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p.4 #1 · Best ever value for money Canon DSLR?

40D or 5D

Dec 10, 2012 at 07:42 PM

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p.4 #2 · Best ever value for money Canon DSLR?

For me the price and features of the 40D brought me from film to digital -- it made enough of a difference for me to make the leap.

Dec 10, 2012 at 08:54 PM

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p.4 #3 · Best ever value for money Canon DSLR?

5D definitly

Dec 10, 2012 at 10:53 PM

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p.4 #4 · Best ever value for money Canon DSLR?

5d II

Dec 10, 2012 at 11:39 PM

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p.4 #5 · Best ever value for money Canon DSLR?

T2i
1D Mark II

Dec 11, 2012 at 12:48 AM

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p.4 #6 · Best ever value for money Canon DSLR?

1DX, in 5 years.

Dec 11, 2012 at 01:53 AM

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p.4 #7 · Best ever value for money Canon DSLR?

Scores so far... maybe a little off...

40D 17 votes
5D 6 votes
5D2 4 votes
T2i/550D 4 votes
1Ds2 3 votes
5D3 2 votes
D30 2 votes
7D 2 votes
300D 1 vote
20D 1 vote
30D 1 vote
1D2N 1 vote
1D 1 vote

Dec 11, 2012 at 02:38 AM

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p.4 #8 · Best ever value for money Canon DSLR?

dnauer wrote:
For me the price and features of the 40D brought me from film to digital -- it made enough of a difference for me to make the leap.

Interestingly....(for me) I bought a mint 1V s/h for peanuts from a guy who bought it new, put about a dozen films through it...then 'upgraded' to a 40D as he was offered one by a friend in mint condition.... the friend loved the 40D so much he decided to 'upgrade' to a 1 series body.

I bought a 40D about two years afterwards...but I am grateful to the 40D because not only is it a fantastic camera...it is also the reason I got to own the marvelous 1V as well.....

Dec 11, 2012 at 09:56 AM

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p.4 #9 · Best ever value for money Canon DSLR?

450D (Xsi) for me… feature rich body… the best value for money

Dec 11, 2012 at 11:07 AM

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p.4 #10 · Best ever value for money Canon DSLR?

1d3's are selling for a little more than $1k. That's my vote.

5dc's at $500 is a steal, too, even though I hated that camera....

Dec 11, 2012 at 11:17 AM

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p.4 #11 · Best ever value for money Canon DSLR?

My vote has to go with the original 1D. It mades its debut about 11 years ago for $5500.00 and is still being used. The technology this camera broght to the market was, and still is groundbreaking. I have yet to find a better autofocus system. Although some are just as good, the 1D still remains my benchmark. The images it produces are still amazing despite its 4.5 mp sensor.

Dec 11, 2012 at 12:11 PM

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p.4 #12 · Best ever value for money Canon DSLR?

5D: full frame for $650. No brainer.

Dec 11, 2012 at 01:09 PM

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p.4 #13 · Best ever value for money Canon DSLR?

I'm going to say the 20D, but then againI have one as well, so I might be slightly biased.

Dec 11, 2012 at 02:45 PM

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p.4 #14 · Best ever value for money Canon DSLR?

right now at B&H you can get the T4i with 18-55 and 55-250 for $699. This must take the cake among new options.

Dec 11, 2012 at 03:03 PM

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p.4 #15 · Best ever value for money Canon DSLR?

Best value, Id say 30D, 40D or 50D. Best new camera for the money is the 5DIII hands down!

Dec 11, 2012 at 04:29 PM

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p.4 #16 · Best ever value for money Canon DSLR?

Another vote for the 40D - a great all-around performer then, and still very solid today. Sort of the Honda Accord of cameras.

Dec 11, 2012 at 04:38 PM

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p.4 #17 · Best ever value for money Canon DSLR?

strictly on image quality the 40D is going to give you really good capability for the price; newer cropped bodies won't offer a whole lot of improvement over that.

for full frame you can get a used 5D, 5D2 or 1Ds2 - any of those will offer really good image quality

for sports capability a used 1D2 , 7D, or 1D3 would fit the bill...

Dec 11, 2012 at 09:12 PM

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p.4 #18 · Best ever value for money Canon DSLR?

1D2N since 2009... Until 61pt AF, this was IMO the most accurate and most reliable AF system Canon delivered.

Dec 11, 2012 at 09:35 PM

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p.4 #19 · Best ever value for money Canon DSLR?

MintMar wrote:
1D2N since 2009... Until 61pt AF, this was IMO the most accurate and most reliable AF system Canon delivered.

Not IMO. My 1D III was simply amazing and I owned the 1D II for nearly 6 years.

If you can get a 1d III for $1K, you'd be insane to to pass it up. But I doubt they are that cheap except for beaters.

Dec 11, 2012 at 10:12 PM

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Pixel Perfect wrote:
MintMar wrote:
1D2N since 2009... Until 61pt AF, this was IMO the most accurate and most reliable AF system Canon delivered.

Not IMO. My 1D III was simply amazing and I owned the 1D II for nearly 6 years.

If you can get a 1d III for $1K, you'd be insane to to pass it up. But I doubt they are that cheap except for beaters.

Had one. Looked mint. Had 58x-xxx serial number. Yet it was half-blind in one-shot compared to my photoj-beaten 1D2N. It got a service, no improvement, so I let it go (to someone who used MF glass and wanted the sensor, half-blind AF was announced before the sale occured).

Dec 11, 2012 at 10:24 PM

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