Wow - haven't stopped by in forever and here's my thread running off the board! It's the little things in life...
As an update to my own digicam situation: LOVE LOVE LOVE my Rebel xt. Yes, I want to upgrade at some point (40d would be nice, thankyousomuch) and I've been
gradually adding new glass so I now have:
XT
28-105 USM
50 1.8 (gotta love that little guy!)
70-200 EF (my old zoom, but still good if you've got plenty of light and/or a tripod)
and today thanks to Adorama's AWESOME shipping which turned up 3 days earlier than expected:
ef-s 55-250 IS.
No samples yet - once I get out there and shoot some decent stuff, I"ll post if anybody's interested, since this lens is fairly new on the scene. But folks, I'm here to tell you that the positive reviews on that baby are the ones to believe - sharp, sharp, sharp and the IS seems to work nicely. AF hunts a little if there isn't oodles of light (but it's a slowish lens, so to be expected) but it's lightweight, has a great reach and the test snaps I took were ridiculously good. (And now y'all know why I'm selling my CMC8's.... gotta pay for this stuff somehow!). If you've been considering it, it's worth it IMO!