new camera

alright iam thining of moving up from a year old canon eos rebel k2 35mm film camera to a canon XT. I know this is probley very crappy compareded to your cameras but, i can get it at about 470 in a silver body only. I can use my existing lens. Iam goning to get the body only to save money. What are your opions on this/the camera? thanks

Good decision. Canon XT is an excellent camera, and should be more than good enough.

Nice choice - the XT is a long way from being crappy
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and merry christmas as well

David

its a good camera loads of us here use it. what existing lens do you have?

Yes i agree the XT is a great little body. Always thought it wasnt good enough so i bought a 1D, but now my opinion of the XT is even higher it has a lot going for it. Excellent high iso performance, lightweight (with a small prime ef35mm,50mm), full manual control (but lacking the amazing dep mode), focusing is lowsy but keeping it on a single focusing point helps, dodgy white balance, small but clear viewfinder (tiny in comparison to 1d)... Most importantly its great value for money and the end product is similar if not superior to the 400D (gimic galore)

thought about selling mine when buying my 1D but then realised it would be a great travel buddy and backup camera so gonna keep it.

i love mine! sold my Minolta Maxxum STi just last month. used the money towards my XT. good choice!

One thing I'll point out is that your existing lens won't be the wide-moderate tele it is now; it'll be a normal-tele on the 350D. The smaller sensor of the 350D (referred to as the "crop factor", means that the angle of view you'll be able to capture on the 350D is smaller than it is on the K2. I'm assuming yuou have a 28-90 or so; try setting it at 50 mm and think about whether you can work with that. If you're buying new, you might want to get the "kit" 18-55 lens with the 350D; it's about the same reach on that as your 28-90 is on the K2.

iam just going to use the same lens. i dont understand, the pictures will be smaller? will this be good for shooting action like BMX? thanks alot

It'll be like using a longer telephoto lens all the time. That will help with small things farther away; if you're right up on the track, it won't be so good.

It doesn't affect picture size, but affects field of view. Multiply everything you have by 1.6 and that what you have now. I.E if you have a 100mm it is not a 160mm, a 50mm is now a 80mm etc. other than that, there is no difference. Another way to think of it is if you are a telephoto user, all your lenses got longer. If your into wide angle, all you angels got narrower.

alright cool thanks

oh and is the shutter resonse fast?

You should have no problem with shutter lag, unless you're shooting a very very fast paced event where every split second can mean a lost wage. Even then, it'd probably be fine.