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Love the Canon ELPH 180 as a handy point and shoot, resolution is nice at 20MPix too. So much so it now lives handy on the coffee table.
Well , went to take a photo of those black cockatoos with my long lens ( Tamron 300 f2.8 Ad2all ) on a tripod on my venerable old 40D , discovered the 40D has died , tried recharging the batteries and putting a fully charged battery in - no joy, tried replacing the cr2016 clock battery - no joy.
Been stored in it's camera bag with the big battery removed and as far as I know it's never been dropped but died it has .
So I went a hunting for a quote to repair it, Canon say they no longer carry spare parts for the 40D - bummer but are willing to take a look in case it's a simple easily fixed internal issue or it's lost it's "brains" / programming ( what there's a internal on card battery in there somewhere ??? ). Reckoned at least $250 just to look ( with no guarantee they can fix it !).
Decided to set it aside for now and look for a replacement and scored a 50D with a Sigma 18-200 macro zoom for $350 on Ebay .
The 50D will keep me out of trouble til I bite the bullet and invest in the 90D body or an 8D body when it's released.
Rumour is the 8D is soon to be released and will boast a ~70MP ( 35mm chip ?) !!!
The new 90D is not too shabby though with reticulated screen and 32.5MP and FHD video capacity.
The increase in megapixcels from 10MP to 15MP is a nice step up. All my camera accessories for the 40D fit the 50D.
Will be a good full spectrum astrocamera when I convert it after I buy the new DSLR .
Plus my 40D's batteries fit the 50D , a big plus as I had 4 batteries !! I now have 6 batteries (very handy for travelling and for long nights of astro-imaging, and it came with a reformatted 16GB memory card which will be good to have too in addition to my old 8GB card). I like being able to use stuff for my old camera with the replacement ( means I get good value and don't need to buy a bunch of new batteries etc ).
Spent a few hours thoroughly testing the 50D and the 18-200 macro zoom lens and all seems good.
The Sigma DC 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 HSM MACRO Zoom has a very handly range of focal lengths for travel and social events and herping / animal photography , not as fast as the Sigma APO HSM 50-150mm f/2.8 or the Tamron 70-180mm LD f/2.8 AD2all , but better than the Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM zoom that came with 40D.
The 18-200mm zoom will pair nicely with my Canon Speedlite 600EX II-RT Flash.
https://www.teds.com.au/canon-speedlite-600-ex-ii-rt?gclid=CjwKCAiA7t3yBRADEiwA4GFlI6bMcWaWRptS2adm8zRPt3Iw7LltK4N8HCiqafDF7z53pb2R3VpFHRoCVXQQAvD_BwE which has Zoom Focal Length = 20-200mm .
The tech report
https://www.dpreview.com/reviews/sigma-18-200-3p5-6p3-os-n15
https://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Sigma-18-200mm-f-3.5-6.3-DC-Macro-OS-HSM-Lens.aspx
Love the Canon ELPH 180 as a handy point and shoot, resolution is nice at 20MPix too. So much so it now lives handy on the coffee table.
Well , went to take a photo of those black cockatoos with my long lens ( Tamron 300 f2.8 Ad2all ) on a tripod on my venerable old 40D , discovered the 40D has died , tried recharging the batteries and putting a fully charged battery in - no joy, tried replacing the cr2016 clock battery - no joy.
Been stored in it's camera bag with the big battery removed and as far as I know it's never been dropped but died it has .
So I went a hunting for a quote to repair it, Canon say they no longer carry spare parts for the 40D - bummer but are willing to take a look in case it's a simple easily fixed internal issue or it's lost it's "brains" / programming ( what there's a internal on card battery in there somewhere ??? ). Reckoned at least $250 just to look ( with no guarantee they can fix it !).
Decided to set it aside for now and look for a replacement and scored a 50D with a Sigma 18-200 macro zoom for $350 on Ebay .
The 50D will keep me out of trouble til I bite the bullet and invest in the 90D body or an 8D body when it's released.
Rumour is the 8D is soon to be released and will boast a ~70MP ( 35mm chip ?) !!!
The new 90D is not too shabby though with reticulated screen and 32.5MP and FHD video capacity.
The increase in megapixcels from 10MP to 15MP is a nice step up. All my camera accessories for the 40D fit the 50D.
Will be a good full spectrum astrocamera when I convert it after I buy the new DSLR .
Plus my 40D's batteries fit the 50D , a big plus as I had 4 batteries !! I now have 6 batteries (very handy for travelling and for long nights of astro-imaging, and it came with a reformatted 16GB memory card which will be good to have too in addition to my old 8GB card). I like being able to use stuff for my old camera with the replacement ( means I get good value and don't need to buy a bunch of new batteries etc ).
Spent a few hours thoroughly testing the 50D and the 18-200 macro zoom lens and all seems good.
The Sigma DC 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 HSM MACRO Zoom has a very handly range of focal lengths for travel and social events and herping / animal photography , not as fast as the Sigma APO HSM 50-150mm f/2.8 or the Tamron 70-180mm LD f/2.8 AD2all , but better than the Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM zoom that came with 40D.
The 18-200mm zoom will pair nicely with my Canon Speedlite 600EX II-RT Flash.
https://www.teds.com.au/canon-speedlite-600-ex-ii-rt?gclid=CjwKCAiA7t3yBRADEiwA4GFlI6bMcWaWRptS2adm8zRPt3Iw7LltK4N8HCiqafDF7z53pb2R3VpFHRoCVXQQAvD_BwE which has Zoom Focal Length = 20-200mm .
The tech report
https://www.dpreview.com/reviews/sigma-18-200-3p5-6p3-os-n15
https://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Sigma-18-200mm-f-3.5-6.3-DC-Macro-OS-HSM-Lens.aspx