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says... No, the 18-70 is certainly NOT 'L' glass equivalent. Which is the case - you don't know what the optical performance of teh 18-70 is or you are deluding yourself about L glass quality? "L" denotes better build quality and better optics. It also means a hell of a lot more in terms of cost. The 18-70 is a decent consumer zoom. But it is no where near the quality/build of a 'L' series lens. -- http://www.pbase.com/bcbaird/ |
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No, they're getting what they want. A dSLR with great performance for under $1,000. The lens might not be perfect, but most entry level buyers aren't going to splurge for a more expensive lens until much, much later. Exactly. Too many people always compare against the best and forget about the price. You get what you pay for. And you want to spent 1000$ on a camera, you don't want to know which one is the best. You want to know which one is the best for 1000$. I know that my 300D is not as good as the 20D. In the same way as my Honda is not as good as a BMW. But it is one of the best for the price. And the 300D kit was definitively the best digital camera for the price when I bought it. The D70 kit was better...it was 1.5 times more expensive as well. |
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On 6 Mar 2005 05:51:49 GMT, "Alice" wrote:
http://www.digitalreview.ca/cams/Nik...sRebelXT.shtml The review gives price as one factor favouring the D70, saying that the 350D body is 100 canadian dollars more expensive than the D70 as recommended retail price. This seems to vary considerably betteen markets. Cyberphoto, the most reputable Swedish online camera store, quotes the D70 at SEK 6376, and the 350D at SEK 6396. Dustin, another online store, quotes both the D70 and the 350D at SEK 6396 The price differential in Cyberphoto's case, SEK 20, amounts to CAD 3:59, and it is thus fair to argue that the cameras are marketed at an essentially equal price for the Swedish market. Jan Böhme Korrekta personuppgifter är att betrakta som journalistik. Felaktigheter utgör naturligtvis skönlitteratur. |
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On Sun, 06 Mar 2005 14:29:55 GMT, "ian lincoln"
wrote: "Clyde Torres" wrote in message . com... "Alice" wrote in message ... http://www.digitalreview.ca/cams/Nik...sRebelXT.shtml I'm not sure this review puts to bed anything. The Nikon/Canon zealots will read what they want out of it and come up with different conclusions. I for one have both a D70 and 20D. They are far superior cameras to the original Digital Rebel, and from what I can see, the D70 is still superior to the 350D DRXT. Oh,well, to each her own. Reading the first page the feature set has the slight edge for nikon in terms of shear number of advantages over the other. Yes. Although one of the Nikon advantages is duplicated in their list (the metering) and two arguably insignificant advantages for Nikon are included (the 1.5 crop factor is touted as a "larger sensor" in comparison to the crop factor of 1,6 with the 350D, and the startup time of 0,02 seconds is given as faster then the 0,2 sec of EOS 350D, when both times are faster than itnormally would take to raise the camera to one's eyes) I didn't find a correspondingly irrelevant or insignificant advantage listed on the Canon side. (Well, I suppose that one could argue that the colour choice options for the 350D body are irrelevant and insignficant as far as actual photography goes.) Furthermore, one Nikon advantage is with "optional" software, which I suppose means that you don't get unless you pay extra money not accounted for in the price comparison. And the warranty advantage would seem to be Canada-specific, too. So, instead of 23-16 in favour of Nikon, it is more of 19-15 in Canada and 18-15 outside of it. Still an edge in numbers, but not quite as impressive anymore. Jan Böhme Korrekta personuppgifter är att betrakta som journalistik. Felaktigheter utgör naturligtvis skönlitteratur. |
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In rec.photo.equipment.35mm Steven M. Scharf wrote:
If anyone is trying to de-feature based on price, it's Nikon. It's inexcusable to not have mirror lock-up, it's just a firmware issue, and they MLU is not just a firware issue. A real MLU always needs mechanics support as otherwise holding it up continues to draw power. omitted it to try to move people to a more expensive model. Similarly, the lack of a vertical grip connection is another de-contenting move to try to force consumers to move up to the D100. They remind me of how some car manufacturers have certain options only available on the most expensive sub-model (Honda is famous for this). Kudos to Canon for not leaving important features off of its amateur product. What colour is teh sky on your planet? D100 and D70 are not trivialy comparable and there is a ton of way more useful features than you list in the d100 to make one chosoe that over d70. There is no need for extra shepherding. -- Sander +++ Out of cheese error +++ |
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On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 16:44:47 -0000, "adm" wrote:
"Steven M. Scharf" wrote in message link.net... Kudos to Canon for not leaving important features off of its amateur product. Ummmm.....what about spot metering and fast flash sync ? Right. But fast flash sync is available in the 350D at a price - i.e. if you by a Speedlight model expensive enough. Spot metering, on the other hand, is unavailable, period. Jan Böhme Korrekta personuppgifter är att betrakta som journalistik. Felaktigheter utgör naturligtvis skönlitteratur. |
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Alan Browne wrote: If you sort by quality (across all shooting conditions) you end up sorting roughly by price at the same time. .... for a given focal length, or range (as in a zoom). A $70 50mm lens can be optically superior to an L-grade wide-angle zoom. -- John P Sheehy |
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In message . net,
"Steven M. Scharf" wrote: Kudos to Canon for not leaving important features off of its amateur product. Like a RAW RGB histogram? -- John P Sheehy |
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