Is it worth upgrading to a 20D from a Digital Rebel?

I'm contemplating upgrading to a 20D from my Digital Rebel.
Do you think it's really worth it?

--Evan

YES!!!!!!!

How do you like the Canon 75-300? Do you think it is a good buy? How much did you pay for yours if you don't mine me asking

Well, I have a 20D, and my roommate has a 350D.
The biggest difference right off is the feel. The 20D is larger and more comfortable.
You also get some extra custom functions, ISO up to 3200, 5 fps, and 9 AF points.
If you bought the grip for the 350D I could see where the feel factor would not be as important, but the 20D is one swank piece of photographic technology.

Do it. Do it now.

The 20D is the poor mans 1D Mark II. Minus a few features, its top of the line for anyone not in the business of photography.

Master-9 wrote:
How do you like the Canon 75-300? Do you think it is a good buy? How much did you pay for yours if you don't mine me asking

I'm not very impressed with the Canon 75-300 compared to any of my other lenses that I've purchased. I find it falls off over 200 and becomes very fuzzy at 300. If i had to do it over again, I would either buy the 75-300 from Sigma, or spend the money of the Canon 75-300 DO IS. I have been using my 70-200 F/2.8 and getting great results, and just purchased the 50-500 for good telephoto range when I'm out walking in the woods. One of the parks that I like going to, close to Edmonton has 300+ buffalo roaming around, and I just wasn't willing to get close enough to them with the other lenses to get a good picture. I was hoping to try it out last weekend, but never made it out to the park. Maybe this weekend if the weather co-operates.

I got a deal on the 75-300 when I bought the camera. I paid $125.00 CDN for it, from a local computer shop that had brought in some Digital Rebels to test the market. They didn't know enough about cameras to be very helpful, so most people wouldn't buy from them. So when they cut the price on their stock of the Digital Rebels by 25% to clear them, I jumped at it.

--Evan

i own a 75-300 IS... its not what i really wanted in a lens. Like he said, gets soft after 200. I still like it tho. IS is really sweet. Like he said, I rather have a 2.8 lens , nice and fast and screw the IS. the 70-200 Canon 2.8 or the Sigma 2.8 is actually my nexy buy. I might get the Canon 70-200f/4 is i decide to cheap out... But i think i really want a 2.8 fstop

I upgraded to the 20D for the 5fps and the larger buffer. It was worth every penny.

Master-9 wrote:
How do you like the Canon 75-300? Do you think it is a good buy? How much did you pay for yours if you don't mine me asking

Stay away from the 75-300MM! please do anything to avoid that lens..

hmongstang wrote:
Stay away from the 75-300MM! please do anything to avoid that lens..

Hmonmgstang,

please elaborate which problems you have/had with yours!

Evan,

I bought the 20D early this year and am very happy with it. I think the most important improvements over the 300D would be low light performance, speed, and build. But also bear in mind that there will always be something new coming around.

That said, there have been a lot of messages on the board here some time ago as to the replacement of the Canon 20D that's supposed to be reveiled somewhere early next year with impressive improvements.

I don't know how urgent it is for you to upgrade your camera. Still, if there is no real need and you upgrade now and something great and new comes out half a year from now ... I might maybe be a little bit miffed and wish I had waited longer.

I also see that you have the most important focal ranges covered with quality glass ... apart maybe from wide angle. So why not take a look at that Canon 17-40 L or Sigma 18-50/2.8 in the meantime instead, if you don't have to upgrade immediately.

Just some thoughts...

Best regards,
Andy

There are good reasons to upgrade to the 20D but only if you feel the body is the weakest part of your system (you, lens, body, subject). I am still happy with my dRebel because I know I am still the weak link, however I am starting to feel an upgrade is on the cards, maybe in 3 or 4 months before I head off to Africa again.

I like the build and feel of the 20D, and that's really important but not important enough for me to change. What would be most useful to me is the greater speed and buffer performance.

The 300D is an outstanding camera capable of truly awesome results in the right hands. Upgrade only if you really are consistently being held back by it.

Evan,
I recently purchased a 20D. I have had my 300D since December 03 - a great camera.

I needed better low light performance, faster start-up time and more flexibility in the control I could apply creatively. I chose the 20D over the 350 because I do not feel comfortable with the 350's size and I feel that the control ergonomics are simpler and easier on a 20D.

I am very happy I made the upgrade.

Hello Evan, How are you?

A difficult question to give a plain yes or no answer to, as you didn't say why you're thinking about upgrading.

As one or two others have already said, it rather depends on whether you feel your 300D is inhibiting your output. Personally, I now wish I'd bought a 20D instead of my 300D but I'm still very happy using it, as I realise it's a very good camera and I won't enter into the hassle and expense of upgrading until either somebody offers me a reasonable price for my 300D or the successor to the 20D comes out when, hopefully, lots of people will sell their 20D's off and I'll be able to either buy one second hand or get a bargain from a dealer selling off new but discontinued ones.

Regards, David

I sympathize with your self debate about 300D vs 20D. I went through the same when I purchased the 300D not long after the 20D came available.
My strategy is this...wait for the 30D, or whatever it will be called, to reach the stores. If it is a quantum leap beyond the 20D, I will purchase a 30D. If it is not, I will purchase a 20D for a lot less than current price. Either way I will be advancing past the 300D, and I will be a more experienced and knowledgeable digital photographer at the time of purchase.
This is consistent with the strategy I employed going from the G3 to the 300D. I have not regretted my decision.
Good luck!

I hope it is woth it because my 20D is showing up today.