I just recently bought my wife a Canon 450D. She already has Canon gear and thought the 40D was too heavy so it was the only choice really.

I've got a Fuji S5600 which I liked at the time but would prefer to go back to a compact for ease of carrying and therefore it is always with you. I think that although the SLR wannabes such as the S5600 are ok cameras I think they are too much of a compromise. You lose the ease of carrying a compact without the benefits of a real SLR.

There are another 3 Canon SLRs in the immediate family so lense borrowing can go on easily.
Interestingly the two in the family which are actual professional photographers use a 350D and a 400D. Mainly because they earn the least and were bought when they were studying. Although their pictures are amazing and they win competitions with them.
The other camera in the family is a 40D which is Dad's and is set to permanent auto which is a shame.

I'd like to get my own SLR but can't really justify having two in the house unfortunately. I already have one expensive hobby parked in the driveway.

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Justin

1994 Discovery V8 manual with extra fun bits
Towing a Customline camper trailer

Canon EOS350D

Canon 24-105mm F4 EF L IS (Only had this for a week or so)
Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 APO DG EX
Sigma 2x Teleconverter
Tamron 90mm F2.8 SP DI Macro
Canon 50mm F1.8 EF
Canon 55-200mm F4.5-5.6 EF
Canon 18-55mm F3.5- EFS

Soon I will probably be getting a 50D and passing the 350D on to my daughter. Just don't want to buy until they maybe drop a few hundred in price. I am sure there is probably a Nikkon that is better but I already have the lenses and it all seems to work.

The 18-55 lens recently died which made a wonderful excuse to get the 24-105 L. (No dear it just wasn't worth repairing it, no it wasn't that expensive, no really, ouch)

The 50mm F1.8 is the best value lens available, less than $150 and damned good quality. The Sigma and Tamron lenses are both very good lenses and considerably cheaper than the Canon equivalent.

Tim.

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Buckingham Blue TDV6 HSE MY08

ARB bullbar, Rhino roof rack, Traxide dual battery kit, Long Ranger 110l tank, Kaymar Rear bar, General grabber AT2 tyres in 255/60/18.

Yes. I've got an S5500. The biggest pain the proverbial is the mode selection dial on top. It gets knocked to the wrong position so easily and it's easy to overlook. That means the pix come out just plain lousy!

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Ron B.

1995 P38A Range Rover 4.6 V8 Auto; 1968 LR Series IIA trayback (Holden 202)
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ex-1995 Discovery 300Tdi auto; ex-1984 110 County V8 3.5 manual; ex-1986 Range Rover HiLine 4.6 auto; ex-1983 Range Rover 3.5 manual

Absolutely right on that one. I double check the position all the time.

What I get annoyed with on these cameras though is the lack of real wide angle and the anything above ISO 200-400 becomes grainy. Honestly why have a 1600 setting if it is totally unusable!

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Justin

1994 Discovery V8 manual with extra fun bits
Towing a Customline camper trailer

started off with
Box browning
Practrica x2 (screw in lens) - still have one of these
Kodak self developing camera
pentax mg - still have this one
kodak digital dc40(purchased the first 2 digi cameras in tassie) - backed my car over one of these, mate has the other
kodak dc50 - dont know where this is (left batteries in and coroded terminals
olympus camedia c-1400l my first digi slr - still have this one
olympus fe100 - still have this one
Nikon d40 - current user
Canon vidio camera
For a while I was using my Dads 3" negitive bellows camera (he now has it back, been put in storage).
Had a few compact 35mm jobbies along the way also
Also have boxes and boxes of slides and prints
cheers
blaze
Ps with that many camera's you would think I would know what I was doing, but still learning

Very true, all the big names Canon, Nikon, Pentax, Minolta, Olympus, Sony, Fuji etc all make good cameras so as long as you are comfortable with your gear it doesnt matter what you use but how you use it.

Not anymore. Konica Minolta gave it up.

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Justin

1994 Discovery V8 manual with extra fun bits
Towing a Customline camper trailer

I'd love an ultra wide fuji medium format or horseman... but where is the digital version

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pHear the m0n0treme

88 110 4BD1T poptop

Today lunchtime took delivery of a Canon 450d with a 17-85USM lens

I've been using a Fuji S7000 at work (great makro) but decided to get into the game a bit more - so i took the plunge and bought the Canon.

Now to get to know it and all the features, but Rome wasn't built in a day....

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Louis

'99 'fender - it goes... (quite well actually!)