Which digital SLR?????

[welwell]

Hello all

 

After a drunken night and a few too many drops I have broken my camera!!! I have been thinking for a while to ditch the compacts and go for an SLR, the last one I owned must have been 10 years ago and although the quality form the compacts is great in my opinion it's not a patch on an SLR.

 

I've been looking at the Nikon D90 and the Canon EOS 500d

 

Anyone with helpful advice out there??

 

Thanks y'all

[Yve_Clark]

Hi! I'm a Nikon fan through and through. I've had the D80 (the D90's predecessor) for 2/3 years now and find it a dream to use. Great for all occasions from portraits to action shots, close ups to landscapes. The 18-135mm zoom covers most situations, but the lenses from my old manual SLR are compatible with it. Must admit I normally just use it on the auto setting, just haven't had time to use it 'properly', but the results are pretty good.

If you want any other info rather than just a BIG for Nikon, let me know!

[welwell]

I've had two Canon SLRs in the and one Nikon I've always really liked the Canons, but the build quality of the Nikon and their lenses are legendary. Are the modern Nikons built aswell as the older ones?

[sean]

PowerShot G10 IS Digital Camera

 

This camera will do pretty much everything you want from an slr bnut will still fit in your pocket. I have always collected cameras and am really into my photography and I cannot fault this. Have taken some stunning photo's with it.

[Yve_Clark]

Are the modern Nikons built aswell as the older ones?

 

I'd say so, yes.

[John Hancock]

 

I've been looking at the Nikon D90 and the Canon EOS 500d

 

Anyone with helpful advice out there??

 

 

Nikon every time my friend - Go for it, treat yourself

 

Have a look at my profile - everything taken on there was with my D80.

[welwell]

Great shots John, you seem to have a good eye for a decent photo. Years and years ago I used to study photography and there was always the old Nikon versus Canon discussions. I suppose it's like sthil versus husky!!!!

Thanks for thr advice mate, I'll let you know what the outcome is.

[PeteB]

I thought of both the Nikon and the Canon. My independant guy told me that both were great cameras but don't bother with "Own make" lenses - too expensive, but the photo processing software for the Canon was far easier to use and in many respects better, although the Nikon camera had the slight edge. He did point out that if most of the work is on Auto, then the Canon was the better bet.

 

I got Canon and it has been very good, easy to use and the software is more than complicated enough for me and a Sigma Macro/Zoom was reletively inexpensive. One rub is that the pictures are so massive, you have to fanny about when emailing them!

[Jamie]

I've got an old canon EOS 350d and i'm still happy with it (i'd love to upgrade but it's still going strong).

 

As the saying goes, you 'cannae beat a canon'.

 

In all honesty i'd say that the differences between nikon and canon will be so small. i do like how the nikons have a seperate jog wheel for aperture and shutter speeds, but i do find their shutters overly noisey

 

 

Jamie

[Guest Gibby]

Image quality is determined by the quality of the lens. Spend more on the lens than the body. Then eventually get a better body.The Canon G series sucks dust into the CCD compartment via the lens array. Not recommended for anyone doing a dusty job. The G 10 is way off the quality of a pro Nikon lens body combination. Second hand pro lenses and bodies from Ebay/MXV photographic will cost you less than £500 for a bomb proof pro camera.

Recommended 2nd hand Nikons...D100/300. D2/D2x. D3.

Look for F2.8 lenses or faster. avoid if you can the 3.5-4.5 zooms as they distort badly at the edges.

good luck