Hello to all forum members
I am in the frame of mind to change my camera's from film to go into digital ,I'am considering the cannon E.O.S 10D so if anyone could give me any tips It would be most helpful, I want to take bird photo's. thank you.
walt-m
Hello Walt, and sorry that you have not received a response sooner. Also, welcome to BF.
The 10D is a wonderful camera. I mainly take bird photos and you are certainly welcome to look in the gallery under my name, or you can look at www.pbase.com/bcurrie. I reference this only so that to give you at least a little idea that I know something of which I speak.
I do not have the 10D, but know people who do and none have been sorry with their purchase. However, none of them are bird photographers. The problem with the 10D is the price of the lenses, certainly not exclusively a problem for the 10D, but any true DSLR. And of course, if you mind it, the weight that would come with those lenses. With birds, one really needs the reach to get a decent to great shot. That is why I have opted for a camera with a built in 10X optical zoom, the Canon Pro90IS. Now out of production, but coming down in price (around $400-ish) and still a great camera. However, the new Minolta A1, with a 7X optical zoom, could be a worthy contender, especially with that 1/16000 shutter speed and 5 MP. Not the perfect camera, certainly not a DSLR, but either the Canon or Minolta A1 are worth considering. Personally, I do not think the Minolta Z1 is worth considering, though it does have the 10X optical zoom.
However, if you are set on the 10D, you cannot go wrong. If you haven't already, check out www.dpreview.com and his review of the 10D.
I stumbled across an aviation digiscoping/telephotography forum last night and almost without exception every photo (and they were absolute crackers - as Frank Carson used to say) was taken with Canon 35mm or DSLR bodies and Canon lenses. Out of about fifty posts only two others were for Nikon equipment and just one user was with Minolta gear. This forum too was worldwide like ours.