Re: Canon Loyalty program: upgrade to a working Canon with a dead Canon + $
 

As long as you are investing in a good tripod you should get one with a ball head, only one knob to mess around with. I would say he is "serious-serious" when he starts picking up Cannon L lenses. I would want a Cannon program to replace lenses. If I dropped my camera I would hope it would break only the body and not the lens. I mean my lens, 50mm F1.2L USM, is worth more than my XTi.

Re: Canon Loyalty program: upgrade to a working Canon with a dead Canon + $
 

That'd be "Canon". ;)

Re: Canon Loyalty program: upgrade to a working Canon with a dead Canon + $
 

Kinda OT, but does getting a lens with a low aperture give you blurry pictures, or is 1.4 on that lens equivalent to, say, 4.5 on a regular lens?

In other words, does it reduce the FOV even more or is it just "faster"?

Re: Canon Loyalty program: upgrade to a working Canon with a dead Canon + $
 

I'd recommend reading up a bit on the subject. Here and here.

But, yes, a wider aperture also reduces your depth-of-field (i.e., increases background blur) as well as increasing the amount of light that makes it to the sensor, which is a desirable effect in most cases. ;)

That's the purpose of the "A-DEP" (automatic depth-of-field) feature on the Canons (not sure what other manufacturers call it), it gives you the lowest possible aperture to keep as much of the scene in focus as possible while avoiding camera shake.

Re: Canon Loyalty program: upgrade to a working Canon with a dead Canon + $
 

How much do they take off a refurb camera?

I've got a Canon Powershot A520. 4 whole megapixels to go around with 15 fps video recording with a teeny resolution.

But it still works. It's beat up and old, but it still works D:
Though I've been eyeing a newer Powershot. One that does the 720p video recording. Tasty.

Re: Canon Loyalty program: upgrade to a working Canon with a dead Canon + $
 

It depends on the camera they put up. I would suggest you call the tech up on thread #1 and ask about a particular model and see what would they say. Surprisingly, they do treat you and pamper you like a real customer, not like Wal-Mart customer return.

bun