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Canon EOS 400D D-SLR or Sony Alpha A100 DSLR?

About to buy a camera. have not owned a DSLR before and am looking for an entry modell. I have decided on either the Canon EOS 400D or the Sony Alpha A100, any ideas?

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  1. Blindly go for SONY. Becoz Sony's Carl Zeiss lens is considered to be worlds NO 1. Canon uses Leika Dicomor and It is not advised to go for that. Most options in Sony are compared to be excellent than Canon' s Leika Dicomor lens. But one disadvantage is that Sony''s Night mode tints the picture in Green , whereas Canon retains all colours as seen through the camera
  2. There is one more option you have got. Nikon D40 an entry level SLR camera which has the same quality like its famous D80 and D200. To compare more on cameras visit www.dpreview.com http://www.dcresource.com
  3. between those 2 I prefer (gulp!) Canon. However take a close look at Pentax K10D in a similar price point. You'll find it offers much more of a profesional set then the other two without breaking the bank TIPA award for best expert camera (European photographic Grammy) http://www.tipa.com/awa_detail_2007.lasso?-Search=Action&-Table=web&-Database=awards_2007&-KeyValue=110
  4. Here you go. This is an item I wrote that is supposed to convince you to buy a Nikon D80, but if you choose to ignore the Nikon (that's okay.......), you can still use the article to help you choose the Canon over the Sony. Please. The February 2007 issue of Popular Photography has an article where they compared the top 10 MP DSLR's. I took the scores and ranked the cameras similar to the way Formula 1 gives championship points. I just gave 5 for 1st place down to 1 for last place, splitting the difference when cameras tied in their catagories. They evaluated Image Quality (giving this twice as much weight as anything else), Ease of Use, Control, and System Flexibility. The final order and my scores are: Nikon D80 - 17.5 points - BEST in Image Quality, Control and System Flexibility Canon Rebel XTi (400D) - 13.5 points - Tied for best in System Flexibility Pentax K10D - 11 points - Tied for best in Ease of Use Samsung GX10 - 11 points - Tied for best in Ease of Use Sony Alpha 100 - 7 points - LAST in Image Quality, Ease of Use and System Flexibility." Then again, this is the same magazine that put the Sony Alpha 100 dead last in this comparison named it the camera of the year in the previous issue! (In a follow-up to this seeming error, Pop Photo published the explanation that only the D80 and the Sony had been tested by the end-of-year deadline for choosing the Camera of the Year. Sony won on the strength of low price and built-in image stabilization. The other 3 that beat Sony in shoot-out were not tested until after the Camera of the Year was selected, because they were not yet available.) Go to the original question and read the responses for more opinions. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AiG00eHyd0oq5b.X7J.jiULzy6IX?qid=20070113133139AAHWJY0 If you want to get the "best" for the real world, consider the Nikon D200 or Canon 30D if you can afford it. For about $300-500 less, look at the results of the recent PopPhoto test and choose from that list according to your taste. Personally, I use a Nikon D200 and would recommend it without hesitation to someone who has some knowledge of photography. For someone who wants the "best," but is starting with somewhat of an "entry level" knowledge base, I'd suggest the Nikon D80. There are people out there who will state their preference for the Canon cameras and I will not argue with them. The Canon 30D and 400D are excellent cameras as well. You would have to visit a camera store or camera department and pick them up and see what you think. This review is now available online at: http://www.popphoto.com/cameras/3569/10mp-dslr-shootout.html Here's another reference from outside the photographic press. Consumer reports compared the Nikon D80, Canon Rebel XTi and Sony Alpha. Personally, I'd say that the Nikon came out on top here, also. It beats the Sony in "noise-free ISO" with an acceptable rating at ISO 1600 (kind of optimistic, I think...) compared to the Sony's ISO 400. It beats the Canon (in my opinion) by having a spot meter that the Canon does not offer. http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/electronics-computers/news-electronics-computers/november-2006/shootout-10-megapixel-digital-slr-cameras-11-06/overview/0611_digital-slr-shoot-out.htm Here's another comparison or interest: http://www.digitalcamerainfo.com/content/Canon-Rebel-XTi-vs-Nikon-D80-vs-Sony-Alpha-A100-Head-to-Head-to-Head-Digital-Camera-Review-.htm [Note the navigation menu near the top of the review] The next thing to consider is what lens to start with and where you go from there. If you are new to this, I'd say to just get the "kit" lens, which seems to be the 18-135 lens for the D80, and get started. Once you know where you really want to go with your photography, Nikon has an almost unlimited family of lenses to choose from.
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