First, let's start with the Olympus Evolt E-300, a camera I really wanted to like for the following reasons:
- SIZE: Reviews consistently cited the small size as making the camera ideal for travel and walking around. And unlike with reviews of the XT, I don't recall complaints that the small size made the Evolt difficult to use.
- DUST FREE SYSTEM: As a newbie, the idea of dust getting onto the mirror or sensor and ruining every picture is a nightmare while having to open up my camera and stick someting in it - a blower or brush - is intimidating.Still can't believe non of the other digital makers have added such technology to their cameras.
- PRICE: The Evolt can often be found at prices $100 to $200 less than . . . .
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The following are all the other DSLRs I considered buying in comparison to the Canon XT before finally buying the XT:
- Nikon D70
- Pentax *ist DS
- Minolta 7D
- Olympus Evolt and Olympus E-1
- Sigma SD9 or SD10
- Canon G6, Sony 717, Sony CD500
- Canon EOS 20D, EOS 10, and EOS 300 Digital Rebel.
I will discuss . . . .
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I heavily considered at one time or another all the other competing DLSRs - Nikon D70; Olympus Evolt and E-10; Minolta 7D; Pentax; etc. as well as alternative Canon models - the 20D, 10D and EOS 300.
Future posts will be devoted to discussing each of the competing brands I seriously researched / reviewed but passed on for the Canon XT. To lay the groundwork for such discussion, the following are the criteria and uses that I sought to match with the best camera / best camera value . . . .
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After over a year of waiting and hesitating, I finally pulled the trigger on a Canon Digital Rebel XT EOS 350. During That time, I spent countless hours on the net reading countless articles and reviews and viewing sundry galleries and forums.
On any given day, I would read an authoritative review, wade through a torrent of forum posts, or uncover an otherworldly photo gallery that would 'settle it' for me in buying this or that camera, only to encounter . . . .
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