any SLR users out there?

[UpscaleBoas]

every post if seen here seams to be about digital.....just wondering?

[Big Mike]

SLR all the way....

I have an old Canon EOS 650. The first auto focus SLR that Canon made. I like it but I would really like to upgrade. What I really, really want is a digital SLR like the new Canon Digital Rebel or better yet the Canon 10D.

I think that for herp photography, digital point & shoot cameras are the best way to go. They usually have pretty good macro capabilities while on an SLR you have to buy a really expensive lens to get good macro shots.

I have a set of close-up adaptors that screw onto my lens and gives pretty good magnification.

[Removed_2815]

For most of my life I used a Pentax MV1 (ca. 1979) that was in mint condition, I had a good macro lens and a beautiful 80-210mm telephoto lens. I thought I would never go digital.....
Then I found a digital camera that has evey function imagineable plus manual features, I am in control of the aperature, flash intensity and duration, shutter speed, f-stop etc. I purchased the digital camera and "developed" some 11x14"s and the dgital is so much better, plus I don't waste rolls of film to get that perfect shot.
I never thought I would be without my antiquated SLR but it has long since been retired to my own personal smithsonian - and I haven't looked back!
Digital all the way!
Cheers,
RMB

[Big Mike]

Good point, there are a lot of "consumer" level digital cameras that offer a lot of the features that an experienced photographer would use. The main difference then becomes the interchangeable lenses on an SLR that a "regular" camera does not have. Some of the "regular" digital cameras can use accessories lenses, filters etc though...so they can compete with an SLR.

One plus for digital P&S (point & shoot) cameras over digital SLRs is that you can compose the picture with the view finder. Even with all the bells & whistles of a Digital SLR...you still cant see the picture on the screen until you snap the shot.

[Colonel SB]

I'm an SLR user Cannon EOS Elan 7 & Cannon Rebel 2000. I am tempted to get a didital slr can anyone spare $3,000 ?

[Lisa]

I haven't touched my SLR since going digital... just doesn't make sense, cost of film, developing then scanning time... I'll take my digital over that any day

[Wuntu Menny]

I grew up on Pentax ME and ME super. When I had the money to buy my own, I bought a used super and a 70-210 telemacro lense. That setup was "misappropriated" by an ex years ago and I've been waiting to afford a new digi ever since.

Now they bring out the digital SLR's and I've gotta get one. It looks like the best of both worlds to me. Digital convenience with optical versatility, who could ask for more?

Mind you, should a used ME turn up at a reasonable price, how could I say no?

WM

[Big Mike]

I would love to buy a DSLR right now but there are some problems...money for one...they are still expensive. Small sensor...the ones that are affordable (if you can call them that) are not full frame (compared to 35mm film). Like the Canon Digital Rebel and 10D...the smaller sensor causes a 1.6x cropping factor. So any lenses that you have used on a film SLR would effectively be 1.6 times longer with these digital SLRs. That is good if you are shooting wild life or anything far away...bad if you want a wide angle for landscapes etc.

My point is that things are always changing in the digital world. Pretty soon the cheaper DSLRs will be under $1000 (or even less) and there will be full frame DSLRs (that are not $8000). Also, the day will soon come when the average DSLR will be able to eclipse the image quality of 35mm film.