goughy
10th December 2004, 12:57 AM
We may be looking at a digital slr camera in the coming months. Would be between the canon 300d and the nikon d70. I'm pro nikon because of its better frame rates, better exposure compensation and truer representation of the image. But it's missing an iso 100 setting.
Robyn's pro the canon, firstly because she loves canon (as do I). She prefers the slightly more contrasty images of the 300d (but she should be able to fix this in photoshop??). It dosen't have as many options, flash sinc is slower, and can only shoot a burst of 4 pics before needing a break.
Does anyone have any experience with digital slr's or have any preferrences.
A bit of background - Robyn has been a hobbiest photographer mostly using a canon A1. We have a mini darkroom set up where she has a colour head enlarger etc. She has had pics selected for diplay at the Macgregor Photographic Awards, one of Australia's most distinguished photographic comps (embarrasing because it was a pic of me). We've considered for many years purchasing a new higher level slr (about canon eos 5 level) but with kids and other stuff just never got around to it. She'd like to be able to get some high quality pics of our impending birth. The last ones were great but were taken on a film camera.
This is a serious question. We're really tossed up on what to look for. I've had a good read through dpreview's site and the nikon seems the better camera, but we have no experience with digital slr's.
Robyn's pro the canon, firstly because she loves canon (as do I). She prefers the slightly more contrasty images of the 300d (but she should be able to fix this in photoshop??). It dosen't have as many options, flash sinc is slower, and can only shoot a burst of 4 pics before needing a break.
Does anyone have any experience with digital slr's or have any preferrences.
A bit of background - Robyn has been a hobbiest photographer mostly using a canon A1. We have a mini darkroom set up where she has a colour head enlarger etc. She has had pics selected for diplay at the Macgregor Photographic Awards, one of Australia's most distinguished photographic comps (embarrasing because it was a pic of me). We've considered for many years purchasing a new higher level slr (about canon eos 5 level) but with kids and other stuff just never got around to it. She'd like to be able to get some high quality pics of our impending birth. The last ones were great but were taken on a film camera.
This is a serious question. We're really tossed up on what to look for. I've had a good read through dpreview's site and the nikon seems the better camera, but we have no experience with digital slr's.