As most of you know, I have the Nikon D7000 which I absolutely love, but before I decided on this camera, I did have the Canon EOS1100D on my wish list....
When I first started photography A level in September, I knew I would need to upgrade my camera, but I didn't really know where to start. The school had just bought two new digital camera's for the photography department, as well as some film cameras. The digital cameras were both Canon 1100D's, and everybody wanted one. I was lucky enough to borrow one over one weekend to practice using a DSLR. I experimented with all the settings, but I really took advantage of the fast shutterspeeds. My dog's often get to a stage in the evening when they fight, not seriously, just play fighting. They leap around and run up and down the living room, and often I had seen dramatic shots in my head, but I'd never been able to capture the action because using a fast shutterspeed would make my images really dark, even if I used flash.
So, it was really great for me to have a go with the canon, and I was quite impressed with the results.
It was certainly an improvement from results on my previous camera, but the images still lacked a little sharpness.
I had a go at some pretty random still shots mainly of my dogs, to compare and see if the images got any sharper.
I was pretty impressed as they looked sharp on the digital display, but when I actually saw them full scale on the computer screen, they just lost a little sharpness again.
When I spoke to the people in Camera shops they did recommend Canons and Nikons, but seemed to direct me more towards a Nikon. I remember one man saying "All Canon bodies are practically the same, despite the price. So you might as well go for a Nikon."
I think the 1100D was about 500 pounds, I started to look at the 600D and the 60D (also Canon)
and really liked both, then I lookd at the 7D, and fell in Love. It wasn't until I held the 7D that I realised I couldn't have it, as it was far too heavy for me :) That is really when I started looking at the Nikons. I found the NikonD7000, and loved everything about it, so that's why I got it.
But if you are looking for a very good but not pro DSLR, I would recommend the Canon1100D. I thought it took some really good shots. I took some great photos of some friends, but I dont have permission to use them on here, so you'll have to trust me on that :)
Find out more about the Canon EOS1100D and all the other Canon Camera's here...
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@Nikon_USA
There should be a twitter for the UK, but it doesn't seem to matter.
Bye for now.