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Subject: [OM] Re: Eekbay
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 05:43:32 -0500
I agree with everybody else on this one and will add that I think you 
were on the right path with the 350D.  Stick with it, especially if 
money is tight.  You definitely need a compatible autofocus lens for 
everyday walk around shooting but for more specialist usage it offers 
you the ability to inexpensively adapt lenses from several systems.

One thing I'd place a premium on is exceptional cosmetic condition.  Not 
that cosmetic condition would be any particular value to me except that 
it would indicate very little usage.  I think the achilles heel of 
consumer DSLR's is shutter life.  Personally, I shoot probably 4 times 
as much with digital as I would with film.  If the shutter is built for 
only 30,000 cycles it doesn't take long to get there.  From everything 
I've read on the subject I think the 300D is in the 25-30,000 cycle 
range and the 350D about 50,000.  20D about 100,000 and 30D and 5D 
150,000.  The latter two with 150,000 are actual design life statements 
from Canon and, AFAIK, the only cameras of those listed above where 
Canon has made an official statement.

Chuck Norcutt

Steve Dropkin wrote:
> Allan Mee wrote:
> 
> 
>>At the moment I'm 
>>not in a mood for doing any more saving up so I'm tempted to go out and just 
>>buy a SLR lookalike such as the Fujifilm Finepix S6500fd Zoom (Digital 
>>Camera), but I know if I did I'd probably regret it later - no matter how 
>>good a fixed lens the digital camera has.
> 
> 
> I wouldn't do it. Not that the Fuji is a bad camera -- it may in 
> fact be the best of its kind -- but it's a several-hundred-dollar 
> (pound) investment in a technological dead-end. There's nothing from 
> your present system you could bring over (though that would be the 
> case with anything but Oly and Canyon). More importantly, though, 
> the system offers no expandability. There's nothing you could do 
> about having a fixed lens that may not be good for the kind of 
> photography you want to do. Speaking personally, I'd rather buy into 
> a good system with a used DSLR than spend the money on a box that 
> has little future. That way money you spend on lenses and filters 
> and the like has a good chance of serving you longer.
> 
> Steve
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