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[theducks]

Hmm shiney digital cameras.. I've been pondering getting a DSLR, especially after seeing the photos from firefly21's wedding taken with the Canon 300D.. this is basically what I'm looking at so far.

Camera	Lens	Price	Extras
D50	18-55mm	$1435	70-300mm
D50	18-55mm 55-200mm	$1735	SP600 flash
D70s	18-70mm	$2000	-
D70 refurb	-	$1395	-
350D	18-55mm	$1545	$150 rebate

The D50 is basically the D70 with SD instead of compact flash (so no microdrive).. all of the Nikons are 6MP, and the Canon is 8MP (but at that size it doesn't really matter).

Jury Duty continues till tomorrow, then I should be back to work. w00t ;p

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[funjon.livejournal.com]

Dude. Canon 20D!

[theducks.livejournal.com]

I don't get paid enough :P

[pt.livejournal.com]

When you say 'so no microdrive' you should've said 'no CF' .. because I'm sure you're the kind of person that prefers solid state memory. A D70(S) with a 1gb Lexar 80x with WA = the camera writes the photos as fast as you can take them :)

There's plenty of articles stating the differences between the D50 and D70S. Apart from the SD/CF thing, the D50 has only one command dial where the D70(S) has two. No big deal? Well when you want to quickly change the shutter & aperture you'll appreciate two command dials. There's a few more differences, but I'm sure you'll come across that in your research.

My D70S body was <$1200 and I got a great Sigma 18-125mm lens (for travel convenience) for $300. All eBay'ed, and that was the week of the D70S launch. Go the eBay! (covered my Nikon global warranty, and Maxwell are nice enough to fix cameras Nikons out of warranty, too.)

70-300 is overkill unless you're going to be taking an assload of photos at a distance.. my Sigma 70-200 F2.8 has great reach for things like photographing sports such as cricket/football (and don't forget, 200mm on a Nikon DSLR = 300mm equiv for a film camera, and that's hoooooge.)

Again, the SB600 sells for retail for almost double what you can get one new on eBay.

Check out Ken Rockwell's site for a pro's comments on the D50/D70S/300D/350D.

Sorry for blathering so much, I'm kinda into the subject :)

[theducks.livejournal.com]

Of course, solid state all the way for me.. I was mainly saying that as a hypothesis as to why it has SD and not CF

And yeah, the one vs two command dials is one of the things I'm weighing up very carefully. Additionally the composition lines on the D70s viewfinder seem like they might be nifty sometimes. 1/8000 vs 1/4000 shutter speed doesn't seem like it will matter too much to me, but who knows. USB2.0 full speed on the D70s vs USB2.0 High speed on the D50 isn't much of an issue either, I'd just get a $20 card reader if it became one.

The extras in all cases are free "by redemption", since I wasn't clear about it.

I value your comments :)