Canon 40D
So, the Canon 40D. It was my Christmas gift from Kev. My surprise Christmas gift I should say. Considering that I just upgraded my Rebel XT to the Rebel XTI this past July, I was not expecting this. At all. In fact, I didn’t even realize Kev knew that I wanted the 40D. So to say that I was excited when I unwrapped it Christmas morning is an understatement. I was beyond excited. Ecstatic.
Another understatement would be to say that I love this camera. I really really really love this camera. So much that it is now insured. I even read the user’s manual which is something I never do (the Husband,on the other hand, will read a user’s manual multiple times before using whatever it is he has).
After we did the whole family thing Christmas day I dragged Kev to Harvard Square in the freezing, bitter cold so that I could play (He totally earned back lost brownie points that day!) I started out taking JPGs but soon switched over to RAW. This leads me to the one thing I dislike about the camera. I used both the XT and XTI in RAW format and had no problems opening the files in CS2. So color me confuzzled when I realized that I couldn’t open my RAW formatted 40D pictures in CS2. CS2 does not support the Canon 40D RAW. I suppose this should have been obvious but it wasn’t, it was annoying.
I’ve spent a lot of time trying different plug ins hoping that I can get CS2 to accept these files. I’ve had zero luck. As of right now, my only options aside from simply taking photos in jpg are to upgrade CS2 to CS3 or to install the software that came with the camera. Both are expensive, CS3 will be expensive (plus I’ve heard that it is still very buggy) money wise while having to use other software to convert the files and then opening in CS2 will be time consuming. Apparently there is a possible patch coming soon but I can’t seem to find an ETA. Until then, I’m stuck in JPG but thats ok because, like I said above, I love this camera, in either format.
