It sucks to be stuck without a camera!! until now my faithful rebel XT has served me very well for past two years... and honestly i have been very happy with it.. its considered an entry level slr camera, but with patience and good technique you can do quite well (atleast until its limitations become more apparent).. Image quality is great, my only gripe was its high ISO performance beyond 400 suffers badly, has only 3 fps, and focusing speed could have been better. What is considered as the entry level workhorse,I even managed to get few decent bird in flight shots with it, which are usually in the domain of ID Mk III's that costs 10 times more.
Unfortunately my XT died last week and wouldn't even power on, its now out of warranty period too.. i've sent it to canon repair center in Virginia but looks like its going to take another couple of weeks with no camera for me!! :( me thinks, now that its limitations are quite visible to me, may be its time to upgrade!
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I have some of the same issues. The camera manufacturers take big strides every year, so I'd like to wait as long as possible before upgrading...but at the same time, while I'm waiting I have to make do with a lesser camera than I could be using. I tend to hold on to gear until there is a really, really compelling reason to switch, but I understand the impulse to try to keep current.
You're right, and as you said the issues I have mentioned with my current model is compelling enough for me to upgrade, as I do find that limiting my abilities to shoot birds in flight. I'm thinking of upgrading to 40D which should be a good step up.
-Prasad
Take it easy and enjoy the birds with your eyes, since you have been seeing all the time through the camera, ha ha ha,
May be you are destined to get a better camera now.
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