taytho said:
i already have a nice Canon SLR but need to join the ranks of those with a digital.
I am looking at the 350d or the 20d. I am not seeing much argument for the price of a 20d. Can someone talk me in to the 20d or in to the 350d. Doesnt any one have complaints about either camera. Thanks so much
tt
Now there is a new 30D....have you looked into that one? From what I understand that model has some changes/improvements over the previous generation of 10D and 20D. Depends upon what features are important to you, what you really feel you must have or what you think you can live without....
I'm not a Canon shooter, so I can't speak knowledgeably or specifically about any of these, but my recommendation would be to look more closely at the 20D and the 30D over the Digital Rebel. People have mentioned the feel of the Digital Rebel in their hands and some like it, some feel it is too small or too plasticky....
Before you make any decision first read revews at
http://www.dpreview.com or at
http://www.steves-digcams.com or
http://www.imaging-resource.com. The 30D is still new so there may be only preliminary reviews available for it right now.
After that, take a trip to your local camera shop and handle each of the cameras in which you're interested, talk with the store personnel, get a sense of whether or not one of these camera bodies will do what you want and need and also be sure to verify that whatever lenses you already own will work with that camera body. Canon has changed mounts a few times and so there are issues around that if someone has older lenses.
Hope this helps!