This is an area where Canon and Nikon differ and the primary reason for the
difference in price of the 300D and the D70. The D70 comes with an 18-70
that is simply outstanding. It's not wildly expensive, around $400 for the
lens, but it represents the largest difference in price between the 300D kit
and the D70 kit. It is now my primary lens and is almost permanently mounted
on one of my 'digi-bodies'.
The D70 also isn't as 'crippled' compared to the D100 as the 300D is
compared to the 10D. In fact, the D70 has many features that the D100 lacks
and could just as easily been called the D110.
Both are excellent cameras and merely tools for the photographer, but I am
happy with my D100/D70 choice. Love the 12-24 too.
Tom
>
> >
> > Well done -- the 18-55 is optically so-so, and build quality is
> > *awful*.
> > OTOH, the 300D body feels much better, although no 'Pro' specs here.
>
> Specs can be upgraded. There is a bandit firmware upgrade that pretty
> much restores most of functions to 10D level. Do a search on the 300D
> forum at dpreview.com. As for the 18-55 lens, it is a $100 zoom lens.
> It is designed for someone moving up from a digicam and which it
> improves upon. It is pretty good for the price. If you want high
> quality you need to spend more money.
>
> >> - One of the drawbacks of the 300D and some of the prosumer cameras is
> >> that they only have USB 1.1. Downloading raw images is painfully slow.
>
> I don't think most camera makers care much. They don't expect that
> anyone is going to take their camera out of commission for a download
> even with a fast bus. They are going to change memory chips in the
> field and when they get back at the motel or home, download time is not
> critical, is it?
> >
> > That Can*n software is awful, I prefer a card reader -- USB 1.1 too,
> > my OS
> > won't support USB 2.0 :-( I don't shoot in raw mode, though.
>
> Canon has new software in the last couple of months and people seem to
> be enthusiastic about it.
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