I have a D30 and I am very pleased with it. I'm a long time digital photographer (going back to the DCS3) and I used a D2000 for three years before moving to the D30.
The image quality from the D30 is outstanding. Easily better than any other digital SLR in its price range (including the original Nikon D1). The build quality seems a little flimsy, but mine has held up extremely well. I work at a daily newspaper and my D30s are used every day under some pretty wretched circumstances and they have held up very well. A couple of outstanding points: 1) Image quality can't be beat. 2) Battery life is outstanding. And it used the same batteries as the Canon digital video cameras and G2 Powershot so they are readily available if you're in a bind and need to replace the battery in a hurry. 3) Flash ROCKS with this camera. Finally somebody has gotten TTL flash right with a digital SLR and you have full E-TTL with the speedlite STE2 transmitter. 4) Price. For $2,700 (more or less) it's the best digital camera out there. A couple of negative points: 1) Autofocus performance is very poor. Nowhere near the standards of the Canon EOS3. This camera has the slowest AF performance I can remember in my EOS cameras. 2) It's very slow (shutter lag, frame rate etc) compared to film SLRs. 3) The software, although better (IMO) than the Nikon provided software, is very slow. This can be fixed by purchasing 3rd party software solutions (I use a program called Photomechanic) But the bottom line is that I really like this camera and I can recommend it for almost anything you want to shoot, with the possible exception of night time sports. The AF is simply not up to the demands of low level, low contrast rapid focusing. jack on 11/3/01 9:49 AM, EOS-Digest at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2001 10:17:11 -0600 > From: "Alex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: EOS D30 - impressions? > > Some kind of insanity has gripped me, and I'm now considering buying a > digital SLR. Right now, I'm trying out an Olympus E-10, and I like it, but > it a) sucks AA rechargeables like nobody's business and b) isn't compatible > with microdrives. Since it's considerably more expensive, I didn't really > consider the D30. But now, with Canon's rebate deal (free 1GB microdrive > and spare battery), I'm tempted. Plus, I already have a handful of lenses > for it. > > I'd like to hear some general impressions from people who have the D30; > things like: how long does the battery last? how do the prints look at > 8x10? how is the metering? The E-10 is pretty nice, but its metering isn't > quite as accurate as my Elan 7, and its autofocus is easily fooled by > backlit subjects. > > I've read a lot of reviews across the 'net, but I figured I'd try to get > some impressions from a little bit more knowledgeable and friendly crowd > here. :) Thanks in advance! > > Watching the moths fly out of his wallet, > Alex * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
