iresh_zaker

<p>I love the software. It's easy to use and processes pictures well. I was even more impressed when I used it to process files from my recently acquired G11, which has a lot more noise than my 5D MII and 7D.</p>

<p>The 7D is amazing. I am using it way more than my 5D MarkII. And of course the 24-105 is a great lens. Without knowing what you like to photograph, I can say this. Given the amazing autofocusing capabilities of the 7D, and its wonderful high ISO performance, you probably want to get as fast a lens as possible for all relevant focal lengths.</p>

<p>Very excited for you. I shoot with a 7D and 5D MII now, but some of my best pics to this day were taken with the rebels. </p>

<p>I have both the sigma 70 and 150. Beautiful stuff. Also you can look at tamron's 60mm F2</p>

<p>Best crop sensor ultra-wide I have used is the tokina 12-24 F4. Brilliant lens, sharp at all apertures. And in terms of reviews, it beats the Tokina 11-16</p>

<p>I have the 17-40 and 24-70 for my FF. Looking back at my crop sensor days, I would probably find the 17-40 a little more useful given the good high ISO performance of DSLRs these days. The 27.2 on crop sensor 17 is a nice wide. In my opinion, the effective focal length of 160 odd for the 24-105 is neither here nor there. In fact with a crop sensor that lens really does not accomplish much for any tele use or wide use.</p>

<p>But having said all that 2.8 is a magic number, and you probably would be well advised to get the nice EFS 17-55. But to make things more ambiguous, the 17-40 is one tough mother. And psychological or not, L glasses are L glasses for a reason. Show me a photographer who has retained non L glasses when they could afford L ones, and I will give my non L lenses to them. Except for my primes. L primes are way too expensive for me to get them :-D Iresh</p>

<p>I have been a canon user all my photography life and my dad has been a Nikon user. I love the results he gets with his Nikons (D300 and D700) and I love the results I get with my 5D MII. Do not switch sides. It will take you a lot of time to get comfortable with the new system. That will mean subtle but important differences in your pictures. and you could end up wasting some time. Iresh</p>

<p>My father and I are avid photographers. He is a Nikon user and I am a Canon user. We are both from Bangladesh, and primarily shoot in the South Asian region. And we each own over $15,000 equipment that we carry wherever we go. If you are careful and have a proper camera bag, you will fare as well in Shanghai as in Chicago. I have handled my dad's D300 a few times, and if I were you I would feel pretty inane about going to China without it and the glasses that you have described. Cheers</p>