George it seems that other members have helped me, thank you Martin & Steve

Jon asked only how the DA40 is and you're suggesting a focal length almost half of that, that was the whole point I was making.
I don't care how many people like the focal length or not, Jon has the 17-70 and a 50mm macro so I think we can assume he has a fair idea how the focal length is.

If you explained your comment more I wouldn't have a problem with it but you only said this
"40mm is a useless focal length on digital. A 24mm pancake would make much more sense."
That just is very blunt and your only argument backing this up is because there aren't many 60mm lenses on 35mm camera... yeah so what is the point?
With that way of thinking I would have bought a Canon or Nikon right, there are more poeple using and buying them so they must be great.

Won't call it a disagreement, just an argument and that's very healthy.

Yes I would pay the prenium for an extra stop, I went for a DSLR to get the DOF so why would I give that up if so I would have bought a compact.

Still f/2.8 and f/4 is one f-stop if that makes a difference indoors of shooting iso3200 or iso1600 then that is quite a difference in noise.
Good the sensor are getting better but a lower iso will always look better. Also the narrow DOF is important for some types of shooting as well.

The real faster F-numbers seems they are getting out of fashion, f/2.8 is good enough for almost every lighting I believe.

Ps. Typing this on my moms laptop and the keys are placed just a bit differently then with mine so had some typos

Wasn't aimed at you Mike, sorry for that. I quite understand your reasona and you worded it right. George was quite blunt by merely saying that 40mm is useless and that 24mm makes more sense and it was a reaction on that.
Really sorry for that Mike.

Don't you think that focal length is quite personal and also how can you agree that 24mm is better then 40mm, you don't even know where he wants to use it for

Yes indeed Danny but you know what I mean so don't think anyone else would have a problem either.

Don't try to clean is my best advice, not that it is helpfull though.
I use the artic butterfly and that works quite well for both aslong as it is just dust, won't do too much with it.

Won't work for me since I twist the camera the other way so hand above instead of under so a grip for the button would be pointless.

Gwyn that's very sad to hear, hopefully you can keep it up for longer than you think.

No problem Yves and sorry that I was so short with my answer

You can also use the link html code
The simplest way is to click paste the link in your comment highlight it and click on the link button below here, above the smilies and drop the link again in the window and it should work then.

You see it works

Continuous vs Flash Lighting and Everything in Between…Part 1 would be a better link though

Put a space between the link and the word Yves


I hope this can help; http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/?p=464

Edit: every time i try to put a link lately, they don't work. Wish I could find out why?