350D or Nikon D70s

[syburn]

I was looking at these 2 cameras today. The nikon looks pretty good. How would you rate it against the 350D. Should I seriously be thinking of this as a way to go. Our should I choose canon. Im a beginner with no equiptment and I want to use my camera for wide angle Interior shots as well as wide angle landscapes.

Regards from a more confused beginners- Simon

[Medic1]

Personal Opinion?: 350D......I love the lens lineup Canon has, and its a natural stepping stone to the 20D if you ever want to upgrade.......the 20D will annihalate the D70. 350 comes close, hard to say if it outperforms....but its less expensive as well.

Go with the Canon....you won't be sorry.

[AjP]

Nikon is great camera but personally I agree with medic, I love Canon's lenses

[Tom W]

I've handled the D-70 and it is a pretty nice camera. But my preference between the two would be the XT. I'm a little biased, having a ton of Canon equipment, but I think that the XT offers a better package for the money. Feature - for - feature, the Canon is relatively equal to the D70, except that the XT is smaller, lighter, and offers a little more resolution with a little less image noise (grain). Plus, it's a bit less expensive than the Nikon.

The one thing I liked about the Nikon was that the standard "kit" lens was a bit nicer than the Canon "kit" lens. Not necessarily optically better, but of a more mid-range build quality, closer in design to Canon's 24-85 or 28-105 f/3.5-4.5 USM lenses. But both offer a multitude of lenses that can be fitted to the camera, and I prefer Canon's overall lens selection.

[TammieO]

I did a lot of research before buying my 1DMkII. I opted for the Canon system. In my opinion, Canon had a better lens lineup for what I like to shoot than Nikon.