Which slr camera should i get, the canon eos digital rebel xti or the nikon d70?

Question

help please! and please give me an explantion of why you believe that camera is better

actually scratch that. the canon eos digital rebel xti or the nikon d80?

Answer 1

I posted a "question" to get this information out there. You may find the answers to that question helpful.

"The February 2007 issue of Popular Photography has just come out and they compared the top 10 MP DSLR's. I am posting this question for general information and so I can refer to it in future answers.

"I took the scores and ranked the cameras similar to the way Formula 1 gives championship points. I just gave 5 for 1st place down to 1 for last place, splitting the difference when cameras tied in their catagories.

"They evaluated Image Quality (giving this twice as much weight as anything else), Ease of Use, Control, and System Flexibility.

"The final order and my scores are:

Nikon D80 - 17.5 points
- BEST in Image Quality, Control and System Flexibility
Canon Rebel XTi - 13.5 points
- Tied for best in System Flexibility
Pentax K10D - 11 points
- Tied for best in Ease of Use
Samsung GX10 - 11 points
- Tied for best in Ease of Use
Sony Alpha 100 - 7 points
- LAST in Image Quality, Ease of Use and System Flexibility."

Go to the original question and read the responses for more opinions.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AiG00eHyd0oq5b.X7J.jiULzy6IX?qid=20070113133139AAHWJY0
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One of my boilerplate answers......

Comparing the Nikon D80 vs. Canon 400D/Rebel XTi

Check this page:

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond80/page21.asp

The first thing I notice is that the Canon does not have a spot meter. I thought they added that in the XTi, but I guess past criticism was not heard at Canon.

The Nikon user-definable Auto-ISO is an interesting feature that lets you define a couple of parameters about what's acceptable to you and what's not. I don't think this would be the tie-breaker, though, if you can't decide between cameras.

The D80 has a pentaprism and the Canon uses mirrors. "They" say that mirrors are getting pretty good, but I would expect the pentaprism to be a brighter viewfinder.

The Nikon lets you do actual multiple exposures in the camera and some people think this is pretty cool.

Click "next" and move to page 22 and you'll see some image comparisons. Click "next" a couple more times to see more direct comparisons on page 25. Click "next" a couple more times to see some noise level comparisons on page 27. It looks to me like the D80 has actually tamed the noise better than the XTi, but read the comments about image softness.

Click one more time and see that the D80 is clearly the winner in image sharpness.

Go on to the next page and read the conclusions.

You can go to the side-by-side at

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/compare_post.asp?method=sidebyside&cameras=canon_eos400d%2Cnikon_d80&show=all and also click on "Our in depth review" and "Read owner opinions" for each camera.

The last line in the Nikon D80 review reads, "If you're a more discerning photographer who can see the advantages offered by the 'all round' D80 you may well consider the extra money well spent."

The last line in the Canon 400D/XTi review reads, "Thanks to its blood line and low price the EOS 400D will no doubt be a huge success for Canon. However unlike the EOS 350D, for me it's no longer the first or obvious choice, so before jumping on the bandwagon make sure you've weighed up the competition."

In other words, you've selected with the two best cameras in their price class.

Canon is probably saving a little money using their CMOS sensor and this will bring them some market share. Whether the sensor and images are better or not is open to wild debate based on personal preferences. Whether one camera feels better in your hands might just be the determining factor. You have got to go to a real camera store and handle them both. I guess Costco, Circuit City or Best Buy would also have actual samples on display, but you may not get as much help from the staff.

As far as lens choice, I'd rather see you start with one decent lens instead of the kit lens, although Nikon's kit lens (18-55) has actually tested pretty will. Canon's new 18-55 "II" kit lens seems okay. For Nikon, I like the Nikkor AF-S 18-70 f/3.5-4.5G ED DX. This costs about $300. I bought this for my wife on her D50 and liked it so much (for the money) that I bought it as a backup for one of my cameras. For Canon, one of our best answerers (Panacea) recommends the EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM. This costs about $500, so there goes the $200 price difference.

Of course, you'll need a decent memory card and I recommend a genuine Sandisk Ultra II (60X) or Extreme III (133X) of at least 1GB - preferable 2 GB - for either camera. Lexar is another excellent card supplier and they have the "Professional" 133X as well as the Platinum 80X to choose from. Both Lexar and Sandisk come with image recovery software and limited lifetime warranties.

Answer 2

The D70 has spot meter capability, but the Canon is a newer camera with more up to date features. The Canon has a better autofocus sensor array (very useful for portraits), a self cleaning sensor and many other updates. If the choice is D70 versus XTi, I'd go with the XTi. However is the choice were Nikon D80 versus the XTi, I'd go with the D80.

Answer 3

I had always used Nikon in the past, but I own a top line Canon EOS now and am sold on Canon.You can find comparisons on line. If you want a simple camera that does a great job, the Canon PowerShot S70 is a great camera. You can shoot Camera Raw and the results are excellent.( I just printed a book using this camera for photos and the reults were excellent) No lens to interchange.The catch is that Canon no longer sells this model. Why pay more for a top of the line when this one gives great results--so they eliminated the competition by discontinuing it. (Camera Raw is only available in the top of the line models now. You won't find it in a point and shoot any more. CR is a plus, if you use it.) I lost my S70 and had to replace it on eBay. Got a new one.

Answer 4

I've had good expereince with the reliability of my Canon digtital camera and camcorder, but can't speak to the Nikons.

Have you looked at the Pentax K100D? I'm hoping to get one of those this year cuz they can use the old K-body mount lenses. They have a whole shelf of these lenses at the pawn shop for like $10 bucks (usd) each. They won't autofocus but check the prices on lenses for the Canon or Nikon SLR to see why I like this idea.

Answer 5

The good thing about nikons is that their lens mount is backwords compatible with all their other cameras. If you find an old manual focus nikon lens that works for whatever you are shooting, you can use it on a D70. I don't think you can do that with the Canon Digital SLRs

Answer 6

I would guess they're both very good, but I've always been a Canon fan - so between the two, I'd choose Canon. I've read good reviews on it.