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mdbassman wrote:
Nello, turn around time, at least here on East Coast NJ CSC is about 10 business days door-to-door.
I have years of images not processed yet so like Ron sez^^^^^^^^ check the "closet".
Dan

thanks Dan, thats probably where i will be shipping to

alan

Jul 05, 2009 at 05:41 PM

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VickiB wrote:
i think that the young tree swallow is very beautiful.i love how the breast of the bird starts out white then turns out blue,but of course that is mother nature, but i love how you took the picture. i really love it.

signed,
bianca

Hi bianca, thanks for your kind comments and for having a look, yep these little birds are one of my favorites

alan

Jul 05, 2009 at 05:42 PM

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harshaj1 wrote:
Sorry about the camera.
The image is beautiful.
Harsha

thank you Harsha

alan

Jul 05, 2009 at 05:43 PM

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GAREN wrote:
Sorry to hear about the camera

fine captures

Garen

thanks Garen

alan

Jul 05, 2009 at 05:43 PM

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Edward Rotberg wrote:
Bad luck with the camera Alan. I'm sure Canon will sort it all out for you. Hopefully it won't be too expensive.

That's a lovely image of the swallow. The background is gorgeous, the lighting is excellent, it's well composed and sharp. I would love to see it with the noise reduction masked out (or at least greatly reduced) on the subject though. Other than that, it's an A+ image!

Here's hoping that 40D will take many more such photos for you!

= Ed =

Thanks Ed for your kind comments, the bird did not have any NR applied to it, i just failed to PP it correctly. Karl had a go at it and improved the shot very nicely. I'm going to pick his brain about some of his techniques

alan

Jul 05, 2009 at 05:47 PM

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Important here Alan is that you took a good shot that was very workable. PP is a style and continuous learning curve as I have found out. I am thankful for what I have learned in PP from the forum members as well as my own experimentations.

'Your' image looks great buddy, glad I was able to help you

KarlA

Jul 05, 2009 at 06:19 PM

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Very Nice. Ed

Jul 05, 2009 at 11:02 PM

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Nello Milanese wrote:
That is just freaking unbelievable coincidence!! my 40d shutter died at 5500 clicks 2 weeks ago!

seems like a dead line for 40d shutters or something

Hey listen Canon should service it even if the camera is not under warranty anymore because they guarantee the shutter at 100k!
So that's the last sparrow ur 40d saw b4 it died

No, they don't guarantee a shutter. The cite a shutter 'life' which is, I believe, more of a 'mean time to failure' concept. Some will fail early, some will go longer, on average they will fail at the rated life.

Frankly, I find the fact that Canon will replace a failed shutter for around 200-250 bucks amazing. That's not bad at all.

Jul 06, 2009 at 12:21 AM

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I wanted to update about the lady I refered to in my post that had her 40D shutter go out. Apparently it wasn't the shutter but some "misc" parts related to the shutter assembly.

She also informed me that Canon has a "minimum" charge on all the work they do...at least at the NJ facility. I think it was around $200 minimum.

Jul 06, 2009 at 12:32 AM

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Sorry to hear about your faulty shutter. Well it gives you some time to process some images.
Nice series btw

Jul 06, 2009 at 12:43 AM

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Johnny & Duane thanks for the info good to know

Dick thanks for your comments, I have already started digging in the file cabinet

alan

Jul 06, 2009 at 02:59 AM

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Great Image, I like Karls work too.

good luck with the camera fix.

Howard.

Jul 06, 2009 at 01:11 PM

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aww, that is a bummer!

Very nice swallow image

Jul 06, 2009 at 01:13 PM

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Howard & Noelle, thanks kindly for your comments.

I called Canon this morning and i will be shipping it out Tomorrow morning as soon as i get to work. NJ location

Does anyone know of a good price at this point for the 50D, i may go ahead and buy one and use the 40D as a backup......a reputable dealer that is, and any experience you have had with them........thanks for the support everyone

Alan

Jul 06, 2009 at 02:21 PM

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Sorry to hear about the 40d shutter Alan

That sux big time!! This is one of the reasons I always try to have two camera bodies.
JUST IN CASE.

But funny enough : I too am without a camera as all of my gear is at canon for calibration.

maybe it's all of the failed 40d shutters that is slowing down my calibrations.......... ughhh
i'm tired of waiting for my gear to return!!

No MORE 40D repairs until Ant get's his gear back

Good luck Alan. I'm sure it will be done under warranty

Ant

Jul 08, 2009 at 07:21 AM


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