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Originally Posted by AsheAshe  Its not a good camera either. Having to use another button in order to alter aperture rather than a dedicated control? horrible high iso noise? slow buffer? shitty plasticy build quality? it was my first DSLR but I was pretty glad to see the back of it when I replaced it with a 20D
as for prices, that was going by ebay which is a fairly accurate price guide. That, and youd probably not want a DSLR thats probably had close to its shutter-life in actuations. pissing money away really |
Yes its pretty poor compared to the 20,30,5,1D's (all of which cost far more) but its still a sound camera and far better than anything else of the time - I haven't used any bridge cameras since the Fuji 7000 and its got nothing on the 300D, I don't know how it'd compare to the newer bridge cameras, but I can't see them being better all round than the 300D
The shutter life will be determined by how its been kept; most people don't shoot at the rate we do, so there will be a lot of 300D's out there which haven't been that well used (even if they must be...3 years old now?).
Slow buffer - its fast enough for most things (not including weddings and high speed sports stuff), and mine managed to do me fine when I worked for the press.
Shitty plasticy build quality - its not that bad, my press one put up with a lot of abuse with only minor superficial scratching, so its not as bulletproof is the alloy ones but its still far from fragile.
Can you think of a better option for that budget?
