From: petrolcan on
In article <E9adnXRqNa3iMKnRnZ2dnUVZ7vWdnZ2d(a)bt.com>, Kevin Stone says...
>
> > 400d has
> > 9 point autofocus vs 7 point.
> > 10 raw frame vs 3 raw frame continuous shooting so 1000d is far worse
>
> Do you actually get 10 raws? I know both the 1000D and 500D aren't that
> good.

<smug>

17 raw here @ 6.5fps
From: The Older Gentleman on
petrolcan <petrolcan(a)SPAMgmail.com> wrote:

>
> Have you considered second hand? There are loads of camera kits out there with
> very little use for less than �300.

....as the eBay king of used cameras sidles in from the shadows :-))


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From: petrolcan on
In article <1jl9vv6.10g8eb31csdpx5N%totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk>, The Older
Gentleman says...
>
> petrolcan <petrolcan(a)SPAMgmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Have you considered second hand? There are loads of camera kits out there with
> > very little use for less than £300.
>
> ...as the eBay king of used cameras sidles in from the shadows :-))

<looks round>

Who, me?
From: Catman on
Paul Carmichael wrote:
> Catman escribió:
>
>> Kevin Stone wrote:
>>>> Problem is, I don't think I'm going to win any competitions with this
>>>> Kodak
>>>> CX7330 - brilliant snapper that it may be.
>>> I used the Canon SLRs 300D, 1000D and currently the 500D and I'd
>>> recommend any of them.
>>>
>>> In the UK they often come with a 18-55mm kit lens, and also can have an
>>> offer of buying a 70-30mm at the same time for a reduced price.
>>>
>> Can't fault my EOS450D. Often available in kits with extra lenses, the
>> 70-300mm being a popular one.
>
> Looking at adverts, it seems if I buy the camera, I can't take pictures with
> it until I buy a lens?
>
> This:
>
> http://accessories.euro.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=uk&l=en&s=dhs&cs=ukdhs1&sku=A1706757&dgc=SS&cid=5186&lid=121454&acd=23975883824506252
>
> ...is a camera without a lense, no? GBP520 + shipping.

*ouch*

I paid less than that for mine with a 18-55mm lens


More like this:

http://www.jessops.com/online.store/products/75886/show.html

>
> http://accessories.euro.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=es&l=es&cs=esdhs1&sku=A2292007
>
> ... whereas this is the same thing, but with a noddy lense but almost double
> the price?
>

Bloody *hell*

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From: Grimly Curmudgeon on
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember petrolcan <petrolcan(a)SPAMgmail.com>
saying something like:

>Have you considered second hand? There are loads of camera kits out there with
>very little use for less than �300.

Is the right answer.
The vast, vast majority of dSLR cameras bought as male jewellery hardly
see more than 6000 shots in their first ownership, which is nothing for
a shutter.
Most film cameras in first ownership saw nothing like that figure.