20D Questions

[braidwood494]

After realizing all the money I would save in the long run and the convenience of it all, I am seriously concidering going digital. It all started with the news of the Canon 20D (I'm into the Canon system). The more I learn, the more it scares me as far as quality degradation such as distortion, color abberation, and sharpness issues when using anything other than DSLR or L lenses. Is it that big of an issue? I figure I have about a $1500 budget and I'm a big macro fan who loves the versatility of the 35mm system and I'm looking for gallery quality images like a good drum scanned print. Can someone point me in the right direction with my needs in mind? How do the 8 MP images stand up to a high quality Velvia drum scan? Any help is appreciated.

[Malaxos1]

It is worth the purchase. I went to a PPA (professional photographers of America) meeting two weeks ago and they said that 50% of their members have gone completly digital. They asked for a show of hands and only 4 or 5 hands went up when asked who is still shooting only film. That was out 100 pro photographers. They were told that now is the time and that they will be left in the dust if they didn't jump on board. I have the 20D myself and while there are some coplaining about issues with the camera, I have not had one problem. I do have a very good Canon DSLR for sale at a great price if interested, just email me...Dean

djmalaxos@hotmail.com Just make sure you type something in the subject line about it or I won't open it...Dean

[Jon]

Distortion, chromatic aberration and sharpness issues aren't restricted to digital cameras - they're design limitations of the lenses. If you're satisfied with the results from your existing lenses on 35 mm film, you'll most likely be equally satisfied with how they do in digital, maybe even more so, as these problems are most pronounced at the edges of image circle and most DSLRs, with their smaller sensors, aren't using the edges.

[Mark_Cohran]

The only way you can answer that question for yourself is to rent a camera and find out. Find a good local camera shot that will rent you a camera for a day and then go shoot. I switched almost completely to digital when the D30 came out and I've never looked back. I still shoot some MF film, but you simply can't beat digital for the versatility and total control.

Mark