william_nguyen

I have a DSTE from eBay, but I do not like it at all. It has too much play compared to the Nikon MB- D10 on a D700. If I

started over, I would buy the Nikon MB-D12.

I put my name on the waiting list at a local Best Buy last Sunday. I was number 12. They called me two days ago

saying if I placed an order, I would get it tomorrow. So I did. Hopefully, I will get it tomorrow.

<p>Kate,<br>

I do not have an answer for you, but a question instead, if you do not mind. I found out that with the SB-900 under bright sunlight, its power was not sufficient enough. So I thougth about the Metz 58-AF1. When it was working, how was its performance?<br>

Thank you,<br>

William</p>

<p>I had a post last night and now I saw another post from Tudor who felt offended. I am so sorry about that. I just want to tell my observation. I have both systems, and the pics I want to show to my family are always from Nikon. What can I say? I bought the 40D based on dpreview.com and that was a mistake. When I shot bottle using self timer like they did in dpreview, yes the 40D with 10 mpix was sharper than the D40. But when I shot people, that was a different story. I did not know why. Pic was not sharp, and skin tone made me depressed. At first I thought I might get a lemon. But after reading several posts day after day in dpreview's Canon forum, I knew I was not the only one who had to deal with these problems. Maybe it was my technique. But for shooting people, I think just focus at the eye, press FEL, recompose, and then click. The rest can be taken care of with DPP. But I cannot get a good pic in term of sharpness and color, yet after six months of ownership of the 40D.<br>

With my experience with the 40D, what do you expect me to suggest to Rico?<br>

Tuong</p>

<p>Rico,<br>

I have the 40D and the same experience. Try to use only the center focus point. Even that when viewed at 100%, the images are not as sharp as (far less sharp than) the ones from Nikon. I have been frustrated since I bought it in June 08. I shot raw only, but that does not help much. You crank up the sharpness, noise is more pronounced. I have read a lot on Canon forums to improve the IQ, but after a while following all the instructions, I figured out that's the camera problems. Not only you and me have these problems with the 40D. Go to Dpreview's Canon forum, you will see a lot of unhappy 40D owners. If you can return, do it. If you want to stick with Canon, try the 50D or 30D. But for my experience, go with Nikon. Get the D60 or D40 with a cheap SB600, you will see big differences on sharpness, keeper rate, color, exposure consistency.<br>

Tuong</p>

Hi Paul,

Fry's ' Website lists the D10 for $1350. I do not know how it was rated, but I am very pleased with the service from local stores.

Good luck.

WN