many thanks for all the good info found in my previous thread
special thanks to Ben for all the help, Bimjo for the advice to physically try the cameras for fit side by side, I had previously looked at them individually and thought they pretty much felt the same
WRONG, once I had them all side by side, I found my fingers to small for this, that button in the way, this switch hitting this finger, etc.
I found one that fit better than the rest, almost like a glove, so I got that one.
Thanks to stdave for the link to amazon's warehouse, I had no idea it existed, and apparently, I'm too old to be that patient for a camera, I will be patiently waiting for some deals on lenses.
And I owe Gebber dinner at a bike night and the beverage of his choice, for the best-buy idea.
I printed the canon promotions web page, and the instant rebate pdf and took them to the store.
It took a little talking, they first said I had to send something to canon to get the rebate, but we looked at the web page, we looked at the pdf, we looked at the duration of the promotion, we got a manager over and they called it a web site price match. They wouldn't let me use my 10% off coupon on top of the $200 off, and I expected that.
so
ready
I'm looking at my new Canon 40d.
(ya know, if you open the box from the bottom, that little 15% restocking sticker remains unbroken
)
Now if that #@$#@ battery will just charge.
