joekonz

<p>The Canon Rumors Web site (which photographybay.com and dpreview.com watch closely) says the 60D should be out in the fall (as apparently the xxD line is now officially in annual upgrade cycles), will have 8 fps, a new battery, weather sealing, the debut of the new DIGIC V processor, indeed have HD video, and bump up the focusing points to 13 (from current 9 in the 30/40/50Ds). Furthermore, there are whispers Canon might even change the model name to 7D sted of 60D in response to Canon's perceived concern that consumers are confused by the Canon and Nikon mid-range body nomenclature, as both sport "D" and double digit numerals in their names. The body will not grow in max. MP from the 50D (15.1) and most likely will remain a 1.6 crop sensor.</p>

<p>To see the Canon rumors blog site, <a href="http://www.canonrumors.com/2009/01/canon-60d-7d-cr2/">click on this link</a> .<br>

To see photographybay's pickup of the info, <a href="http://www.photographybay.com/2009/02/03/canon-60d-7d-rumors/">click on this link</a> .<br>

To see how dpreview.com is watching these rumors, <a href="http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1019&message=31569405">click on this link</a> .</p>

The 50/1.8 used to be my walk-around lens, but an acquaintance got me interested in the Tamron 28-75/2.8 a year ago, and now it's what's on my 30D most of the time. The sharpness in glass, the constant 2.8 and the flexibility in range give me what I need most of the time. The fact that Tamron makes it affordable (compared to the Canon equivalents) sold me on it. I wish only that it had image stability.

I've been a PN member only since February, and hadn't really realized -- other than the almost-universial 3/3 problem -- anything out of the ordinary about the ratings until two weeks ago, when a somewhat good (IMHO) child-related photo, but probably not spectacular, that I submitted for critique got as many as 18 ratings in less than 24 hours. That had never happened before; not even close. Many of them were anonymous, and there were a few 7s in there, and I wondered about it ... but I also thought, "Hey, this one must have struck a chord, I guess." Within two days, the ratings volume on that same photo had dropped to eight. I was scratching my head; the fuzzy subtraction math totally befuddled me. Then just this past week, I encountered an equally baffling phenomenon when a photo I submitted fetched absolutely no ratings ... not even a dreaded 3/3 from Anonysaurus Rex. OK, so I rationalized that maybe it wasn't that attention-getting of an image, or perhaps PN software was malfunctioning (oh, how low we go to rationalize), but now that I've read through this thread, I think I better understand the "why" of it all. It certainly was my introduction to the fact that "bogus accounts" even existed. Naive, I am (say it like Yoda), I guess. In any event, I appreciate anything PN does to maintain this community as one of encouragement and constructive criticism, and outlet to view and appreciate fine art. So Josh, thank you.

Just a play on Grant Woods' 1930s painting classic "American Gothic."

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Make the sky work as the background ... to effect a b/w look, even

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