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Why Canon at all

Hi, I bought the Digital Rebel because a semi professional friend recommended it to me, while I am new to what I term serious photography I have been thrilled with its performance and I think you can safely say I am now well and truely "hooked"
 
steve,
photography is fun, if you like it, enjoy it.
try different lenses, the subjects you like, landscapes, travel portraits, kids, nudes or anything else YOU like.
 
Bought a 20D as for the money it was reviewed as having the best high ISO performance, this is important as I mainly photograph punk bands on dark stages. Didn't want a camera that was physically too large, don't want to be too conspicuous either in the venue or walking around town. 8Mp allows me to crop easily which is good as I often need an f1.4 lens and only the 50mm is affordable with this aperture. I knew similar photographers using 10D so couldn't really go wrong.
 
I chose Canon accidentally. But I remained with them through the years, even after testing and using other brands of slrs. Each time I concluded that Canon made their functions more intuitively, designed their bodies much more comfortably. And most important (I won't name their biggest competitor) imitation is the biggest form of flattery. I've noticed slowly someone elses placement of functions, and more notably the recent usage of CMOS imaging processors in their digital cameras is slowly becomming Canon's 'already yesterday innovations'. i love what canon is all about...never looking back.
 
I'm not a professional photographer. But I've used/owned different brands of digicams through the years (kodak, olympus, sony) but it is only after using my uncle's canon camera (canon A400) that I was realy impressed with the resulting pictures. And after that I bought a Canon A95 for myself the following day and I've been having a lot of fun experimenting with it.
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The first slr I used belonged to the high school arts department and it was a Pentax K1000. I learned early on that a camera is nothing more than a light tight box with a lens attached and began thinking of it as a tool to recreate on film what I saw with my naked eye. Then when I had earned enough money from my after school job to buy a slr I went shopping. There wasn't a specific camera or even one manufacturer that I was looking for, but rather a camera that felt good in my hands. I found a Canon A-1 with a 50mm f/1.4 lens at a pawn shop that I was able to negotiate down to $340. That was in 1978 so that would be like $2000 in today's dollars when adjusting for my weekly wage and how hard I had to work to earn that much. My A-1 proved to be a great camera and had even more features than the Canon F-1. Over the next 10 years I had accumulated 7 or 8 FD lenses so buying a T90 in '88 was a natural progression. When AF came out I couldn't believe the camera world was making such a big deal about something that was not the least bit necessary. The day finally came when I needed an AF camera housed inside a sound-proof blimp for shooting production stills on movie sets. The EOS 620 and a USM 35-105mm I bought with it worked perfectly. A few years after that I bought a Canon 28-135mm IS lens for the blimp and realized that if it weren't for the invention of AF they couldn't have developed the image stabilization technology. Of course when Canon came out with the eye controlled EOS 50e (Elan IIe) I bought one and was thoroughly impressed with everything Canon had provided me over the years. Digital? Well I'm still testing the waters because the best ones still have room for improvement and the price will come down around the $4000 mark. For now the 300D will do for the few applications that it is needed for. It is especially more user friendly since applying the firmware hacks from Wasia and the Undutchables. My latest purchase is a Canon 20-35mm, simply beautiful images and photos... EF-S BAH!!
 
I have recently bought a Canon G6 because my Nikon Coolpix died on me suddenly.
I was desperate to find a new camera and the choice was easy once I held the Canon in my hands. It is small, lightweight, easy to set and operate,- and I like the picture quality.
I do a lot of hiking and the weight and size is important for me, as most semi-professional cameras are too big, too heavy and cumbersome to carry for an extended time. Been there, done it!
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So, for me it is a Canon G6.
Marialuisa
 
Back in the days when I used film I always shot Nikon. My first introduction into digital was an Olympus C-2100UZ fondly known as the Uzi. When I progressed on from the Uzi to DSLR, I liked the idea of immage stabilization (which the Uzi had) and Canon was the leader at that time. A friend and co-worker was selling his Canon D30 and I bought it. It has since been replaced with a 20D.
Would I go the same route today. Now Nikon produces many lenses with stabilization and offer some nice choices in their DSLR line, so I don't know.
But I don't regret having taken the Canon path.
 
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