Re: [Killietalk] Interested in a camera

[Wright Huntley <whuntley at verizon_net>]

This answer is mostly for Dr. Harrison. ;-)

It looks to be a great camera for the money, and should do very well as 
a fish taking camera. Like any camera boasting decent lenses, it won't 
fit in your shirt pocket, but is a bit smaller than most SLRs made for 
35mm film.

I am skipping all digitals with interchangeable lenses, for now. 
Cleaning the sensor is a serious problem that can get expensive, fast.

[You get a new sensor with each frame, with film! :-)]

If you already have a bunch of Canon lenses, it can be a good deal. Just 
be sure to only change lenses in a clean room/oe. For those with Nikon 
lenses, look at the D100, but something new may be out, soon. IDK.

I'm a little disgusted that Canon put a cheap plastic body on a good 
camera guts, but then proceeded to disable much of the software 
functionality (which costs them nothing!). See the EOS 10D 
<http://www.dpreview.com/> for functions they deny you, just to keep 
sales up on the 10D.

The kit lens, BTW was designed for the smaller sensor, so gives improved 
performance in a far smaller package than a 35mm-format lens. That's 
still not enough to over-ride my disgust. :-)

For most of my desert work (dust certainly a major problem) a fixed, but 
very-good, lens camera is best. For the latest of those, look at the new 
Sony 828.

I use a set of three "portrait" lenses for "macro" with my 770, and a 
1.5 tele-adapter to get virtually all the lenses I need without ever 
removing the main lens and getting fine dust specks on the ccd.

You could, of course get the kit lens and just never take it off the 
Rebel, for the same functionality. You are paying a lot, tho, for that 
lens interchangability function.

Wright

Charles Harrison wrote:

> This is mostly for Mr. Huntley , I was wondering what Wright and others 
> think about this camera, the Canon EOS Digital Rebel. I looked at the 
> camera in the local camera store and impressed at the manual controls 
> and the photograph 3:2 aspect ratio, flash control and on and on . . .
>
> http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=T7956LL/A 
>
>
> Charles H
>
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