Advice Please re Silver finish on 300D

[SHOCKER]

Hi Guys

Well I have had a Canon EOS 1000FN 35mm camera for many years now with no probs at all. But unfortunately - after travelling 31000 miles around teh world on honeymoon - all my films are ruined for some reason. Never had thi sproble before. They are very grainy indeed - quality rubbish - some only half white on the pic. The film was ISO 400 - settings were correct. Some people have wondered if it has underexposed ( soem pics are darker tahn they should be) otherss wonder if exposure to different temps have done it - because we travelled around USA - Australia - Ayers Rock 33% then eventually to NZ being 5degrees

Dont know how I can improve any of thepics now as they have all been developed negs. If any one has any suggestions please let me know

Anyway since this has happened _ I have had enough of film and have seen teh benefit of digiatl from my wedding pics - I have wasted a lot of money on developing films that have turned out crap and half teh roll the pics ar enot wanted anyway.

So to cut the story short - I have seen and am really interested in buying the new Canon 300D SLR - I have read a lot of reviews and 95% of them have been positive regarding the camera.

This may sound really daft but my real big concern is teh silver finish - as I keep my cameras a longtime - I am worried that over time with the constant back and fro in the bag taht the silver will wear off on the edges thus showing dirty balck marks that will make it scruffy - i know its early days - but can anyone tell me their thoughts on this please??
( I will probably end up buyingit anyway and keeping care)
cheers

SHOCKER

[billhercus]

Are you serious?

[karusel]

I think somebody should seriously consider producing cloth (leather?) covers for Rebel's shameful body... :D

[CyberDyneSystems]

Do you remember those Ivy League looking leather jackets that cameras had... I have an antique Kodak 35mm rangfinder with a brown leather jacket sitting on a shelf (next to a bellows camera) The interior of the leather was suede... but even back then it seemd Kodak was trying to hide its "silverness" (in this case real chrome plated metal... no plastic :)

Shocker,

You could allways paint it black :)

[DNHayashida]

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=297504&is=REG

[karusel]

Dude, that's a case.

[Gerdav43]

Hello, it's digital!!! You won't have it for a decade. Don't worry about the finish. You'll have it a few years and be so hooked you'll want the latest technology. Anyway, if you travelled 31,000 miles around the world you can certainly afford a 10d with a black finish.

[Belmondo]

Scratches and scrapes on a camera are a lot like airport tags on your suitcase. They show you've been around....you've traveled a lot! Wear those scuffs with pride. The more, the better, I say.

[karusel]

If you don't travel around, you can still get some pretty stylish scratches going around in the local bushes... :D

[DNHayashida]

karusel wrote:
Dude, that's a case.

A fitted case - where the body part of it stays on all the time - note the "The case is designed to conveniently expose the camera controls and LCD panel" in the description, would protect from scuffs and scratches wouldn't it?

I have a fitted case for all my cameras. One of them is a Nikon F bought in 1958 (my father bought it, not me). The case is scuffed up like an old leather shoe, but there isn't a single mark on the camera itself. Okay, a few dings on the lens, but the camera body itself looks like the day it was bought.

Darryl Hayashida

[PacAce]

dnhayashida wrote:
karusel wrote:
Dude, that's a case.

A fitted case - where the body part of it stays on all the time - note the "The case is designed to conveniently expose the camera controls and LCD panel" in the description, would protect from scuffs and scratches wouldn't it?

I have a fitted case for all my cameras. One of them is a Nikon F bought in 1958 (my father bought it, not me). The case is scuffed up like an old leather shoe, but there isn't a single mark on the camera itself. Okay, a few dings on the lens, but the camera body itself looks like the day it was bought.

Darryl Hayashida

How often to you have to swap films/cd cards before the case becomes a royal pain in the backside?? And I guess battery grips will be out of the question, eh, with the case in use?

[DNHayashida]

pacace wrote:
dnhayashida wrote:
karusel wrote:
Dude, that's a case.

A fitted case - where the body part of it stays on all the time - note the "The case is designed to conveniently expose the camera controls and LCD panel" in the description, would protect from scuffs and scratches wouldn't it?

I have a fitted case for all my cameras. One of them is a Nikon F bought in 1958 (my father bought it, not me). The case is scuffed up like an old leather shoe, but there isn't a single mark on the camera itself. Okay, a few dings on the lens, but the camera body itself looks like the day it was bought.

Darryl Hayashida

How often to you have to swap films/cd cards before the case becomes a royal pain in the backside?? And I guess battery grips will be out of the question, eh, with the case in use?

Depending on the design, some use a couple snaps to hold it on, some use the tripod screw socket to hold it on, but with every fitted case I have on my cameras it only takes a few seconds to pop it off. You are right, the case does not fit over a battery grip, but for me carrying a spare battery is more convenient than the bulk and weight of a battery grip. Your Mileage May Vary.
Darryl Hayashida

[clos]

If you intend to use the camera a long time, and BTW everyone here is not necesarily a techno geek like us and need "the latest technology " after all its about making prints right?

l digress, I heard the shutter life of the Digital Rebel is less than 30K clicks whereas the 10D is over 120K. I wish I kept that article. So that may be more important to you than the asthetics.

-Clos

[DNHayashida]

clos wrote:
If you intend to use the camera a long time, and BTW everyone here is not necesarily a techno geek like us and need "the latest technology " after all its about making prints right?

l digress, I heard the shutter life of the Digital Rebel is less than 30K clicks whereas the 10D is over 120K. I wish I kept that article. So that may be more important to you than the asthetics.

-Clos

The estimate I saw was 50k pictures, but regardless of that, be realistic in estimating how long that will be. Sure right now when the camera is new you are taking a few hundred, maybe a thousand pictures a month, and that might go on for a few months, but will you still be taking that many pictures next year? If you are you really do need a top of the line professional camera. A realistic estimate for me at 30k pictures is 8 - 10 years.
Darryl Hayashida

[vvizard]

Agree. We're often frightend by numbers that "seem" low. The one think I know for sure, is that one year ago I bought my first camera. Sold it just recently to get the 10D. When it was sold, It had taken just above 3000 pictures. In my first 10D month, I've taken just above 700.. Unless I'm shooting some special arrangement where I easily can snatch 500+ pictures in a day, I seriously don't think I'll do more than 100-200 pics a month.

[karusel]

50K clicks? Then what, it explodes?

[clos]

Then the shutter mechanism fails and you must get it replaced.

My 10D's shutter froze after 20K clicks and was worried l had reached its limit. I was assured that was not the case after Canon fixed it.

Regardless, the 10D costs 1.5 times more but is rated to last at least twice as much as the Digital Rebel. Not to mention the other benefits.

-Clos

[SHOCKER]

hi Guys

Well thanks for your - shall we say interesting comments and suggestions of covering it up with cloth or leather - scratches from bushes and even painting it balck and spending all my money on a 10D - but NOT

They were funny - glad I am on the Guiness tonight hey!!

I get the bottom line meaning - just get on with it and if I want it - get it- so I probably will!!

CanI ask 2 more questions if you would be so kind folks:

What Compact Flash cards do you have? size and? how many pics do they hold

and does nt the 7 point AF little squares in the view finder put you off?

thanks guys

cheers
Shocker