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

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

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


thank you Harsha

alan

GAREN wrote:
Sorry to hear about the camera fine captures

Garen


thanks Garen

alan

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

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

Very Nice. Ed

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.

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.

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

Johnny & Duane thanks for the info good to know

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

alan

Great Image, I like Karls work too.

good luck with the camera fix.

Howard.

aww, that is a bummer!

Very nice swallow image

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

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