May 2010, something new ...

I must be honest, I'm quite happy with the lenses in my possession. And I had no intention of buying others in the short time. I prefer to save money for take, in the future, a camera body to replace the 30D and also (but not so soon) the 20D. I'm very precise, I archive all pictures always, since I used the Canon G5 and then I moved to the 30D. In recent years, both for cars or for travels, the 30D has produced an impressive numbers of shot, something like 35.000/40.000 every year (!!) , reduced in recent times with the arrival of the 20D, which has effectively halved the number of pictures taken to the 30D. As you can see I made extensive use of 30D and although I always scrupulously carried out maintenance on this unit, which I never had problems. But it's undeniable that exceeded the number of 150,000 shots. Much more of the number guaranteed for the shutter. Despite some recent electronics problem (Is not difficul to take also 3000 photos when I'm on racetrack), the 30D works perfectly and the quality of his pics still satisfies me very well. But it's inevitable, sooner or later 30D come to the end of his working life and I'll replace it. Indeed, it would be nice if Canon would let me a camera body to test it for a long-term perod...I would be happy to act as testers...

A new lens was not in a prediction. But, as often happens, something interrupts the plans and unrepeatable occasion happen. Cause wrong purchase, a guy was selling his brand new Sigma 100-300 F4 EX mistakenly taken for Canon when he had instead Nikon mount. Incredibly, the seller has decided to not replace the product becouse it was exactly what the guy requested. It wasn't a question of defective product.So the objective was new, never used, complete with everything...the boy decided to sell it by auctioning on internet where I attended. The price was too good to have it escape, so...now it's here with my others lenses and is my new entry 2010!