Originally Posted by simsurfer
Forget Nikon, go with the Canon line of digitals, the CMOS sensors are a lot cleaner and sharper than Nikons CCD's. Canon CMOS's are also a lot cleaner at higher ISO's then the CCD's.
If your good at photoshop then you shouldnt have to many problems converting to digital from 35mm, although on the otherhand if your new at photoshop and or have never used it before then your in for a rough ride :-)
When you use Canon DSLR's the images arent very sharp out of the camera and must be post processed either in C1 if your shooting RAW or in photoshop if your shooting RAW or jpg.
If your a n00b to photography then I would recomend shooting RAW, it is way more forgiving and you get far better results from it than just JPG.
Depending on how serious you wanna go save your money on the body and invest in good glass, dont go off brand with your lenses, rather go with a good Canon lens and if you can afford it go with Canon's "L" series lenses, result are far supior than anything else out there. Also invest in memory cards, big ones like 4 gig memory cards or 4 gig microdrives.
I shoot with the EOS 1D mkII, I got three 4 gig microdrives and two 1 gig microdrives. On big shoots I also carry a laptop to dump the cards once done with them.
Any questions let me know.
Saying forget Nikon shows your bias towards Canon which can be itself pretty narrow sighted. Nikon makes excellent cameras and also makes excellent glass. To say "forget Nikon" is possibly the single most ignorant statement I have heard in a while.
True Canon has great architecture and a well recognized name, but it doesn't make them the god of cameras and it doesn't always mean a better product. Canon has the tendency to put 8 new models out with none of them being any real major advancement over the model it is replacing...yeah an MP or two bigger, maybe a slight framerate increase (cough 20d cough) but then it lacks in other areas.
The 1d MKII is a great camera as is the 1Ds MKII but when you compare them to the Nikon D2H or the D1x They are nearly the same in every aspect, the difference is that Nikon took longer to bring out the same product on a different sensor setup.
I shoot Canon and have for a long time now, I also shoot for a mag using a 10d and do just fine on it. This includes fast action and slow action sports as well as art shooting, portraiture, lifestyle, and other types of shots. I have shot with several high end Nikon cameras and have been considering making the switch because of quality as well as the price point for their products.
BTW microdrives are ok but just wait until one fails on you due to a moving parts failure and you lose a couple grand in images. I have a 2 gig microdrive in my collection but I would not trust it as a primary memory card.