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A close friend of mine is contemplating getting a D70, but he also said he has a friend with a bucket full of Canon Lenses.

He has used the D70 & loves it but asked my advise on maybe getting a Canon 350

Would it be advisable for him to do so because of all the great lenses he has access to
Or
Go with the mighty Nikon D70 & to hell with the lenses.

Is the 350 close to the D70 ?

I told him I will get back to him once I have some answers from the GODS

Cheers,

Mic.

mic wrote:A close friend of mine is contemplating getting a D70, but he also said he has a friend with a bucket full of Canon Lenses.

He has used the D70 & loves it but asked my advise on maybe getting a Canon 350

Would it be advisable for him to do so because of all the great lenses he has access to
Or
Go with the mighty Nikon D70 & to hell with the lenses.

Is the 350 close to the D70 ?

I told him I will get back to him once I have some answers from the GODS

Cheers,

Mic.

The Canon 350D is not the same league as the Nikon D70s or D70.
If he can access to the Canon Lenses, let him go with the C.

I ain't no God but as you can imagine being a Nikon forum, you know what everyone here will say...

The best advice you can give the guy is to have a play with both, as ergonomics plays a big part in enjoying a camera, so advise him not to focus overly on specs such as pixel counts (6mp v 8mp is stuff all anyway). Point him in the general direction of well written reviews and comparisons available on the web and elsewhere.

And if he decides to buy the Canon, tell him you don't want to play with him anymore

Depending on how good the lens access is, I would follow that. eg a wife with lenses would be a definite choice, a mate 100 km away with lenses would make me pick the best body. Also depends on how quick he is thinking of building up his lens collection. Good luck

Just want to add to the post:
what type of lenses can he access to? fast/ slow/ manual/ Auto?

Birddog114 wrote:Just want to add to the post:
what type of lenses can he access to? fast/ slow/ manual/ Auto?

I doubt his mate will be lending out the equivalent of a 70-200VR or an 85/1.4 to an inexperienced user. Mic, if he can only borrow crap lenses, that is something he will have to consider as well...

I have found the following report on digitalreveiw.ca:

Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT/350D Versus Nikon D70 DSLR

http://www.digitalreview.ca/cams/NikonD ... elXT.shtml

take him to a Melbourne meet or somthing along those lines, might make his choice a bit easier

The bottom line is that they're both very capable cameras.

Your friend needs to have a serious play with each body, to get a feel for the ergonomics of each, and see how well they feel in his hands. That has to be a primary issue that he needs to be comfortable with.

If he has access to some good glass, that's certainly a factor to be considered as well, as is his budget, and of course his aspirations - the Canon, while being quite good, probably won't permit him to grow as much as the Nikon.

Don't forget, also, to point his nose at a D50, just in case budgetary issues are more significant than he's willing to admit.

I'm with Petteri on this - we very rarely say:

Nice meal, what pots did you use?


After a couple of months with my new camera, and almost 8,000 actuations I've found that the things that bothered reviewers haven't caused me any problems at all. I find that I've gotten used to the camera through using it.

Getting consistently good images takes a lot more than comfortable ergonomics or the "rich functionality" of a dslr body. I find I'm making mistakes all the time and learning from them. There's a heap of thinking that you have to do.

There's also a massive amount of stuff to learn about digital sensors, lenses, workflow, and computing.

My conclusion is that the brand isn't that critical compared to the great body of knowledge and experience that you need to accumulate to make great pictures. No matter how much you pay for your kit you can't buy that.

Was it in Gullivers Travels that the two islands went to war over which end of the boiled egg you cut off - the round end or the pointy end....

speaking of food - chickens feet I can relish, but pigeon's heads I'm not so sure about, Birddog. But I'm not going to fight over it!

Perhaps enlighten your friend on the one fact that alot of people somehow seem to overlook:

It's the person behind the camera that takes great photos, the camera is merely a tool !

Albeit, different camera's have their advantages & disadvantages, but the difference between a 350 & D70 is likely to be minimal to a beginner.

Once your friend starts taking some serious photos, no matter what he buys now, he's going to LUST after a D2X before too long....just like the rest of us

This being the case, go the D70 and save that Nikon glass for when the D2X arrives (we can all live in hope !!!)

Thanks Guru's,

Just what I need, I have linked the Thread to his E-mail so he can see for himself the words of Wisdom from D70 Forum.

Thanks for your unbiased opinions.

Mic.