nice price

No bracketing... but for this price, this is a good deal.
The XTi is pricing down too!

I have this camera and I love it. Very nice for an entry level digital SLR.

You can save $1 by getting it from Amazon for $509.95 shipped. Yes, you're burp welcome, bitches!

I got one too. It's great.

This is an amazing camera definately worth the money

but what makes this camera better than the 8mp Canon Rebel XT for $490 at ecost?

I'll take a sub-$400 Pentax K100D kit over this any day. In-body shake reduction, bracketing (yes, you can do HDR with a $300-something), 11-point AF and a far better 18-55mm kit lens with 3.1fps.

If you're going to spend money (several thousand), can't go wrong with Canon or Nikon plus their high-end glass, especially image stablized lenses. If you don't want to spend that kind of money, Pentax, any day.

Don't know how many people I know that bought Canon and Nikon dSLR camers just so they "start up quick" to take pictures of their kids and run into shake issues as well as the IQ of their crappy "kit" lenses.

If you're going to buy Canon or Nikon, spend the money because they are great "Pro" solutions. If you want to just use your dSLR and not drop a lot of dough, Pentax (Samsung is also Pentax) is a no-brainer -- K100D on the cheap, K10D more for "experts".

Or possibly look at Sony (fka Minolta) who also had in-body stablization (and their new 12MP solution, true CMOS APS-C sized sensor looks great too -- although I'd wait until it drops under $1K).

I like Pentax too. My friend who is photographer told me that Canon's CMOS is always better than Nikon. To me, they are the same since I don't have one. However, this price looks good.

My friend has one of these, great camera

Someone told me this thing has the zoom on the lense and basically you are stuck with it.

Nice camera, but for another $200 or so you might prefer the D40x, which gives you 10MP (lets' you crop some more). Check out staff reviews/writeups at dpreview dott kom for the Nikon D40, D40x, and the Pentax cameras mentioned here. Also, B&H rocks!!! Their stuff is never the cheapest, never the most expensive, but I trust them unreservedly.

With due respect to the Pentax crowd, I must opine that Nikon glass is very good. This 18-55 is better than Nikon's kit 18-135 lens, and compares favorably with the pro f2.8 18-55mm lens. For some lens reviews check out kenrockwell dott kom. Ken also talks at length about his theory of good pictures, with adequate disclaimers (note that Ken shoots/writes for color composition, rather than sports/action, something he notes and which you must remember). Ken also observes that while Canon is better in the lab, Nikon is better in the field for several reasons, but primarily because of Canon's horrid LCD screen that gives no indication of what you actually shot. I ended up buying into the Nikon D200, and compared walk-around shots with my friend's Canon 5D. The 5D is a great camera, and (as Ken Rockwell notes) is great for things that don't move and which are reproducable (test charts (lol), table work, some landscapes (although the sun/weather/lighting moves so you never truly get the "same" shot)). But I prefer my Nikon because of the LCD screen's true-to-view quality (as well as the smaller chip allowing the use of smaller, lighter, cheaper lenses compared to Canons). But look out when Canon puts a decent LCD on their camera (maybe a 5Ds ?) ...ymmv

#13, with all due respect, Ken can go suck my carrot. Stupid misleading burp bastard. You notice how he has a special 'left-handed' Nikon camera made just for him? on the front page and contact page too? and yeah he wears his watch backward too. Lame ass carrot sucker burp assswipe.

You want real reviews, go to fredmiranda.com, or photozone.de.

dizzymon247 are you retarded?

Great deal on this camera. I own this model and definitely love it. It's the perfect camera for someone who is getting into dSLR's and is planning on spending some $$$ on glass.

#10 doesn't know what he's talking about. IS is great if your subject is static, but it doesn't help you any when it comes to action shot.

I'm looking at either this camera or one of the Canon Digital Rebel XT cameras. This does look like a nice one, though.

God this board is really uncivil at times.

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Truncated] Was this useful? Voting ... 0 0 19 TheBS - Posted 3:32 pm PDT 09/11/07 (1285 Posts)  Report Spam phazeless wrote: #13, with all due respect, Ken can go suck my carrot. Stupid misleading burp bastard. You notice how he has a special 'left-handed' Nikon camera made just for him? on the front page and contact page too? and yeah he wears his watch backward too. Lame ass carrot sucker burp assswipe. Well, you don't need to be that rude. But yes, I rather tire of Nikon D200 owners suckering people into buying the Nikon D40[x]. They are not even comparable! The features (way more features), build quality (the stainless steel body is outstanding), costs (sub-$400 and sub-$800) and "entry-level" lenses (the DA 18-55 or 16-45 plus the DA 50-200 can't be beat -- especially at today's $150 rebates for the body+lens combo) of the Pentax K100D and K10D systems are just night'n day compared to the Nikon D40 and D40x, respectively. I am not comparing to the D200 or 5D, but the D40 and similar (although the Rebel XT[i] is far better than the D40[x] in features). And then you have to consider that you always get bracketing, in-body IS, 3.1fps and many, many other features "as standard" in the K100D/K10D products. Was this useful? Voting ... 0 0 20 ej30013 - Posted 10:19 am PDT 09/12/07 (8 Posts)  Report Spam thanks for the info Was this useful? Voting ... 0 0 Comments and Reviews (20) Sign in to post your comment Already a member? Sign in below. Username Password Forgot Password? Sign in to post your comment Registration takes seconds! Once registered you’ll have members only access to: Favorites bookmark list Fully customizable User Profile Discussions on all products Forums & more Create an Account or Ben’s Announcements NEW Enter our Ben's Bargains Father's Day Gadget Giveaway for a chance to win a Roku 2 XS with 6 months of Streaming Netflix! Giveaway ends 5/28 at 11:59PM (PDT). Good luck! 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