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I think it will be made from the same plastic as the EF-100mm f/2.8L IS USM.
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Rocky said:I cannot understand why people try to put different camera into "Pro", "Semipro (Pro-am)" and "Amatuer". Are they based on reliability?functionality? price? sensor size? metal vs platsic body?or status?? For me they are all artificially drawn fussy grey lines.I am sure that if you pick any of the above 6 criteria, you can find a sample to reverse the role between the Pro and the amatuer. With DSLR, the electronics will fail without warning.Therefore any pro will have at least one spare body all the time. So the reliabilty will be out of the picture. The newest plastic body camera have more function than the "pro' model even from a year ago. Also the 5D II is priced around $2500. So the line for functionalty, sensor size and plastic body is really burred. Due to the relative cheap price of ALL DSLR. People can buy any model as long as they want it and can afford it. So the line for price and status also become burred. A lot od amature are using pro model for that reason. So why should we try to bin the differeent models???? May be the only thing left the price and status to show off.
Year, thats what I thought, too. So the Q is: Why wait for the 60D and not go for a 550D? I prefer a good sensor with high ISO-values and don't need an articulate screen, so why buy the 60D then?dilbert said:Let me put it to you this way: you went to a store asking a salesman whether you should buy a cheap camera or an expensive camera and he recommended the expensive one.
he's selling used cars or new cameras.
Yep it seems like its going to be interesting to make the 60D decision, i'm sure the specs when they arrive will help convince us, probally with video improvements, Digic V (in camera processing?), FPS, and Wifi fingers crossed.wuschba said:Year, thats what I thought, too. So the Q is: Why wait for the 60D and not go for a 550D? I prefer a good sensor with high ISO-values and don't need an articulate screen, so why buy the 60D then?dilbert said:Let me put it to you this way: you went to a store asking a salesman whether you should buy a cheap camera or an expensive camera and he recommended the expensive one.
he's selling used cars or new cameras.
canonguy said:im just so disapointed! ive been waiting for this camera for years and canon slaps me in the face with a plastic toy camera. its the quality that counts and not the extra weight reduction.
Maybe for you. But not necessarily for everybody. I personally would also prefer a Mg body, but neither my 350D nor the 400D body broke and they're both plastic.canonguy said:its the quality that counts and not the extra weight reduction.
Jan said:Maybe for you. But not necessarily for everybody. I personally would also prefer a Mg body, but neither my 350D nor the 400D body broke and they're both plastic.canonguy said:its the quality that counts and not the extra weight reduction.
Besides, I don't know if plastic is really (that much) lighter than Mg. Mg is already very lightweight although it's a metal. I think the difference between the weight of a xxxD and a xxD comes also from the size of the body.
c.d.embrey said:Recent plastic bodies have used SD cards, does this mean that the 60D will use SD cards? Seems like Canon wants to shift away from CF cards, The Top of the Line Canon 1Ds III uses 1 CF and 1 SD card, while the Top of the Line Nikon D3x uses TWO CF cards.
I have too many SanDisc Extreme IV cards to buy a camera that uses Inferior SD cards.
canonguy said:if this is true... then it only shows canon is running scared of nikon. they actualy stoop down to the level of degrading a successful xxD line just to compete with the d90/d95. the current xxD build is the reason why i didnt go for nikon back then. then comes the plastic 60D and the magnesium d95. what next??? canon will drop their MP and stick with 12MP then nikon will go for 18MP. im just so disapointed! ive been waiting for this camera for years and canon slaps me in the face with a plastic toy camera. its the quality that counts and not the extra weight reduction.
And all that you read out of my post? No. I just get riled that I waited for the 60D in anticipation that it will be in the same class (no matter if plastic is "bad" or mg is "good") as all xxDs before... And perhaps "class" is just a feeling, I holded a 550D and a 7D and they just didn't feel "right", the 550D too much plastic/too light and the 7D just to big and heavy (all very subjective of course).dilbert said:But if you're going to complain about a camera having features you don't want/need and always use that as the reason why you didn't buy that particular camera then you will never buy a camera because there will always be an extra feature that you find which you don't need.
wuschba said:...which (again) leads to the Q: Buy or wait?
wuschba said:I waited for the 60D in anticipation that it will be in the same class (no matter if plastic is "bad" or mg is "good") as all xxDs before...
dilbert said:....
But if you're going to complain about a camera having features you don't want/need and always use that as the reason why you didn't buy that particular camera then you will never buy a camera because there will always be an extra feature that you find which you don't need.
Rarely is life about being able to select something that is a perfect match to a need. There's nearly always compromise involved. I wish I could buy the perfect new car that I'd like for $10,000. Is it going to happen? Not likely so I just work out what I can live without and buy something that meets my goals.
So stop making excuses, work out what you need, what you can live without, what's within budget and you should be done. You might even learn to like and love the features that you didn't think you needed (like the articulating screen) but got anyway.