My new Digital SLR
In case I haven’t told you yet, I am now the owner of a new digital camera. I bought a digital SLR, the Canon EOS 300D.
EOS 300D is the camera that revolutionized the digital SLR market last year when Canon launched it with a sub £1000 price-tag, the first digital SLR to do so! And if the reviews are to be believed, then its performance isn’t too different from the excellent Canon EOS 10D and the only thing that seems to hold the EOS 300D back is its reduced feature set. But come to think of it, this drawback is only a result of firmware crippling and with some tinkering around (only if you know what you’re doing) you can get the EOS 300D purring along like the EOS 10D. In any case, EOS 300D is a sort of a bridge for amateur photography enthusiasts like me to make the leap from the general purpose consumer/prosumer cameras to the big league of SLR cameras!
Of course, Nikon D70 ever-so-slightly edges out EOS300D in terms of performance and features. But with a price thats over 30% lower than the D70, Canon EOS 300D emerges the winner, as far as I’m concerned! So much that I bought the EOS 300D lens kit (the body with EF-S 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 lens), an extra battery (Canon BP-511) and a CF card (Lexar 512 MB). And it cost me much… much less than just the Nikon D70 lens kit!! (And I’m going to buy a Lowepro case for the camera and even then the cost will be over £100 lesser than the D70 lens kit)
I shall, of course, be putting up photos that I click with the EOS 300D, in my photo gallery soon.
10 comments
How much was it?
Madman >> Got it for £689. I can reclaim about £100 in VAT when I fly back to India in a month’s time. So the total cost to me comes to around £590.
*ogles* my next buy a Nikon D70
wow. looks gr8. am still trying to figure out my Minolta dimage digital camera.
*ogles too* I have been dreaming about it for a long time. I couldn’t just make up my mind on jumping into digital photography full time. I still love my SLR. But the one camera I have in my radar is the Canon 20D.
hello.. came here through hima’s page.. i have just started developing interest in photography.. i have an analog SLR.. though now i mostly use my digicamera.. canon G5.. i will be very much interested in seeing the pics u take from ur EOS300D.. so will be keeping a check on ur photo gallery :)
happy clicking..
Ashwin >> Cool!! … thats an awesome camera!! :-)
Harini >> I’m figuring out the EOS 300D too! :-D
Nilesh >> My choice was simpler… coz I didn’t have either a SLR or a digicam! EOS 20D is fantastic. 8.2 MP… 9-point AF… near instantaneous startup… usb 2.0 connectivity… Digic II processor… the list goes on and on! I would’ve loved to lay my hands on it. But I would’ve been rendered penniless!! :-P
justblog >> G5 is a good camera. Its mostly similar to the 3.2 MP G5. Since u have a SLR, I would say the next logical step for you would be to step up to a digital SLR, rather than upgrade to G6 or some such. And of course… keep checking the photo gallery. But I must warn you. I’m quite an amateur and you should not judge the camera based on my photos! ;-)
Good job. One can do a lot of stuff with an SLR. I had a Nikon N65 a while back and I really enjoyed it. I am waiting for a Nikon D100 (rather waiting for the price to drop under $1000)
Happy snapping.
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