Canon EOS 350D

[mark]

I've recently bought one and can thoroughly recommend it as an excellent digital SLR. I'm actually stunned by how good it it! It's classed as a "budget" camera but retails at the moment for around £600 ($1200), not exactly "budget" in my opinion but I guess it is compared with professional cameras. It doesn't come with any memory and at 8 megapixels a shot you need to get plenty, 1GB minimum. The 18-55mm lense that comes with it is fine for doing close shots in macro mode. I might splash out on a macro lense at some point though. I have a few lenses from my old film EOS to play with first.

 

[henk]

Mark, the 350D is indeed a very good one. In the upcoming month (september) I hope to get my first dslr when minolta will release the 5D. But the 350D together with a good macro lense will get you an awfull good quality pack. Canon seems to be pretty good when it concerns trutworthy colors

 

[mark]

I finally persuaded myself to buy a macro lens and opted for the Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM
http://www.canon.co.uk/for_home/product_finder/cameras/ef_lenses/macro_lenses/ef-s_60mm_f2.8_macro_usm/index.asp
It’s very good, I would suggest it’s probably too good for 350D. More suited to professional level cameras.

 

[henk]

Well Mark I finally have my dslr and use a 50 mm 2.8. It is fun .. no ?? Well I wouldn't call it only proffessional ...