"SteveB" <oldfart@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>I currently have a Sony DSC H1, and I've outgrown it.
>
> Went to the camera store today to buy a Nikon D40x with the two lenses.
> Had my check book in my pocket. The camera tekkie, a girl (woman) with
> military and LEO experience steered me away from the D40x to the Canon
> 40D. In the meantime, I held and looked at the Nikon 80 and 200. When
> asked what was the best camera/deal, she had some convincing arguments.
>
> What I found in the Canon was a camera that fit my hand better, had more
> accessible controls, had the shutter release button in a more
> ergonomically correct location, had a bigger LCD screen, had a brighter
> LCD screen, and quite a bigger spread on some of the basic settings.
More
> shutter exposures per second. Electronic dust release on turn on/off.
> More weather resistant.
>
> It was about twice the price, too, with two lenses, but now I'm almost
> convinced that instead of even the Nikon 200, a Canon EOS 40D is the
> better camera.
>
> Comments, please.
>
> Thanks. I know this is an endless discussion re: the best camera et al.
> But when spending two grand, I'd like to hear from people who been
there,
> done that, and what they learned. I want a camera that I will will to
my
> son because it will last that long, and I will be satisfied with it.
Went
> to stevesdigicams.com and they liked it and stated many of the same
> reasons she had.
>
> Steve, who finds Google hard to use.
>
Actually, Steve, you don't even have to go that high in the Canon
price-range to beat the Nikon.
When looking for a Christmas present for my wife, I ended up choosing the
Canon Rebel XT for her for many of the reasons you pointed out, but the
price wasn't $2,000.
Also, for people with older Canon 35mm EOS cameras, interchangeability
with
older EF lenses is great, same with older flash units. While the older
items don't have all the functionality of the newer equivalents,
functionality is very respectable.
I've always liked both Canon and Nikon, but when it comes to digital
SLR's,
I think that Canon is really hard to beat when viewed on a
dollar-to-dollar,
feature-to-feature basis.
On the other hand, if Nikon sent me a camera bag stuffed with toys, free
of
charge, I wouldn't send it back.
Smile,
Dudley
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