10D worth buying?

True, thats the reason I upgraded..but still i bought one in july of 09 for 350...now theyre going for 150, pretty good deal imo.

I have a friend who has shot with a 10D since new.. She holds exhibitions occasionally and has published a book on her work.. Her work is exceptional..

The other week she borrowed my old 20D for a trial shoot and has offered me $100 for my 20D and will throw in her 10D as well..

RandyS wrote in post #9432259
What Nick said.

I used my 10D for macro, weddings, track day - everything - up until about a year ago. Yes - it has a lot of limitations. It's slow to start up....

robscomputer wrote in post #9436035
2) Start-up - The start up of the camer I think is 1 min, or longer....

I've edited both of these responses down to address the notion that the 10D is slow at start-up. (And I know that both the posters I'm quoting actually liked and used the 10D, so I'm in no way knocking them or the overall advice/opinions they gave about the camera.)

The 10D is slow to start up (EDITED: Just NOT as slow as some of the claims here). I just tested mine. I started it up and shot in 7 seconds. Is 7 seconds from totally being shut off to capturing first image slow? (EDIT: OK it IS slow by current standards but It's hardly as slow as some have claimed.)

Now, it is very slow to write. But it is not slow to start up (EDIT: guess I've just gotten used to it). When I read this over and over again in the thread I just kept questioning it because that has NEVER been my experience with the camera.

To the OP. My first DSLR was a 10D. I still have it and just used it to perform this test. Sure it's older technology but it's still one hell of a good camera. Fantastic IQ. I've shot some really nice photos with it using my 17-40L.

For the money you can't beat "old" DSLR bodies. Amazing performance and usability for the price. I mean $200 for a mint body with almost no actuations and three CF cards? I'd snap that up right now and I've already got one that I paid close to 2K for slightly used in 2004!

7 seconds is incredibly slow when your camera is off, you pick it up, turn it on..wait 7 seconds then totally miss the shot you were trying to take.

The start is slow. ..

My mistake if it's shorter for the startup, I haven't seriously used my 10D in a while.

I do remember that the startup time did make a difference enough to change the sleep timeout.

Nick VanGorder wrote in post #9449118
7 seconds is incredibly slow when your camera is off, you pick it up, turn it on..wait 7 seconds then totally miss the shot you were trying to take.

The start is slow. ..

Okay, I'll buy that by today's standards that's slow...but one poster wrote that it was over a minute. I mean, come on...

In fact it actually is probably faster than 5 seconds.

And how would you get it up to your eyes in less than this amount of time?

I'm not saying it's speedy but it's not THAT bad, in light of real world usability.

EDIT: I just tried it again and it is about 4 seconds until it's ready to shoot. Now, the AF is pretty darn slow so THAT could be a serious limiting factor right there. But the camera is ready to shoot in under 5 seconds.

It is slow by current standards but it's not like you have time to eat a hotdog and drink a beer while waiting for it to start up. LOL!!!

Whenever I tapped the shutter of my 10D at my side, it was ready to shoot by the time I slung it up to my eye....the trick is to hit the shutter BEFORE you get to to your eye...and that was fast enough to me...

Here's the actual time of the 10D start up.

http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/E10​D/E10DDAT.HTM

kitacanon wrote in post #9449172
Whenever I tapped the shutter of my 10D at my side, it was ready to shoot by the time I slung it up to my eye....the trick is to hit the shutter BEFORE you get to to your eye...and that was fast enough to me...

That is the trick I used also. Even with the camera hanging at arm's length, I was always tapping the shutter between shots. You never know when something that needed shooting might pop up unexpectedly.

Nick VanGorder wrote in post #9449118
7 seconds is incredibly slow when your camera is off, you pick it up, turn it on..wait 7 seconds then totally miss the shot you were trying to take.

The start is slow. ..

I agree. And while 5-7 seconds wasn't a large enough problem to get me to even bother thinking about upgrading for years, there were times when it felt like an eternity.

And while it may be slow by "todays standards" - it's also slow by yesterday's standards too.

I switched to my 10D from Leica M bodies, so I noticed the startup time straight away. Again - it still wasn't enough of a pain to get me to upgrade. But it's well worth noting when someone only familiar with a newer, faster body is considering picking one up.

robscomputer wrote in post #9449225
Here's the actual time of the 10D start up.

http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/E10​D/E10DDAT.HTM

Thanks for posting.

Now I can put my old (and, YES, slow) 10D away and get on with my day. LOL!

As far as start up time, I usually kept the 10D on. After 5minutes, it would go to sleep. Tap the shutter and it was back on. That's what I did. Actually I do it with the 40D as well, and the 1D when I had it.

Jason C

i cant remember what my last 10 felt like now that i got another one. is it usual for these to have shutter lag like a point and shoot and no clunk feel from the shutter?

edit prfereably someone who shoots a 10d and newer body.

The Outlaw wrote in post #12752496
i cant remember what my last 10 felt like now that i got another one. is it usual for these to have shutter lag like a point and shoot and no clunk feel from the shutter?

edit prfereably someone who shoots a 10d and newer body.

There's no shutter lag on the 10D ... just tried it to be sure! It takes 3 shots per second, same as my 5D and 5DMKII ... 7D? Well, that's a different breed all together!
The shutter still has the clunk of the shutter like it always has. I still think it has the best "clunk" of all my dSLR's!!!

Also just read some of the posts ...
1 minute for start up? huh?
7 seconds for start up? what?

It's less than 2.5 seconds. If that makes you miss a shot, you really should change your shooting style!
Turn it on and raise it to your eye, it should be ready (I know because I've done just that many, many times be it shooting deer, birds or auto racing) ... OR ... Leave it powered on and press the shutter button half way once in a while! That will keep the camera powered on.