Canon 40 D, yeahhhhh baby

[skairey]

I've just bought the Canon 40D, oh my god, what a camera, I love it. It craps all over my Olympus, it's BLOODY GORGEOUS.
:jump:
Just waiting to pick up an adapter for my telescope and I'll be away with the fairies.
And as for macro shots, ahhhhhhhh I'm in heaven. :stargaze:

[allan gould]

The 40D has whats called live view mode. Does this mean that you can zoom in to the picture and get a real time update of the focus on screen at high zoom? ie focus in real-time on a star for best focus?

[Mark]

Yes..sort of..maybe. I tried that with my 40D but found I needed a bright star to do it. I was shooting 47 Tuc but could not focus on it in Live View. I ended up using Achernar which may have been too bright. I had some mirror shift issues when slewing from Achernar to the glob. If you use a newt or a refractor you would probably have better success.

I have yet to determine what the limiting magnitude of Live View is.

Mark

[acropolite]

Great news Sandy, I'm about to buy one as well, an update on the trusty 20D.

[avandonk]

I wish I could get that excited! Sounds good and let us know how it performs.

Bert