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Originally posted by laurencepak
i really don't understand what you mean when u say u can grow out of the XT very fast.
why would u grow out of the XT very fast?
the biggest real problem for me is that it doestn' have a spot meter, and i'd very rather have one. but even the 20D doesnt
the real difference between the 20D and the XT is the magnesium alloy body instead of a plastic body.
i don't see any other material difference other than this. well, it has a bigger viewfinder too.
it has a better grip OBVIOUSLY because its a much bigger and more expensive camera.
its wrong to say that the more expensive one is always better, because it isn't necessarily so.
THE both camera can take the same quality pictures, so i don't see why u can't get a XT and save the difference for a better lens.
there is nothing that a 20D can do that an XT couldn't.
well, except if you like dropping ur camera on concrete floor a lot.
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He asked for people's opinion, so I gave mine. For me, the lack of a decent spot meter is a deal breaker, as is the cheaper construction, small size, fingernail sized viewfinder and lightness.
- Without a spotmeter, how can one take a good spot reading in a darkened thatre or similar venue? Or, less importantly in this day of the in-camera histogram, take multiple readings of a certain scene to figure out the proper exposure?
- Cheaper construction = less durability. There are many times where I have been thankfull of my cameras' more robust construction. I've dropped my cameras and banged my cameras against many tree trunks, church pews, caskets and in one case, the wedding limo (
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- Small viewfinders make manual focusing with a macro lens eye-watering....hell any type of manual focusing is difficult at best.
- Light weight is good for carrying around a camera, but not good for stability. Camera shake is more of a problem with light bodies than the heavier ones.
Notice I never said anything about the quality of the picture the camera produces or that more expensive = better. In the film world, the price of the camera had almost no bearing on image quality. It was the optics, first & foremost. In the digital world, more expensive can mean better pics.
I will argue, however, that a more expensive camera with more bells & whistles will help one be more efficient.