Digital SLR Carmeras, What have you got?

[DamianURS4]

I have a Canon 350D - I thought about the 400 but all that fuss for a auto cleaning lens which doesn't really do the job didn't seem worth it to me. Would love to have a use of the Leica mentioned above!!!!

[als2]

My 2 cents......

Its like buying any electronic hardware, there's a million variations, differences, options, extras, gimmicks and essentials. All boils down to what do YOU need or want it to do?
Do you really need it for video? or require it to stamp a GPS location on your pics? or realise when someone's smiling? If you do, then make a list of your prioritises and go from there. Another thing I've learned is not to get caught up in the MegaPixel hype. Ok so your new phone has a 12mp camera, my 3mp DSLR will still take better pics. Sensor size could be argued as being more crucial that MPs as it records better information. I have a pentax 100d and went for it for two (well maybe three) reasons, i had lots of lenses from my film days that i could use, i really liked the pic quality and colour rendition and it was in my budget.
If your gonna spend a load of cash, make sure you have a proper go with them first. (for example ive big hands and like a big camera. i find most Canons a lil small for me) A good few camera shops will loan them to you to try.

Happy shooting!

AL

[Dan]

To add to the above: before digital there were no megapixels. The quality of the photograph depended on the quality of the film, and the optical charecteristics of the camera.

Now there's digital, we seem to have forgotten about the latter - we're looking for cameras with high megapixels, but completely disregarding the optical side of things.

In layman's terms - a sh*t lens and 14MP sensor gives you 14 megapixels of ****.

[als2]

And to add to that............if your rubbish at taking pictures, your rubbish at taking pictures! lol doesnt matter how much money you throw at a camera!

[Keeper of The Kitten]

Absolutely agree with the remarks about megapixel madness - too many people are wooed by the bigger Mpixels and forget about good optical quality. I like the improved body sealing of the D300 over the D70 and the sensor vibrating cleaner on top of that means that most of that old dust spot issue is eliminated, and that saves on fiddly cleaning.