Thinking of selling my 300D and going for a Nikon..

hoodmeister said:
Seriously though, why do you want to switch?
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Well to be perfectly honest I've become quite disillusioned with my 300D and I'm fed up with after every day's shooting having to go through most shots and lighten them in Photoshop.

Also, having spent an entire day on Sunday working with professional photographers, I've seen how good Nikons are. We were taking the photos off the CF card, checking them quickly (I think we lightened one shot the whole day), then making them available for the customers to buy. The image was then cropped and sent straight to the printer. No messing about.
 
Firstly, have you bought any lenses for the canon ?, and I too find that the canons are a little dark, but a quick tweak on the exposure compensation is all I had to do ONCE, and the pictures are perfect!.

So if that is all it takes then why change?. It could end up being a lot of expense for nothing.
 
My 1D MkII is the same, I nearly always have 1/3 stop extra dialled in. Personally though, if you're looking to switch, I'd save a bit more and go for the D200, the weather proofing would be helpful if you're intending doing a lot of equestrian stuff.
 
Go for it. Having a budget of £600 is limiting if you need lenses. Personally I would wait for the D80 and get it with an 18 - 135mm ED DX AFS lens kit. That will most certainly see you through until you had enough to get a 70 - 300mm VR AFS ED. With that combination you could easily see yourself through many a thousand shots.

King.
 
Could you not simply dial in a bit of + exposure compensation and then boost the saturation, contrast and sharpening in camera? That amounts to the same thing and it saves you £300.
 
I'm a D&0 owever, my first photos were a little grey and dimm. All SLRs are like this.

I spent an hour searching the net for the ideal settings. I uploaded a new response curve in a more P&S style which increases the exposure and contrast. Boosted the colour saturation, the colour format, and maybe 1 or 2 other things. The photos that were produced were much more pleasing straight nfrom the camera.

Maybe you just want to upgrade to a better body. The 300D is quite limiting in some respects.
 
D.P. said:
I'm a D&0 owever, my first photos were a little grey and dimm. All SLRs are like this.

I spent an hour searching the net for the ideal settings. I uploaded a new response curve in a more P&S style which increases the exposure and contrast. Boosted the colour saturation, the colour format, and maybe 1 or 2 other things. The photos that were produced were much more pleasing straight nfrom the camera.

Maybe you just want to upgrade to a better body. The 300D is quite limiting in some respects.
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Hi -
Any Chance of you posting your settings fo the D80.
I have got one myself & have been playing about with the settings.

Cheers
 
Canon's do require some dialed in + exposure compensatation. What you want to watch out for is the brightness setting on your lcd. If its set to maximun then your not getting a acurate visual output. This is why its important to understand your histogram feature.

a D80 is a awesome looking camera.. The only thing I will say to you is. Try your 300D with tweaked settings and if you become satisfied, 600 quid is a good bugdet for some lenses.
 
Fstop11 said:
The only thing I will say to you is. Try your 300D with tweaked settings and if you become satisfied, 600 quid is a good bugdet for some lenses.
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Yeah, i'd try to learn how your camera works more before spending a lot on a new system :)

I know the 300D is annoying to use for sports, as i have one myself. But it is possible to get good shots, but the number of keepers might be lower than if you had a 30D for example.

However, if you have poor glass, then there's no point in changing the body as your shots will never be as good as you expect them to be!
 
rich_g85 said:
Well to be perfectly honest I've become quite disillusioned with my 300D and I'm fed up with after every day's shooting having to go through most shots and lighten them in Photoshop.
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You're blaming the camera for your photos being too dark. :rolleyes:

Seriously?

You can use exposure compensation as already mentioned. I'm not sure how you use your camera, but just incase...

When you meter, turn of evaluative/matrix and use partial/spot metering... and most importantly, you have to be selective about which part of the scene you meter from.

As a tip, for an outdoor scene, try metering from green grass, then once the camera has the brightness information, you can alter your exposure to fit within what the camera;s light meter says. You will also have to make educated guesses when setting the exposure.

For example, if you metered off of grass that was well lit by the sun, you will most likely need to increase exposure because the camera's light meter will tell you what the ideal exposure is for that grass, but it will make the rest of the scene dark if there are areas in the shade, or darker objects in the scene such as tree bark.

It's worth learning to use the camera and learning more about exposure before spending money on different equipment.
 
Either the camera is broke, or you're not using it right. Its a great camera and a very popular one. I think if it was a Canon design flaw then it wouldn't have sold, but it did. RTFM or ask us for help :)
 
Personally i would follow the advise above and look at changing the setting in your camera. If however you do want to change company then i would look at all the suppliers rather than just Nikon as Sony's new model and Pentax's look quite intresting.
 
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