XTi with EF lenses
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Fishie Nut
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Nowadays you have to pay for customer service. I run a small company and we base our whole marketing plan on customer service. If your customer is satisfied, everyone is happy.
I'll try B&H. Thanks again.
Fishie
I'll try B&H. Thanks again.
Fishie
spline9
New member
Happy customers = returning customers + with free advertising to boot. Win-win situation. Giving a little in favor of the customer can pay off. I believe Sears pioneered that idea.
Photo.net is an awesome resource. Its a community for tutorials/tips, reviews, galleries, classifieds etc. Theres even a section for online retailer reviews.
http://photo.net/neighbor/subcategory-index?id=2
Personally, I try to buy at a "brick-and-mortar" store when it comes to expensive equipment. That way, I have somebody to talk to for questions before and after buying as well as being able to contact a human in case something is wrong. It also helps the local business (who may in turn help <i>you</i> if they like you
) Its comforting to know that if something is amiss, you can just walk in and go "hey, can you tell me if this is normal?" and hand your camera to them to give you a professional opinion.
My personal favorite local shop (in the LA/SFV area) is Hooper camera. Of the 3 shops I've visited, theyve always been very helpful and friendly and their prices are fair. (see, theres that free advertizing thing I mentioned above!)
Hope this helps. Just take your time making your decisions. This is an investment you will be glad you made, but if you start it with bad experiences you may carry some resentment with the camera and you wont enjoy it nearly as much.
Photo.net is an awesome resource. Its a community for tutorials/tips, reviews, galleries, classifieds etc. Theres even a section for online retailer reviews.
http://photo.net/neighbor/subcategory-index?id=2
Personally, I try to buy at a "brick-and-mortar" store when it comes to expensive equipment. That way, I have somebody to talk to for questions before and after buying as well as being able to contact a human in case something is wrong. It also helps the local business (who may in turn help <i>you</i> if they like you
) Its comforting to know that if something is amiss, you can just walk in and go "hey, can you tell me if this is normal?" and hand your camera to them to give you a professional opinion.My personal favorite local shop (in the LA/SFV area) is Hooper camera. Of the 3 shops I've visited, theyve always been very helpful and friendly and their prices are fair. (see, theres that free advertizing thing I mentioned above!)
Hope this helps. Just take your time making your decisions. This is an investment you will be glad you made, but if you start it with bad experiences you may carry some resentment with the camera and you wont enjoy it nearly as much.
Fishie Nut
Premium Member
Thanks, Spline9. Great site. In fact I live near a Hooper camera, I think it's in Chatsworth, on Devonshire.
Anyway. I checked a couple of local stores and none of them would come close to the price of the online vendors -- plus, no tax, which is another hundred bucks.
I ended up Sunday evening purchasing the camera body/card/extra battery from PROFEEL. It already been shipped and I should have it Friday. They got great reviews on the resellerratings.com site and the price was within reason, if not pretty good. I bought the body and a super speed 2 gig card instead of the lens, as I have a few lenses and I'm gonna to save some dough...for the 100 mm macro!
Thanks all for all your help. Next week I'll be posting questions on taking pics and using the camera. I did buy an ebook called 123di, which has tons of information and is organized in a very helpful way. So I'm gaining lots of knowledge and information.
Hopefully I'll have enough knowledge to get some great Halloween pics.
Thanks again, all : GEORGE
Anyway. I checked a couple of local stores and none of them would come close to the price of the online vendors -- plus, no tax, which is another hundred bucks.
I ended up Sunday evening purchasing the camera body/card/extra battery from PROFEEL. It already been shipped and I should have it Friday. They got great reviews on the resellerratings.com site and the price was within reason, if not pretty good. I bought the body and a super speed 2 gig card instead of the lens, as I have a few lenses and I'm gonna to save some dough...for the 100 mm macro!
Thanks all for all your help. Next week I'll be posting questions on taking pics and using the camera. I did buy an ebook called 123di, which has tons of information and is organized in a very helpful way. So I'm gaining lots of knowledge and information.
Hopefully I'll have enough knowledge to get some great Halloween pics.
Thanks again, all : GEORGE
spline9
New member
If youre near the Chatsworth Hooper, youre a stones throw away from me. I live at the east end of Simi.
My next lens is the 100mm macro. I opted for the 10-22mm wide first because I think its more useful (by only a tad) for me. It was a tough choice. Interestingly enough, it has the shortest min focus distance with my current lineup of lenses and its so sharp that heavy cropping isnt much of an issue.
This is going to be the slowest 4 days ever for you. Hehe.
My next lens is the 100mm macro. I opted for the 10-22mm wide first because I think its more useful (by only a tad) for me. It was a tough choice. Interestingly enough, it has the shortest min focus distance with my current lineup of lenses and its so sharp that heavy cropping isnt much of an issue.
This is going to be the slowest 4 days ever for you. Hehe.
Fishie Nut
Premium Member
I'm in Chatsworth off of Tampa. I have a 28 mm wide and a 85-300, 35-80, and a fisheye (haven't gotten that one yet). I also have a 35mm film EOS. I'll stop into Hooper... but, maybe I'll stop into Vivid..
What a delema: Where do I spend what's left? Fish/coral/lenses---OMG!
You should come to a MASLAC meeting. Next one is the second Saturday in November. Really nice group.
What a delema: Where do I spend what's left? Fish/coral/lenses---OMG!
You should come to a MASLAC meeting. Next one is the second Saturday in November. Really nice group.
CaptainNemo
New member
Agreed. Yes its plastic, yes, if it falls it may break in two. However, I was very happy with the results I got with mine. I had what many would say a nice copy of it. At least I thought so anyways.
Johnny
spline9
New member
Ive been to a MASLAC meet before. Yeah, very nice people. Met em a few times at other events as well. We may have even seen each other before. I keep thinking of going again but I always forget about them. I do try to go to my local club's (MASVC) meets on a regular basis. We are having a frag swap this month. Youre more than welcome to participate (check MASVC.org). If I go, I'll be late because I have to work that weekend but I'm going to try and make it.
Hold off on the lenses for now, I hear theres a rebate coming up soon.
Hold off on the lenses for now, I hear theres a rebate coming up soon.
