YOU!!! made me do it!!!

[fatrat]

http://members.optusnet.com.au/abracare/pics/d70.jpg

Yes thats right! bye bye D70, Im a little sad now, hope your happy :cry:
It was a hard decision but you guys swayed me the Canon way and im keeping my 20D

HERE (http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=43456&item=7504720885&rd=1)

By the way the pic was taken with my 20D ;)

[jbradc]

It does my heart good to see another Nikon convert :-)
I was a Nikon user for many years (film, not digital) and made the switch about 10 years ago. I have never looked back.

[Huckaback Photo]

Great Scott.
Is this sort of photo allowed on this forum ?
must be at least 20 mentions of the ....N.... word in this pic.
Are you trying to insight a riot on here ?


Ah!
not so bad as I first thought a Canon 20D got a mention.
Enjoy the 20D.
Cheers
Martin

[roanjohn]

:mrgreen: Oh boy!!!

Congratulations!!! And welcome to L country!!!

Ro1

[dphotomania]

Thats why I stay away from other none canon forums, I dont want to be converted and had to sell all my canon gears. ;)

[Jon]

Thats why I stay away from other none canon forums, I dont want to be converted and had to sell all my canon gears. ;)

That shouldn't be a problem. You're using Canon, and everyone recognizes (although grudgingly in the case of NOINK owners) the unquestionable superiority of the Canon product line. Feel free to visit their fora and gloat!

[defordphoto]

Wow cool! No more D70 vs. XX threads. ;)

Congrats fatrat. You won't regret it.

[cmM]

Hello!
Another one ;)

[dphotomania]

That shouldn't be a problem. You're using Canon, and everyone recognizes (although grudgingly in the case of NOINK owners) the unquestionable superiority of the Canon product line. Feel free to visit their fora and gloat!

Jon! I was just kidding... I do go to other forum.:p

[mdm]

Err, what are you doing with the d70?

[Dante King]

I had a lady walk into my diner with a D70. I tried to stay cool and then decided to club her with my 20D and throw her out. Then I thought, "what the heck am I doing!". SO I grabed the nikon and used it instead of my 20D. (just kidding!) But i did give her a rash of greif as I still wanted her $$$. She actually let me hold it. I was so glad I went with canon and my 20D.

[carnagex2000]

I made the switch from Nikon also, and it was hard. (especially leaving the large viewfinder of my Nikon F4s -with DW-20 and DW-21 finders ) I purchased the 10D when it came out, and it took some getting used to, small viewfinder, no apature ring, etc. But im used to it now. I was going to purchase the 20D, but unforturnetly I went to PS World in vegas this year and played around with the 1D MkII and 1Ds MKII, and now after looking through the viewfinder, im sold. Its actually bright/large. Just what I missed with my F4s now I have to save up this summer to buy one. As for Nikon, great in the 80-90's but somehow they fell behind, im glad i switched over.




(one thing I wish canon would do is make for their pro models is a removable finder like my Nikon had, the 5x waist finder and 6x smoke stack finder where great in the studio and for closeup work, and the Angle Finder C does not cut it, ive tried it already)

[Tom W]

Wow cool! No more D70 vs. XX threads. ;)


I was hoping that the topic would get its own forum. :)

[Carzee]

Well, another Aussie, thats good.
Switched to Canon, thats got to be good.
Over 200 views of the eBay item, thats good.

[flameproof suit on]
...but stuck somewhere in Melbourne, thats bad!:lol:

[dkord]

I'm just curious, why exactly are you switching? How much will the 20D improve your photography? Seeing the pic of that Nikon outfit, the only thing I would of sold is the 28-300 3.5-6.3, yuk.
Don't get me wrong, I'm a Canon user and love my gear(wish I have more) but I have friends who do use the D70; for the stuff they do, it wouldn't matter which system they use.

[kevin_c]

I nearly went down the N**** D70 route, being a long time N**** user with F80 & F100 film cameras.
The D70 was just not built to a high enough standard for me and also has no vertical grip option. The old D100 was starting to show it's age (and based on the F80 had a rather cr*p autofocus compared to my F100) and a replacement was not forthcoming. The new N**** D2X had the right spec & build, but was (is) too expensive for me.
Along comes the 20D and I made the big 'jump' - I am now about to sell off my old N**** gear (cue tears!) so I can afford to build-up my Canon kit - So far I am more than happy with the 20D - Like 'Carnagex2000' above, I miss the large (near 100% view) bright viewfinder of the F100, but you do get used to it.

[fatrat]

cant agree with you on build quality of the D70 the D70 has build more solid then a 20D, the D70 feels so robust and solid i rekon you could beat it around a fair bit, and it feels much more comfy in the hand

the 20D although metal seems more fragile, i would not want to bang that around to much
the worst thing on the 20D is the CF card holder lid , its not in a good position and when i grip the 20D i can feel the memory card door flexing under the presure of the base of my right hand under normal grip, it flexs quite a bit when you grip it tight, i think its going to be loose and out of alignment after heavy use or even worse bust, lets hope not

[Kostyanych]

Well, another Aussie, thats good.
Switched to Canon, thats got to be good.
Over 200 views of the eBay item, thats good.

[flameproof suit on]
...but stuck somewhere in Melbourne, thats bad!:lol:

Well, if we can call me Aussie.... :) ... there is another one.... :)

[eosster]

Welcome, be glad you did this only with few equipment. I've lost lot of money when I did that. I had few good Nikon VR's and ....I should have stayed with Canon to begin with, LOL.

[Doom1701e]

Always had Canon, always will. I can't even imagine making a switch to a different brand, but I am glad you came over to our side.

[eosster]

Always had Canon, always will. I can't even imagine making a switch to a different brand, but I am glad you came over to our side.

Yep, I am still feeling in pain....LOL.

[tpinchback]

Nikon can't even spell camera right.

http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/203734

[amokkoma]

you did the right thing - I am proud of you!
Long live 20D!

[fatrat]

you did the right thing - I am proud of you!
Long live 20D!

THX

I Love you all!!!