Canon Rebel XTi or Nikon D80

[googlit]

GET THE CANON GET THE CANON

lol... it's always good to have honest, unbiased responses.

[hitkaiser]

I too was deciding between these 2 a couple of months ago (I went with canon) for the following reasons:

· Canon was smaller (I was upgrading from point and shoot, i wasn't looking forward to adding bulk)

· I read reviews about noise being worse on nikon (as in picture noise) in low light conditions (night photography is something i would like to get into more seriously)

· Anti dust thing.. Im new to slrs, and the last thing i want to do is worry about the delicacies of sensor cleaning etc.. the less i have to worry about it, all the better for me

· The simple fact that it was cheaper, it meant I was more willing to shell out bucks in getting accesories... filters, camera bag, shutter release cable etc...

There is a thing to be said brand wise though... Canon is great and awesome... but Nikon says ure cool... sorta like Apple in the world of computing, so if ure joining the Nikon ranks, be ready to join a select group of pple! Do tell us what you end up choosing!

[leight]

Originally Posted by hitkaiser

There is a thing to be said brand wise though... Canon is great and awesome... but Nikon says ure cool... sorta like Apple in the world of computing, so if ure joining the Nikon ranks, be ready to join a select group of pple! Do tell us what you end up choosing!

In that case I should go for the Nikon! Haha, but seriously I have been thinking the exact same thing! From purely off the net, with the dpreview website, I've nailed it down to the two same cameras. The Nikon D80, and the Canon 400D.

Currently I own a Fujifilm FinePix S9500, it's a 'prosumer' Point & Shoot camera. I bought it last September, because I wanted a pretty good camera and being my first ever camera, I didn't want to go all out and buy some fancy DSLR that most of you have here. However, now I am getting more and more into photography - I'm loving it! - and the flexibility with lenses is awesome (Macro - Telephoto) with the DSLR, something that is lacking with my Fuji. I think I'll stick with my little one for a while longer though. It's not as if I need a new one, I just want one! *Unless I can find a buyer - Relatives*

Sometimes I think, stuff it - just go out and buy the damn camera! I can always keep my Fuji as a second one (a mighty good second one!), but then would it be a waste of money spending a couple of grand on a new dslr, when I've spent about $1.1k with my Fuji (including 2gb card, lowepro case, charger (both car/wall) with 2 sets of batteries, mini tri-pod and a wide angle attachment) Now that's a lot of money to me! *anyone interested *

What would u use a second one for anyway? Like sure, if it was just a normal point & shoot camera then I can understand - but this Fuji thing isn't that small really... I think my best option would be to find a buyer and go get a dslr! Could sell the package for about $850 - $900

From what I get from you guys and the net, the D80 and the 400D are pretty similar in quality. Canon's lenses are better? Is that just a personal opinion, or is it actually a fact? I like the little things that I've read from the Nikon (the lcd cover!), it's those little design things that make Apple Apple, maybe they make Nikon Nikon.

I've been checking out the photographic tests from dpreview, and the noise seems to affect the image a bit more than the 400D? I think the top screen would be very handy - mind you, I've never actually used a film slr or a dslr before, so I don't know what I'm missing! From DPReview: "Having removed the camera's image processing from the equation is very revealing, there really is no difference in the underlying images, both ten megapixel sensors (CCD in the D80 and CMOS in the EOS 400D) capturing the same levels of detail." - That's good, because I like RAW!

- leighton

*Just looked at my Fuji... "I can't get rid of you, can I? "

[caseycroucher]

I have never tried a nikon camera so i cannot give you the right choice. From they way the look, the Rebel XTi looks more comfy to hold. And i allways thought that Canon had the best color quality. A big plus for the canon is the automatic sensor cleaning. Im not sure for the Nikon, but in the rebel XTi, if you shoot black and white, you can go into the settings and choose what filter effect you want. Such as yellow (amber) which darkens the foreground and brightens the clouds leaving a nice effect.