ok just found out this doesn't work with the 300d in any case but thanks for the warning folks.

 

Tip: I bought my EOS 33 with 28-90mm lens from Dixons of all places - the kit was on special offer and it was a great price. I didn't need the 28-90, so I just sold it on eBay, and ended up with a very cheap EOS 33 body.

 

Andy - interested that you still use a film body. Why?

 

Can't answer for Andy, but I still use film as well. Mainly for B&W work or occasionally for very wide angle work where the 1.6x crop of my 10D is too much of a restriction.

Oh, I like to develop my B&W films myself and then scan the negs. to work on in Photoshop. I do this mainly as I like the smell of the chemicals.

Main reason I still have a film body (or ten) is that if I go on a long trip I always have a film body as backup to my 10D should anything happen to it/run out of juice etc.

Cheers

Ian

 

I bought the film body primarily for a holiday around the Grand Canyon and Monument Valley. My digital shots were all stored on an Image Tank - a little device with a CF reader and a laptop-sized hard disc - and I figured that if I were to drop that I'd lose everything. So, I shot about 10 rolls of Fuji Velvia as backup.

I also wanted to be able to enlarge one or two photos to about A2 size to frame and hang, and good though my D30 was, there's a limit to how far a 3 megapixel image can be enlarged. Given that I was using a tripod, mirror lock-up and a remote release, the extra detail was there to be had - so I used film for those shots I wanted to enlarge.

It's fair to say, though, that the '33 has sat in a cupboard since then. It's much smaller and lighter than the 1D, so I may still use it if I want to travel light. Also I can get funky wide angle shots with it using my 15-30mm zoom lens, that the 1D can't manage because of its smaller sensor.