why is there so much D10 talk ?

what's the fuzz al about ? is it that good ?

 

Because it is an excellent camera at at new lower benchmark price - I bought
one three months -ago previously I had sucessively been through two Olympus
DSLR's (which were excellent in their own way but didnt have interchangeable
lenses)
I suspect that like me, the many people who had bought the Canon 10D felt it
was the camera that they had all been waiting for. Yes there were others in
the market eg Nikon D100 but Canon spec is better and considerably less. I
would have got a Canon D60 had it not been withdrawn and replaced by the
10D.

I had been saying for years that what I wanted from a DSLR was at least the
same facility as my old manual Pentax 35mm film camera (and a bag full of
m42 screw-fit lenses). I long experience of all that maual kit certainly
helps when it comes to understanding and using digital - especially with
Photoshop. Ten minutes with PS = 60mins in the darkroom!

 

Canon is making and selling 30,000 of them a month. It's a full SLR
compatible with all Canon EF lenses fro about $1,500 dollars in the US. It
is the tip point that is sending a lot of people who were waiting for a
easonably priced full system SLR before going digital. There's a lot of talk
because there are a lot of customers, and potential customers.

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Imagine how many customers there will be when something comparable
is $750!

 

It's just the newest model out that the masses can afford... When the next
"new" model comes out, everybody will be talking about it instead...

<<< Dan >>>

 

My wife just bought a 17-34mm zoom that came in yesterday. Works like a
champ. Yes, I know that this isn't the "same 17 as with film", but it
certainly _is_ wide angle...

 

Yes, it really is that good. Basically, it's the first (somewhat!)
affordable digital camera that can compete head to head with a good film
SLR. Like many other SLR users, this is the sort of camera I've been
waiting for to go digital for serious photography.

 

First of all the Camera is the 10D not the D10 !
Second - yes it is that good - bought one three months ago and it was my
third DSLR in 7 years and it met (and exceeded) my long-standing criteria
for what I was waiting for in a DSLR. Basically I wanted a digital
equivalent of my old manual Pentax - in terms on me being in control of
settings and similar quality. Of course the 10D does a lot more besides - it
is an EOS camera after all. The technology has been there for some time but
the 10D was a revolution in price. I'm not saying things wont get better but
I feel I will be happy with by 10D for a year or so and I will have taken
some really great photos in the meantime.

Stuart

 

What do you use it for? To me, the resolution of digital cameras still
doesn't seem to be enough. The resolution of the 10D, for example, should
be sufficient for a print at around A4/Letter size, but not much more. At
least that's my experience from scanned film. Am I completely wrong here?

/Robert

 

Yep - I frequently print to 18"x12" from D30 3Mp files, with no
complaints from competition judges.
Haven't printed any 10D ones yet, but expect them to be even better.

 

You can print larger images via interpolation with no big problems as long
as you're not trying to cover the side of a building with them - and some
folks have reported varied success doing that, too!

I've got a review of a program that does interpolation really well, allowing
folks to make somewhat better enlargements than what you get with the
upsizing features of most basic image editors. The link to the review is:
http://www.digitalcamerabasics.com/imagener.htm You can also use one of
several plug-ins that are available for Photoshop that now do a similar job
(though are a bit more expensive). For those not seriously into publishing
or having a need for near-perfect enlargements, you can use the "resize"
feature in Paint Shop Pro, Photoshop Elements, or any other number of image
editors to bump up the resolution for larger prints, too.

True... 6 megapixels isn't exactly earth shattering, and it will no doubt
increase in cameras as sensor technology improves and becomes less
expensive. But for "most" users, a good lens on a digital SLR and 6MP is
plenty.


Greg

 

Yes.

Down at the individual pixel level, the 10D image is dramatically
cleaner, sharper & more fully saturated than an equivalent scanned
image, so you have a lot more lattitude for enlargement.
In practical terms, a 10D image straight out of the camera will give you
an excellent quality 8x12" (approx. 256DPI) print. With a bit of
carefull processing, you should be able to achieve clean enlargements 2
- 3 times larger than that.