tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post115133510667143329..comments2023-07-02T09:22:57.566-05:00Comments on Confessions of a Train Geek: Digital SLR conundrumCanadian Train Geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05525092107895665275noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-1154663748616615002006-08-03T22:55:00.000-05:002006-08-03T22:55:00.000-05:00hi Steve,I am in the same boat.. or train I guess....hi Steve,<BR/><BR/>I am in the same boat.. or train I guess... thinking of the rebel or now that the 30D is out... perhaps the 10 or 20D since they are coming down as well. Course I do not see a ton of difference in the 10 nor 20 nor even 30 D over the rebel for um... the bucks!!!!<BR/><BR/>I do not have any canon gear and the Olympus, like you said... comes with two lens kit and does not seem to be all that bad. Super high speed (ie 3200iso) tends to be grainy as you probably saw on dpreview... which I do not seem to find matters on most stuff but I am also into astronomy (20Da?) so black frames are important as well to me. The best colour are shades of grey... if you cant do a clean black and a nice grad. of grey... you can't do good colour LOL.<BR/><BR/>I am again on the fence on the rebel (it did not drop like I thought it would once the 30D came out) and the olympus with 2 lens... it is a nice offer for someone without all the canon baggage LOL.<BR/><BR/>My buddy is the president of the NS photoguild (yes I am in Hanwell NB) and he swears by canon and last year picked up the 20D with a nice 700 lens... which I guess is the other part... used canon parts are all over... I was on ebay the other day and saw lots of accessories usually in the 80-120$ range... now down to sub $20 for rebels...<BR/><BR/>hard to beat the VW-beatle of cameras LOLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-1152027896834026712006-07-04T10:44:00.000-05:002006-07-04T10:44:00.000-05:00Thanks, Ed. I see there is a review at dpreview.co...Thanks, Ed. I see there is a <A HREF="http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Sony/sony_dslra100.asp" REL="nofollow">review at dpreview.com</A>. I did a <A HREF="http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/compare_post.asp?method=sidebyside&cameras=canon_eos350d%2Csony_dslra100&show=all" REL="nofollow">side-by-side comparison</A> there and found a few ways that the Sony is better than the Canon Digital Rebel - 10 megapixels vs 8, Sony has image stabilization and Sony has a slow-sync flash setting. I'm not sure that's enough to make me want to pay another $200 for it, but I'll keep it in mind.Canadian Train Geekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05525092107895665275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-1151439755533635112006-06-27T15:22:00.000-05:002006-06-27T15:22:00.000-05:00Steve - I bought into the Minolta System about 21...Steve - I bought into the Minolta System about 21 years ago and they dropped out of the business this past March. Sony picked up their patents and is going to issue their new Alpha A100 which is a 10 megabyte camera with a $999.00 USD price. Street price should be around $750-800 USD after introduction. My assistant has a Canon 20D and loves it! I've shot with it and like it, but I still have two Minolta Digitals that I like better (7D and 5D).<BR/><BR/>Ed Gray<BR/>Missouri DAR FanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com