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Same thing happened to me here in Mexico, the estimate was $350 from Canon Mexico. The

pins were broken not bent.

On a tight budget I agree with your choice. 50mm f1.8 for available light and the 100mm

macro for everything else. I have the 50mm on a XTi and it is a very good lens, also have

50mm sigma macro but it can't be re-chipped so I'm stuck with f2.8 for everything. I don't

think you will find a single lens that can do both without some big compromises.

I have the same camera and everything is fine. My sugestion are:

First turn of all the focus points and use only the center one, in case the camera was focusing

on the wrong thing. Take some pictures at a decent light level outdoors. Still blurry? Place

camera on tripod focus manually and snap away. Still blurry? Test a diferent lens. Preferebly

one that is known to be reliable. Still Blurry?

Since camera is still under warranty send it back for a new one.

James:

Being a latino myself, I'm thrilled to see other people not care about race, or looks (I mean

she probably thinks you are way too pale) :)

Another advantage of RAW is that you can push saturation way beyond what you can in a

jpeg. Also you have more leeway in the exposure in case you didnt nail it spot on. Seriusly.

Try raw out for a spin, the extra work is well worth the time.

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When i started photography all i had was an old minolta and two lenses, a 50mm and a

135mm, so my 50mm became my do it all lens. I dont see why you couldnt do the same with

a much better camera. As a side note I think that best glass route is the way to go. I have

just one L glass (70_200 f4) and I just cant wait to get another.

Jarek, unless you are going to the beach, where all that hot and bright sand might confuse

your meter, stop being concerned. From someone who lives here (Durango, Mexico) I think

you should worry more about other things, water and food being two of them. (If you have a

strong stomach please disregard this). In any case, enjoy your trip. BTW I also like to shoot

RAW with my brand new XTi. If you have any other question regarding Mexico that you think I

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If you can afford it, I say go ahead. I was a minolta fan as well, but when canon came out with

the digital rebel, I sold everything, got a couple of primes and an "L" zoom and I cant be

happier. In any case if you already have an idea about wich camera you want, and you are

waiting for sony to build something like it, just give up and get it. Like someone else said try

both systems ideal camera for you. Besides I think it will take sony a couple of years before it

gets a wide range of cameras catering to all levels, specially pro's.

Get a good quality prime, like the 50mm f1.4 or even the lowly f1.8 compare it to you your

zoom, if you see an improvment go L. If not don't. My only L lens is an 70-200 f4, it is head

and shoulders above my other zooms.

I would keep the mamiya 7 ( along with the digital gear) just to have some good quality

negatives, I mean the Leica is a great camera but quality wise I think the 20D beats it.

Besides when you feel like printing something to poster size, unles you get the 1ds mII,

medium format will have an edge. Besides sometimes just using a diferent camera makes you

look at things in a different way.

Good luck anyway.

I will try that, also I guess the fact that I was taking picturs at dusk didnt help.

Thanks a lot for all those helpful replies.

I just got it, I love it.

But I have to set both regular and flash exposure compensation to plus 1 .1/3 to get a decently exposed

picture. Any one else having this problem?

I read in a review that the same thing happened to the camera he was reviewing, Is there firmware update

out yet, or is my camera out of luck?

I was having the same "problem" In the end I decided that If I didn't make the leap to the

xt with it's 8mp I wasnt going to do it now. I have worked with the 30D and it is easier on

the "normal" size male hands. For me, it came down to a couple things.

1.- I can print larger, I dont do it often, but I like the possiblity there.

2.- I can crop more. I usally take pictures of kids for their school, and sometimes the only

pic I get has 4 or more kids in it, or he is very far away. Cropping to the rescue.

3.- Much better burst mode. Come on! a 4 frame buffer, that was painful.

I understand that to double the printing size you need not double the pixels, but four

times as much. I kept my 300d for 3 years, and went from 6 to 10mp, I think if I hold on

to this one for another 3 years at this rate of development we can expect a 16mp D-rebel,

if that happens, I think I will do it again.

I think the XTi is a good camera for us not pros, I liked the ergonomics and battery life of

my 300d better, and I can't wait until I can afford the battery grip for this one too.

To anyone considering the jump, my advice is, if you can afford it without to much

trouble, go ahead. I just got the camera yesterday and already have shot over 500 frames

with it.

I liked the macro lens, 110mm it allowed for very tight framing of just the face. The other

ones don't allow you to get that close, the closest you can get is a head and shoulders.

Unless you are not into showing every skin blemish. The longer did allow to isolate the whole

subject from the background, by subject i mean from the waist up as long as ther is nothing

behind until about 5 feet.