"Jeff Durham" <> wrote in message news:<MRpyc.78719$>.. .
> My Canon 300D just showed up this afternoon. Here is my first reaction:
>
> - I bought the camera with lens from newegg. I have bought computer
> equipment from newegg in the past and have been very pleased with them.
> Their price was not the best, but I trusted my purchase with them. Most
> other reputable resellers were within a few dollars anyway. No calls from
> sales people to upsell. They quickly processed the order and shipped it.
> The shipping was free through FedEx super saver (3-4 days). Even the two
> day FedEx was only $11. The only concern I had is if the camera is dead on
> arrival, would they make me go to Canon for service or would they ship me
> out a new one? Hopefully, it would be the latter and I am thankful so far I
> did not have to put them through that test.
>
> - The camera and lens are definitely plastic. I did enough research to know
> exactly what I was getting. On the positive side, the camera with the lens
> attached and battery inserted feels very sturdy. I actually like the
> lighter feel of this camera.
>
> - I have not purchased a compact flash card yet for this camera. I
> temporarily used an 80MB sandisk card that I bought 8 years ago along with
> my Kodak DC240 (which by the way, has been a great camera for point and
> shoot). I really wanted to try out this card to see what the performance
> was like before I purchased a higher speed card. As expected, it took about
> 4-6 seconds to write out an image judging by the amount of time the little
> red light was on. For reviewing pictures, I could cycle through them in
> well under a 1/2 second per picture. I also copied them on to my hard disk
> using my PCMCIA adapter. The pictures copied in a usable timeframe (it was
> quick, but I didn't measure the time per picture). Given this experience
> and the four picture buffer built-in, I will go with the less expensive 1 GB
> memory card for now.
>
> - Most of my use of this camera will be point and shoot. I wanted something
> that had flexibility and the ability to change lenses. For me the feature
> set was just right and more. If I really get serious about photography
> again (I used to do quite a bit 25 years ago), I might consider upgrading to
> an EOS 10D or whatever is similar in a few years. I like the idea of being
> able to re-use any lenses I purchase with this camera (exception probably
> being the EF-S 18-55 that comes with it). I looked at other cameras such as
> Sony's newest one and Canon's Powershot Pro 1 that are SLR like. For the
> feature set, I decided I wanted a real SLR. Also, this camera was only $20
> more than the Powershot Pro 1.
>
> - What couple of pictures I took indoors and outdoors in the matter of 30
> minutes, I am very impressed with the quality of the images. I am really
> looking forward to putting this camera to good use. This is the first
> serious camera I have had in a long time. I started out with black & white
> as a kid using my Dad's Argus C3. I wish I still had that camera, but it
> has gotten misplaced over the years.
>
> Jeff
Jeff, you should consider returning the Rebel if you are still able
to. For a bit more money, you can double your resolution, increase
color accuracy, and own the best Pro digital camera in production
today, the Sigma SD10. If you are impressed with the quality of the
Canon, then you aint seen nothin' yet.
Do a little research on the Foveon sensor and how it is the only
sensor capable of recording true colors. Canon cameras are equipped
with inferior CMOS sensors which record pixels as monochrome
initially, and then guess the colors after the shot has been taken.
This leads to inaccurate colors, and unpleasant artifacts.
Give it a thought.
Hope this helps.
-Orville
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