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Any DSLR users out there?
andycwb:
I got a Canon 400D recently and love it. Excellent camera, excellent handling, and much smaller and lighter than a 40D. I had a Nikon D2 in my hands this week and it was too heavy to use as a tourist.
v8kenny:
--- Quote from: "andycwb" ---I got a Canon 400D recently and love it. Excellent camera, excellent handling, and much smaller and lighter than a 40D. I had a Nikon D2 in my hands this week and it was too heavy to use as a tourist.
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TBH it's the smaller and lighter bit that's bothering me Andy - I've got hands like shovels and I'm worried it will be too wee for me
suppose the answer is to go into a shop and get a feel for them :wink:
thermidorthelobster:
If handling's an issue then you might actually prefer the 40D. The prosumer Canons have an arguably better feel to them than the consumer ones. I'd find it hard to move to a 400D because I'm used to things like the big wheel on my 10D, which I find more intuitive to use.
v8kenny:
BTW Narked - sorry for high jacking your thread ! :lol: :oops:
andycwb:
--- Quote from: "v8kenny" ---TBH it's the smaller and lighter bit that's bothering me Andy - I've got hands like shovels and I'm worried it will be too wee for me
suppose the answer is to go into a shop and get a feel for them :wink:
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To give you an idea, my hands fit very nicely into Arnie's handprints at Planet Hollywood. I find the 400D is just fine.
But go and have a play. If you're anywhere nearby, you're welcome to pop round and have a play with mine if you want with no sales pressure. The 40D has lots more buttons, but I find the 400D is a good compromise between having lots of buttons and having lots of menus to navigate.
I've got the kit lens and a 28-135mm IS USM at the moment. That gives me a great range for travel photography which was the immediate need. Oh, and I've got a 50mm fixed focus lens to return sometime soon (to thermidorthelobster) and I'll probably buy my own sometime soon.
Sometime next year I'll probably invest in a longer telephoto lens, and a decent flashgun. But that kit does me nicely right now.
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