJ output