I'm now the proud owner of my first L-series lens: the Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L. I'm just charging my 20D now, and then I'm heading out for a couple hours of shooting to see what this puppy can do (or can't do maybe). Look for a few pictures later tonight or tomorrow. Update -- I'm back, and I took some photos.. I found out that flickr doesn't support the Adobe colour profile, which is why alot of my photos end up looking washed out on there.. I'm going to have to start shooting in sRGB again I think. ...

I'm now the proud owner of my first L-series lens: the Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L. I'm just charging my 20D now, and then I'm heading out for a couple hours of shooting to see what this puppy can do (or can't do maybe). Look for a few pictures later tonight or tomorrow. Update -- I'm back, and I took some photos.. I found out that flickr doesn't support the Adobe colour profile, which is why alot of my photos end up looking washed out on there.. I'm going to have to start shooting in sRGB again I think. ...

About 18 months ago, I picked up the Canon EOS 20D to replace my dying Canon Powershot camera. Stepping up from a point and shoot to a digital SLR was a pretty big step for me at the time, since I had never even really used an SLR camera before. I made a rookie mistake when I got it, and instead of buying a nice lens to go onto it, I picked up a cheap Sigma zoom lens. I spent the first few weeks completely disappointed with my camera, thinking that my point and shoot pictures were nearly as good as the ones coming off my SLR. After reading the newsgroups, I basically figured out that I needed ...