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Same experience here for the 40D body only (no extras, specifically mentioned before requesting quote) - MS Color E-Quote $1580. Went down to CP today and after some discussion they insisted their best price was really $1599, no chance of getting anything lower. This is not the first time I get...

The problem is that since I never owned a f/2.8 lens in this focal range that it's difficult to judge if I 'creatively' need it. Ofcourse, the additional stop is very much welcome, but as stated before less necessary unless when focusing on action photography. My main use would probably be...

Is the IS on the f/4L more sophisticated (=better) than the f/2.8L?

The thing is that long ago, when still shooting film, I used a fairly cheap 75-300mm f/4.5-5.6 zoom and always found myself cursing it for not being able to make decent closeups of further away objects due to poor lighting. Ofcourse, a f/2.8 IS will be a lot better than that (at a price), but...

I'm currently considering buying either one of these lenses, but am looking for some advise which I think I can't get answered myself by trying these lenses for 5 minutes in a shop. Just to get this clear: I'm not looking for advise on which of these is the 'very best' in whatever way, I'm...

Hi fellow-CSers, I've looking around to buy this scanner for a while now but am amazed it's actually more expensive in Singapore than in Europe (and ofcourse the US). This scanner, Konica-Minolta DiMAGE Scan Elite 5400 II, retails for around EUR600 in Europe, around US$550 in US, but here in...