> First impressions: The viewfinder is about the same as the Digital Rebel (I
> have the 300D, not later editions and its viewfinder is pretty good); the
The later Rebels have a crappier finder than the first gen? A
friend of mine has an XTi, and the viewfinder on it really sucks compared
to my -DS. I also find the XTi's LCD to be much grainier and dimmer than
the -DS.
> menu is not as nice or as easy to use as the Canon and it covers less; it is
> a
> good size, but I have liked the size of the Canon too; the built-in grip is
> better (more prominent); it is a lot noisier than the Canon (shutter slap), a
> lot, I didn't like that part; although slightly smaller than the Canon it is
> heavier, and it feels more solidly built; the layout of the controls is nice,
> I like having the mode dial (MF, A, etc.) on the left, rather than the
> right, it breaks up mentally the shutter from the mode dial; and I like the
> 16-45.
> I may like the 16-45 over the 17-40 4L, it seemed to go went wider angle,
> maybe the 1 difference in focal length is enough difference. But those were
> rapid first impressions and I have liked the 300D a lot more than people on
> this
> list would like me to have liked it. :-)
>
> If anyone wants to hear more first impression comparisons later, after I
> have tried it out more, just holler.
>
> Marnie aka Doe :-)
>
-Cory
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* Cory Papenfuss, Ph.D., PPSEL-IA *
* Electrical Engineering *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
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