Pitch Tent... Camp Canon or Camp Nikon?

[mjs1973]

Take the time to go into a camera shop and try out your chosen configurations. See which one you like best.

If you ask me, this is the BEST advice that can be given to someone who is looking for a new camera system. I like to do my research, and check out the specs as much as the next person, but when it comes down to it, I want something that feels good in my hands, and that I can find and run all the controls without having to take the camera away from my eye everytime I want to adjust something.

So go to the store, pick up the models that you're interested in, and just play with them. Perhaps you will love the controls on one versus the other. Perhaps one will fit in your hands better than the other. Perhaps one is balanced better than the other. These are things that only you can decide for yourself, and the only way to figure it out is to get your hands on them.

[paulnj]

EXACTLY!!!!! Go to a good camera store or even BEST BUY and test drive ( or at least handle and play with) the 20D/XT and a D70s/D200. Your hands have to hold that camera, not mine


I think the nikon / canon thing is hillarious, both can take great images! The few valid reasons to choose CANON are TELEPHOTO PRIME PRICES and IMAGE STABILIZING in more lenses. If those are a concern, then maybe Canon might have an edge in the real world ;)