Originally Posted by
CT-UK
When I purchased my camera about 10 months ago I spent a lot of time looing at Nikon and Canon. In the end I went for A Canon 400D (Rebel in the US). I was just happier with the image and AF. Also at the pice point £450ish the Nikon I was looking at didn't have AEB.
I have alwasy used Nikon before going digital and dont regret then change but to be honest 99% of couldn't tell the difference. I would go for a good shop that will let you change the standard lense from say a 18-55 to a 18-250. Yes it will cost more but cope with 99% of your needs.
I won't get into the whole Nikon vs. Canon thing as that discussion is a non-starter IMHO. As I said - you can get excellent results with cameras from any of the DSLR makers.
But I will offer this opinion: The
forums on DPReview are about the least helpful resource I could possibly imagine.
The "discussions" on those forums are worse than are arguments between democrats and republicans.
The forums are nothing but a bunch of fan bois driven pissing contests and what is more often than not - uninformed and incorrect information - given by a bunch of idiots who have too much money and free time on their hands so they spend $5K on a 200mm f/2.0 lens in order to shoot nothing more than resolution test charts and the squirrels in their back yards.
In my experience it seems that about two-thirds of the posts [regardless of which forum] are from people b'ing about what equipment their favored company
doesn't produce or b'ing about the short comings of the stuff said companies do make though likely-as-not they - the posters - don't even actually own the equipment they are complaining about but are basing their opinions on other "reviews" or on their brother-in-law's "experience".
Just my opinion.