Why Elizabeth is awesome

[theducks]

Part 20 of ∞

Wherein is it is my birthday on wednesday, to be followed by a wedding and honeymoon within the next 7 days, and wherein I am difficult to buy stuff for, therefore be thanks raised to her of giving me a Digital SLR for said occasion!

god save the queen!

The embargo was broken tonight accidentally while having dinner with pennae, but this means I can do some checks on pricing and options before we actually go and buy it. The Canon 450D kit with twin IS lenses (Digital Rebel XSi in the US) looks pretty awesome. Comments? :D It does mean a much bigger bag to lug kit around, especially if I get the twin lenses.

In other news, I did check out a Nikon P6000 on the weekend. It's an $800 12MP camera with GPS and an Ethernet jack. It's a pretty interesting concept, I must say. I was disappointed by the image quality, but I especially like the GPS bit. Oh well.

Squee DSLR!

I have taken almost 10,000 photos in the last 7 years with digital cameras (9960 according to my photo library..), and I'm getting to the point that I really can understand why a digital SLR is the way to go for me. Playing with Cameron's 5D and my uncle's 400D has really driven home the desire for one.

Comments

[silverai.livejournal.com]

Zig just bought a new Nikon something-or-rather that just came out recently to replace his current Nikon. He had a whole bunch of reasons why it was the best choice that his friend he was talking with agreed with. Apparently the closest rival was a Canon which had more $$ attached and wasn't necessarily worth the extra $$. He ordered it last week and it's due to arrive this week. I'll see if I can find out what model it was.

[melberon.livejournal.com]

The Nikon and Canon camera models don't line up exactly. The two Nikons closest in price to the 450D that Alex suggested (~$1500 with 2-lens kit) are the D60 (~$1100 with 2-lens kit) and the just-announced-two-weeks-ago D90 (~$1800 with lens).

Compared to the D60, the D90 has: much better high ISO (low light) performace; larger high-res LCD; direct buttons for most settings - ISO, white balance, metering mode, and a couple of others I can't recall; and will autofocus with older Nikon lenses that need a motor in the body rather than having one in the lens.

I'm not sure exactly how the current Nikons compare to the Canons; I do know that Grahame's D60 is smaller and lighter than Davyd's 450D, but don't know what exactly it gives up in terms of features. When I bought my SLR a few years ago, the Nikons had a much nicer user interface and general ergonomic 'feel' to them. The 450D seems a lot better than the Canons of a couple of years ago, but no doubt the Nikons have improved a bit too.

[dannipenguin.livejournal.com]

I think mine and Grahames are within 50g of each other.

Mine feels bigger because the lens barrel has a wider diameter. I don't know about actual displacement.