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Originally Posted by danielf
Is a review of this particular 18-70 kit lens, which sounds good to me (though I understand Ken Rockwell is a bit of a character). But mostly, I like the range on this lens, and a similar range lens plus EOS body will set you back £1000, as opposed to £650 for the D50 with the 18-70 lens.
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Looks reasonable...much prettier body than the Canon kit lens too!! Sounds about the same quality though.
BTW you can pick up the 350D for under £700 with kit lens at 7dayshop. It looks like they've exhausted their stocks of older 300D's as they were selling those for about 400 quid at one point! I've seen the D50 with kit lens (not the one you're talking about) for about 50 quid less than the Canon - which is a good deal.
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Originally Posted by danielf
At the end of the day, I don't see us spending £500 on a single lens. Reality is we don't use the camera that often (holidays mostly), but we tend to go far away (China this autumn). So we're looking for something decent, with control, but it's not a hobby per se...
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Given what you've just said, I would look seriously at a high-end compact as well as DSLR's. Is there a particular reason why you're looking at DSLR's right now?
SLR's put you in control of the camera and don't fiddle with the image too much, whereas compacts do most of the thinking for you, letting you get on with taking shots. The actual image quality (in terms of sensors and MP's) will not differ that much - in fact the sensors and processors on some of the Canon Powershot models are the same ones as in the DSLRs, but fit in your pocket.
If you're concern is putting attachments on the end, you can do that with many compacts too, including things like polarizers etc.
I'm all for singing the praises of SLRs as loud as possible, but from what you've said it sounds like a compact might be more suitable for you.