Digital Slr's

[nang3]

the best advice I can give on this topic is to encourage you to spend as much time as you can on this web site.

Ive been using that site for years now and have spent around $8k on cameras over that time all with the help of there reviews and the real world customer feedback.

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Cheers shock. That site is what made me decide on the 17-55. Bit exxy ( I thought rc heli was exxy!! ), but a very good lens nonetheless.. Very informative website too.

I might keep an eye out for the 40D and time my 30D purchase around it.. I have read the 30's are not moving very well, nor the new 400D..

OK, so when I'm away, I was going to take the lappy to offload my pix. 6.5 weeks is gonna chew memory, so is a card reader onto the lappy the best bet?? ( It's what I usually do, but didn't really want to drag the lappy over there. )

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mate personally I wouldnt use a card reader but rather hook the camera up by USB - ive had a couple of mem cards become unstable/unusable by using them in different readers etc.. not saying its the case with everyone, but ive had zero probs since just using the camera + USB to transfer pics

[mbjunior99]

Yeah, I've heard that card readers can stuff up memory cards as well. Not sure if they more expensive ones are better or more reliable though?

[Evil F6]

mate personally I wouldnt use a card reader but rather hook the camera up by USB - ive had a couple of mem cards become unstable/unusable by using them in different readers etc.. not saying its the case with everyone, but ive had zero probs since just using the camera + USB to transfer pics

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Bad advice IMO. That approach is much, much slower than using a card reader. I've had zero problems with readers. Juts don't get a cheap chinese knockoff. Stick to good brands like Lexar and San Disk. of course I've heard of people having issues, but as a % of the number of users it appears very small.