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Yes its a great portrait lens if you have room, not ideal for tight spaced portrait shots especially on a cropped sensor which is actually 160mm. Keep in mind the 2 major factors affecting DOF is aperature and distance to the subject.

The G10 is a great camera, I shoot with Canon DSLRS and am a big fan of Canons. You should consider shooting RAW if you want to be able to easily adjust your pics. I meant shooting mode=Automatic, P, AV, TV or manual? Try this: 1. Set camera to TV mode at 1/100th of a sec, faster if you are...

What mode do you use? Do you shoot in RAW? Are you using the zoom to the maximum? If you can, send me a sample pic and I will look at the exif information. There is a firmware update for your camera, not sure if it applys to you...

There isn't really any optimal setting due to the all various factors. If you can explain exactly what you dont like about your pics would help. ie color is off=white balance, blurry pic=slow shutter speed, only a part of the pic is in focus=aperature, etc.

Yah-- I have a 48" PC lighting that you could have if you want it.

Depends on your camera body too, I believe the Rebel series are not weather sealed.

Levito, not sure what you mean but weather sealed means Canon uses 'O'-rings and gaskets to keep out water and dust, this doesn't mean that they are weather or waterproof.

Main difference between the 100mm and 100mm L lens is IS (Image Stabilization). Most Canon "L" lenses are also weather sealed. You can also use the 100mm for portraits but I use the Sigma 1.4 85mm, very sharp lens.

Between the two, my choice would be the 55-250mm. I had both lens and the 55-250mm is a much better lens and it has IS.

I agree with THEDLO, for an all around lens get the 18-200mm, remember that your Xsi is cropped so the 75-300mm is actually 120mm-480mm (not good if you need to take a picture in tight spaces.) Sigma also makes an 18-200mm, a little cheaper but not as sharp.

Bump, lower price $390, I want to get the IS version.

Look into "bridge" cameras, they are a cross between DSLRs and Point & Shoots. http://forum.digitalcamerareview.com/what-camera-should-i-buy/16419-best-bridge-camera-may-2010-a.html I have the Sony HX1, got it for the panorama sweeping technology, it's pretty cool but I think the Canon SX20...

Those are standard computer fans and it should work. This power brick is used to power desktop (3.5") IDE hard drives. I've used this one power brick on 8 X 80mm fans with splitters and it works fine.

You could use the power brick (with molex connector) from this usb to sata/ide adapter I got it from microcenter and they are cheap enough. I got it a few months ago on sale for $11.75. http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0285941

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