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Re: Thursday, April 13, 2006
I'm still holding off. Budget is the main consideration. That and the fact that we're moving and too busy to do anything else. From what I've seen so far, the Canon Digital Rebel appears to be a winner. It does an awful lot for the money, it's light, it's relatively easy to use, and it's being succeeded by something else, or we wouldn't be seeing such steep discounts and rebates. Something else to consider is the Olympus eVolt 500. It's lighter even than the Rebel, and has an enormous range of options. And it's cheap. You can get the body and two lenses for something like $700 at some stores. Here's a review: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/olympuse500/page26.asp. I recently shot a bunch of pictures with the Olympus, the Rebel and several different high-end Nikons and Canons. The results were, on most subjects, remarkably similar. Meaning: stuff like "highlights which can look 'hard clipped', the over-processed looking sharpening and noise at ISO 1600" are of relatively little concern. Main thing: I've never met anybody who didn't like their Canon. Can't say the same for any other brand.
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