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    Choice of camera

    Well, I'm a beginner in the world of Digital SLRs, and would like to buy an SLR. Here are my options:

    Canon EOS 350D + Sigma 18-200m + BGE-3 + 1GB Kingston

    for X$

    or

    Canon EOS 20D + EF-S 18-55 mm

    for X$
    Last edited by astroman; Jan 20th, 2006 at 12:22 AM.

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    Well, astroman, my advice if this is your first SLR of any type (film or digital) is to go with the 350D which was built specifically for new users but still giving you all the manual controls to grow into as you learn more, as well as full auto of course --- plus you'll have that smashing wide- angle/telephoto zoom lens which will give you far more photo opportunities than the standard kit lens of the 20D which frankly, for someone new to digital SLRs, is a bit 'over the top' as a first buy. However, if you are no stranger to SLR photography (you may bee a seasoned film SLR user for all I know) then much of what I've said does not apply to you. Personally, if I was an SLR 'virgin' faced with that choice, I'd get the 350D with that much more exciting 17-200mm lens!

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    OK, thanks very much for the info. I think I will be getting the 350D. It's just that I have read negative comments on it (probably by experienced photographers) that say that it's too small, too much plastic, that the (ah, forgot the name... viser?? the thing through which u look to take the photos) is too small. I could also buy the Nikon D70 instead. What do you think? And I could aslo get the Dynax 7D.

    So, which one?

    Canon EOS 350D
    Dynax 7D
    Nikon D70
    Last edited by astroman; Jan 20th, 2006 at 12:39 AM.

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