Canon 20D

After allot of research for my next camera, I was still undecided if I should buy the Canon 350D, 20D or the Nikon D70s

SO yesterday I went down to Jessops in the Trafford Center and asked to take a look at them.

I had already skipped the Nikon, the extra 2 MP of the Canon and some review I read gave the clear advantage t the Canon cameras, but I was still unsure was if the 20D was worth about 250£ extra than the 350D.

As soon as I picked both of them up I knew .. yes, it was

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The 350D is a nice light camera, but the body looked too “plastic” for me .. In the other hand the 20D was bigger and very rugged … looked allot stronger and had some great extra on the viewfinder, that the 350D does not have.

I have very large hands, so the 20D felt much more secure, my wife in the other hand preferred the 350D for her hands .. which are of course minute
Another thing that made me choose the 20D was it haas a paraprism, like every pro SLR, while the 350D has a cheaper paramirrror, which makes the viewfinder not as sharp.

To add to my good fortune, they also had the Sigma 18-200 lenses, so I was able to fit them on the 20D and check it out .. in a nutshell, they were “Great”

But the price was still a problem, 999£ for the 20D and 299£ for the Lenses and thats minus any Memory cards one still needs to buy … so I came back home and started to do some froogling and ebay.

I could not believe my luck, somebody was selling a Body Only (was not keen on getting used lenses) with less that 50 shots, and less than 2 months old, complete with the original receipt (for warranty) and a Extreme 3 III 4gb card (£315 value) .. and even better, the camera was bought at a local shop in Bolton .. 5 miles away from me.

The camera had just hit ebay a few hours later, and the buy-it-now price was £840, with free shipping, now, considering the Body costs £999 and the Memory £310 … what’s the catch ?

I looked on the seller’s feedback, and he seemed very legit, more, I saw he had just sold 2 Canon lenses which fit this camera.. so it seemed he was getting rid of this setup, a quick e-mail followed by a quick reply told me he had just found the new Canon 5D for £2050 (£500 below list) and was desperate to sell, also provided me with his phone number and all the reassurance I needed.

SO I snagged it, i knew a few more hours and somebody else would
The camera will arrive here Tuesday, I also found the Sigma 118-200 on that same Bolton shop for £245 .. and I’ll be going by there Monday to pick them up.

So in the end I am getting

Canon 20D = £999
Extreme 3 III 4gb card = £310
Sigma 18-200 = £299

Total Price = £1,608

for

Total Price = £1,085

Instead .. excellent savings, cant wait for it to arrive

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