Ok I'm going to forget about the Fujis - ad thanks to all for your patience
and advice :)
I do like the 350D - so I'll look at the camera exchange shops and if it
takes a while, then I'll priobably put enough by for new anyway.
Thanks again guys, much appreciated,
Allan
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>From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [OM] Re: Eekbay
>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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