Canon Rebel 350D/Rebel XT vs Nikon D70

Ok, someone had to do it. Now go ....

- Siddhartha

 

D70: sharp, saturated 6MP images. Spot meter, grid lines on screen.
350D: 8MP slightly lower noise/slightly less frequent Moiré/slightly more
neutral color rendition images. Missing those two useful features.
Otherwise, very very similar. (The 300D -> 350D improvements other than
pixel count were largely playing catch up.)

My opinion: I do _not_ think the 350D deserves to be rated as a D70 killer,
but the extra 2MP (which is pretty much a snore) probably will make it one
in practice.

The lighter weight of the 350D makes it more of a viable option for people
who would normally not look at a dSLR and only consider consumer dcams. (My
300D drops into my briefcase, even with a custom L bracket (tripod mount)
attached, so the 350D without a bracket will be seriously portable.)

David J. Littleboy
Tokyo, Japan

 

Obviously the camera with the higher resolution wins...

 

What about smaller/lighter?

 

your like 2 days late ...

 

Is it true Nikon has something going on with a 10MP aps sized sensor? This
could get interesting.

I'm not going to upgrade my Rebel for 2 MP improvement even if there are
more features. As from the test there is virtually nothing gained. Going
from 6 to 10MP should be a worthwhile improvement. Not sure I'd leave Canon
for it though. Too many lenses to replace.
bg

 

No, isn't so easy!

 

ONLY if it takes better pictures.

I have a Sony F-717, and a Sony F-828.

The first is 5mp
The second is *mp

The first has only MINIMAL problem with fringing in a photo with strong
backlighting or a small high contrast are (like sunlight or spotlight
glinting of the gold/silver on a western saddle)

The second has a problem with the purple fringing that is MUCH more
pronounced.... Which one do you think Im going to use if Im shooting those
circumstances???

The 5mp gets used MORE when I'm more likely to have backlighting or glinting
in the picture. I want BETTER pictures, not BIGGER pictures.

If Im forced to print an 8x10 from the 5mp shot, I would rather do it and NOT
have the fringing, thank you very much.

Im not much impressed with the quality of pictures from most of the 8mp
cameras (non-DSLR) whether I'll be impressed with the ones from a DSLR
remains to be seen. The sensors are larger, so the picture should have less
noise.

What I've seen on-line looks good, but I didn't take them, so I dont know
(for sure) whats been done to them between camera and website.

 

That was SUPPOSED to be 8mp

 

I think he's looking for an informed comparison of the two (not just by
the numbers), which I'd also like to see as I'm planning to make a
purchase fairly soon.

Randy. (who's still leaning toward the D70)

 

Well, let's put it this way: You wouldn't be making a mistake buying the
D70, especially with all the rebates right now.

 

I used a buddy's D70 for a weekend, and except for some moire on a couple of
shots of a girl in a corduroy suit, I loved every shot I took.

Its past being a good camera and almost into being a great camera, the only
holdback being that one little problem.

I just inherited a suitcase full of Canon glass (nobody died, it was given to
me) and most of the lenses can be used in the Rebel or the New Rebel, so
thats what has kept me from buy a D70.

 

I think Alfred forgot the smiley there...

--
Chris Pollard


CG Internet café, Tagum City, Philippines
http://www.cginternet.net

 

eBay is your pla...

 

I wouldn't get too excited about the difference in the sensor
resolution between the D70 and the 350D. You really shouldn't become
fixated on megapixels because there are a lot of other considerations
to be made in the selection of a digital SLR. Actual image quality is
one, but there are other functionality issues as well. Obviously it's
too early for image quality comparisons, so look at the functionality
issues for now:

Functionally, the 350D has a few advantages:

1. True USB 2.0 interface.
2. Available vertical grip.
3. Mirror lock-up.
4. EF-s lenses, especially the EF-s 10-22, for which Nikon does not
yet
have something similar.

The D70 has spot metering, which the EOS-350D doesn't have.

Function-wise, the 350D is high-end consumer/low-end prosumer. I think
that Canon may keep the 300D and drop the price, so they can have a
very low-priced, "entry-level" D-SLR.

Personally, I would not buy an SLR with no vertical grip, I just like
vertical grips a lot. But the D70 does have an aftermarket vertical
grip available, which is sufficient, if a bit of a kludge with
connections via cables since the D70 has no connector for a grip.

It looks like a shakeout is already occuring in digital SLRs, with
everyone but Canon and Nikon becoming low-volume niche players.

I think that Nikon will soon introduce three new digital SLRs (model
numbers made up):

D80. High-end consumer. Upgrade to the D70, with an 8 megapixel CMOS
sensor, and mirror lock-up.

D200. Prosumer. Answer to the 20D, with higher frame rate, 8 megapixel
CMOS sensor, mirror lock-up and vertical grip. The D100 is obsolete.

D3x. Full frame CMOS sensor. Answer to the Canon EOS 1Ds Mark II.

Now that Nikon apparently is able to do a CMOS sensor, they will
leverage this as soon as possible to go up against Canon in all
segments.

 

My D70 has mirror lock up... Am I missing something? I used it to
clean the ccd.

 

Yeah. You're missing the idea that it would be nice to have mirror lock up for
taking photos. The idea is, to flip up the mirror, and allow time for the
resultant vibrations to die down before opening the shutter.


--
Chris Pollard


CG Internet café, Tagum City, Philippines
http://www.cginternet.net

 

Unless you need the extra resolution. I wouldn't mind buying a 14 or
22MP camera if the price was not too high. As for image quality, I'd
guess the new 350 will produce images with (at the very least) good
enough quality.

 

Yes. Every digital SLR has mirror lock-up for cleaning the sensor. The
D70 doesn't have mirror lock-up for actually taking photos.

 

Where is this critical? I was under the impression it was used only in
slow shutter situations, on a tripod.

Has not the mirror pop up and back improved over the years?