My other passion...Cameras!

[bleeding_sarcasm]

I personally use a Canon D-SLR, which is probably the closest that you are going to get to a digital 35mm. Some people prefer Nikon over Canon, however, both are high quality cameras, and depending on you level of expierience, can be beginner/intermedite friendly, or up to the high end/professional level. DPreview.com is a great site for side by side reviews on an assortment of cameras. If you have already invested in alot of different lenses, you might want to think of getting something like the 1D, 5d, etc, that i belive are ef, and ef-s compadible.

[JuliusSqueezer]

All the DSLRs are built on 35mm camera chassis that have been reworked for digital. So it doesn't really matter if it's Nikon, Canon, Pentax, Fuji ...It's going to work very much the same as whatever 35 it was modeled after.

Which ever you choose, one of the first things you will think is the coolest thing ever with digital is that you can change iso on the fly. Coming off of film, this is a hard one to grasp ..or was for me lol. Being able to switch from 200 asa to 400 ..800...1600 etc between every shot if I wanted where before we had to change film and for the next 36 shots was stuck with that choice of iso...or asa same thing.

Lag sucks though. Having given up film for a couple of years and then going back...It was refreshing to not have lag! 5 or 6 frames per second never seemed like a big deal till digital lag slowed everything down. You sure do appreciate the speed when you revisit it later. Even the fastest digitals have some lag between pressing the shutter button and actual exposure/buffer/write. You know what I mean? We've all done it...sitting there trying to catch a tongue shot from your snake...keep seeing it...keep missing it. You can turn all the auto crap off and shoot manual if you know how and speed up getting the shot off some. My D100 really lags because I have it set up to pop the mirror up a split second before the shutter is fired so it reduces vibration...so it's like a double click but I get sharper images now. Still it feels weird now to pick up a blazing fast nikon f3 with a motordrive and fire off a few with no digilag. push the button and it actually takes a picture and i'm like..no wait...isn't it supposed to make a few groans and whirrrr sounds before it actually snaps?

[firekick3]

Originally Posted by bleeding_sarcasm

I personally use a Canon D-SLR, which is probably the closest that you are going to get to a digital 35mm. Some people prefer Nikon over Canon, however, both are high quality cameras, and depending on you level of expierience, can be beginner/intermedite friendly, or up to the high end/professional level. DPreview.com is a great site for side by side reviews on an assortment of cameras. If you have already invested in alot of different lenses, you might want to think of getting something like the 1D, 5d, etc, that i belive are ef, and ef-s compadible.

I THINK the 1D and 5D are "full frame" cameras, meaning the ef-s lenses won't work with them. Noit a huge deal as the ef-s lenses IMO are a little cheaper quality than the EF line.

	In My Opinon IMO = In My Opinion and IMHO = In My Honest Opinion

[JuliusSqueezer]

You guys are talking Canon...I'm out of this one lol. My loyalty to Nikon only slips now and then for manufacturers that build on Nikon bodies...like Fuji and Kodak.

[el_shorty]

Originally Posted by firekick3

I THINK the 1D and 5D are "full frame" cameras, meaning the ef-s lenses won't work with them. Noit a huge deal as the ef-s lenses IMO are a little cheaper quality than the EF line.

The 1Ds and 5D are "full frame", the 1D series cameras have an APS-H size sensor, still the EF-S lenses don't work with the 1D because those lenses are made for APS-C size sensors, cameras with APS-C sensors are the Digital Rebel, XT, XTi, 20D, and 30D.

	In My Opinon IMO = In My Opinion and IMHO = In My Honest Opinion

[el_shorty]

Originally Posted by All_American

JS: would you have any suggestions on a digital that has the feel of a 35mm camera? My 35 is a Minolta Maxxum 5000i, got lost when the digital craz came out and put it aside for a while for a Canon G2, but now I want to go back to a full size feel camera that is digital? Any suggestions of whats good and not good out there these days?
Thanks,
Ed

If you already have Minolta lenses I would suggest that you take a look a the Sony A100, I have heard good things about that camera.

[JuliusSqueezer]

Or sell them on ebay and buy up some cool Nikon glass I just picked up a 28-210AF Tokina lens for 60 bucks not long ago in like new condition. Now my n90s can quit mooching so much out of my dslr bag