What Canon should I get?
07-31-2007, 06:39 PM
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Originally Posted by pointa-b-c,Jul 31 2007, 04:36 PM
Only oddballs go with Nikon, get Canon for its better high ISO performance.
For what it's worth, I'm a Canon user. I just see people making comments on Nikon high ISO image quality, which is true with their older bodies but the newer ones are pretty good as long as they're properly exposed.
07-31-2007, 06:51 PM
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Originally Posted by got rice?,Jul 31 2007, 06:34 PM
Used 20D and put the extra money aside towards L glass. Other than the larger LCD and ISO adjustments in one-third stops, the 30D doesn't offer much for the prosumer photographer.
I just sold my old 20D with battery grip and spare battery for $720. You can pick one up for less than $700 and then have some spare money for other items - not much left over to play with lenses though. Used 30D's seem to be going for a little less than $1,000 these days.If you have EF lenses, then the question is simple: Canon. There is a bigger market of Canon equipment and more aftermarket stuff available. I'm not so sure the differences between Canon and Nikon, today, are really enough to say one is better than the other. The old arguments really require one hell of a good eye to distinguish differences now. I've had great luck in the used Canon market and am very familiar with Canon functions, so I remain a Canon shooter.
As for your SD cards, the 1 series Mark II+ bodies will accept them along with CF cards, but you're talking twice your budget for used models. Don't let memory cards affect your decision- as I'm sure you know, they're so cheap these days.
To sum up, you can't go wrong going Nikon or Canon but Canon offers a larger second-hand market to help with purchases down the road. A larger customer base also provides more help, if you ever need it, with a Canon system.
07-31-2007, 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by pointa-b-c,Jul 31 2007, 07:36 PM
Only oddballs go with Nikon,
If you didn't have the lenses already I'd say Nikon!! but since you have them is no contest.......Don't worry one day I'm going to prove to all you Canon fans that a Nikon is well capable of taking good pictures of moving objects 
07-31-2007, 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Poindexter,Jul 31 2007, 09:51 PM
but Canon offers a larger second-hand market to help with purchases down the road. A larger customer base also provides more help, if you ever need it, with a Canon system.
08-01-2007, 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by got rice?,Jul 31 2007, 06:39 PM
Nikon's latest dSLR bodies have made vast improvements in high iso image quality. At web sizes, most wouldn't be able to see a difference between ISO 1600 on a D80 and ISO 1600 on a 30D.
For what it's worth, I'm a Canon user. I just see people making comments on Nikon high ISO image quality, which is true with their older bodies but the newer ones are pretty good as long as they're properly exposed.
For what it's worth, I'm a Canon user. I just see people making comments on Nikon high ISO image quality, which is true with their older bodies but the newer ones are pretty good as long as they're properly exposed.
Sorry, didn't mention I am a Nikon shooter for over 14 years.
08-01-2007, 09:16 AM
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Originally Posted by RENDERMAN,Jul 31 2007, 06:54 PM
Are you calling me an oddball? If you didn't have the lenses already I'd say Nikon!! but since you have them is no contest.......Don't worry one day I'm going to prove to all you Canon fans that a Nikon is well capable of taking good pictures of moving objects
If you didn't have the lenses already I'd say Nikon!! but since you have them is no contest.......Don't worry one day I'm going to prove to all you Canon fans that a Nikon is well capable of taking good pictures of moving objects 
08-01-2007, 10:04 AM
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If you currently take a lot of pictures in 24-28mm range you will want a WA lens or need to change your shooting style.
I went from the Elan IIe to a 30D and the only thing that caught me by surprise was the 1.6x crop factor. The 28-135 I had used 80% of the time was useless, on the 30D, for indoor snap shots.
If you use the eye focus you'll miss it in the 30D but will adapt quickly find it's not that big a loss.
I went from the Elan IIe to a 30D and the only thing that caught me by surprise was the 1.6x crop factor. The 28-135 I had used 80% of the time was useless, on the 30D, for indoor snap shots.
If you use the eye focus you'll miss it in the 30D but will adapt quickly find it's not that big a loss.