• After witnessing the continued decrease of involvement in the SpotterNetwork staff in serving SN members with troubleshooting issues recently, I have unilaterally decided to terminate the relationship between SpotterNetwork's support and Stormtrack. I have witnessed multiple users unable to receive support weeks after initiating help threads on the forum. I find this lack of response from SpotterNetwork officials disappointing and a failure to hold up their end of the agreement that was made years ago, before I took over management of this site. In my opinion, having Stormtrack users sit and wait for so long to receive help on SpotterNetwork issues on the Stormtrack forums reflects poorly not only on SpotterNetwork, but on Stormtrack and (by association) me as well. Since the issue has not been satisfactorily addressed, I no longer wish for the Stormtrack forum to be associated with SpotterNetwork.

    I apologize to those who continue to have issues with the service and continue to see their issues left unaddressed. Please understand that the connection between ST and SN was put in place long before I had any say over it. But now that I am the "captain of this ship," it is within my right (nay, duty) to make adjustments as I see necessary. Ending this relationship is such an adjustment.

    For those who continue to need help, I recommend navigating a web browswer to SpotterNetwork's About page, and seeking the individuals listed on that page for all further inquiries about SpotterNetwork.

    From this moment forward, the SpotterNetwork sub-forum has been hidden/deleted and there will be no assurance that any SpotterNetwork issues brought up in any of Stormtrack's other sub-forums will be addressed. Do not rely on Stormtrack for help with SpotterNetwork issues.

    Sincerely, Jeff D.

Canon release EOS 30D

Unfortunately, this isn't much of an upgrade. I guess I shouldn't say "unfortunately", since now I won't be tempted to dump my 20D. :) If they'd come out with a 1.3 or a 1.0 crop camera in the 20D pricerange, I'd be selling my 20D on Ebay in a heartbeat. The only thing that annoys me is that the resale value of my 20D is about to go down $300.

Honestly, the only worthwhile thing that the 20D adds is spot metering. Oh, how I miss spot metering. But is spot metering worth $300 to me, especially since I have a handheld lightmeter? No way, Jose! The big screen in the back is cute, but won't make pictures look any better when they're printed. The pictbridge is pretty useless for anyone who cares about their images (i.e., just about anyone willing to lay down $1400 for a camera!). The longer-life shutter is definately a plus, but I figure I'll have sold my 20D well before it blows itself up.

BTW, the 20D also uses a CMOS sensor -- it's identical to the 30D sensor.

C'mon, Canon! Give us a freakin' full frame camera for under $1,500! :lol:
 
Originally posted by Stuart Robinson
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It still has the 1.6 mag issues than many digital cameras have (unless you spend big bucks) has some 8.5m pixels and now a CMOS sensor instead of a CCD.

From what I've read, the sensor in the 30D is the same as that from the 20D...
 
OK, I am gonna go hog wild here and say we have a wait until the full-frames are under $1500...... say 3-5 years? Oh, I can't wait until the day will come. Until then, I'll be cheap and stick with my P&S with all its shortcomings.

And yes, I don't see this as an upgrade. It is more a fix. The 20D SHOULD have had spot metering on it when released. And PictBridge is generally not worth much to most people.
 
Originally posted by Jeff Snyder+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Jeff Snyder)</div>
<!--QuoteBegin-Stuart Robinson
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It still has the 1.6 mag issues than many digital cameras have (unless you spend big bucks) has some 8.5m pixels and now a CMOS sensor instead of a CCD.

From what I've read, the sensor in the 30D is the same as that from the 20D...[/b]

I run with a 10D ~ so i was thinking of that. Overall I am not really sure how much of an upgrade the 30D is.
 
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