I’ve been considering making the jump from digital point-and-shoot cameras to DSLR for a while now. Recently I’ve been looking more seriously into getting an “entry-level” DSLR camera.
At the moment, two of the major competitors in the 10MP DSLR space are the Canon Digital Rebel XTi and Nikon’s D40x. Each of these cameras is rated very highly, and in most cases the two are rated almost identically.
One of the go-to sites for digital camera reviews is DP Review. They rated both of these cameras a 51/60 which puts them both in the “highly recommended” category. So given that both of them are really great introduction-to-DSLR cameras, how’s a guy to choose?
After consulting with several people (thanks Dan, Jay, Chris & Rens!) and reading yet more online reviews, it seemed that the deciding factor wasn’t “which camera is better”, but “which camera feels better”. Dan described it best when he said that you need to “go with your friend”…
So I did. I have chosen. If all goes according to plan I’ll be posting the first pictures from my new camera in the next few days.
In case you’re reading for a review, check out the reviews I mentioned earlier:
- Canon EOS 400D (Digital Rebel)
- Nilon D40x
TTFN…
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1 My new Camera at K’s Weblog // Jun 11, 2007 at 8:53 pm
[...] my very brief review from the other day, I mentioned that the two cameras carry nearly identical specs, and at the end [...]
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