jason_inskeep

well thank you to every one that replied on this. it is something that has been bugging me a bit. i really dont have the money at the moment to get a different camera and for the most part i really like my 10D. i do love my A2 though. other than the film cost its my favorite of the two and would rather be shooting with it. i also sort of like not being able to look at the nifty little lcd and see what i have done. makes me think more about what it is that i am doing. i also find that i take less frivolous shots with the A2 and generally come away happier with the images i get. the 10D is a great camera though. and i have made enlargements up to 20x30 that i really dont see a whole lot wrong with. the only couple of things that i do have to complain about are the noise on iso's 400+ and it doesn't have a spot meter. i generally dont do sports or anything, the closest i get i photographing birds. that does get a bit tricky and the other day i was definitely noticing that the sand pipers were getting a bit ahead of me. but i am working on tricks to keep that up. i dont really shoot with terrrible lenses so, i have a 24mm 2.8, a 50mm 1.8, and a 70-200 f4L. (really want a wide to normal zoom though, the 24 doesn't cut it on the digital.) so i get fairly sharp stuff when my focus is on. i do find that it tends to hunt a bit with the 70-200 though.

and lastly no my friend is not a dealer and the class is a digital centered class. he used to shoot film but got away from it.

any way thank you again for all your advice.

jason

the have to stop some where is really the issue. the 10D is nice for the most part. in all honesty i dont really know why i would HAVE to upgrade. i do reallize that the newer cameras are possibly a bit better with auto focus and are a little less grainy at higher iso's. are there a whole lot of other things that i would have to worry about. my 10D isn't that bad... i have made some really nice prints with it... up to 20x30 that have hardly any grain at all... even of a night time exposure that was 30 sec long at f16. i have heard that longer exposures are really noisy (sorry about confusing terms i still think in terms of film). what would be the benefit of going higher.

i have a 10D, i actually really like this body but it is getting rather old.

i started taking some photography lessons from a pro photographer in my area not too long ago and he was lookiing

at my gear, a 10D and an old A2 film camera and some lenses, and said "you pretty much want to stay away from

that (meaning the film) and you may end up needing to upgrade that here in the very near future (meaning the 10D)."

the problem is that i do like both of my bodies... actually i like the A2 quite a bit and like most of the 10D. i like the

bigger bodies but i dont know that i can afford another one right now. especially a 40D or better.

so i guess what i am asking is...

are there really big differences in the 10D vs the 30D (the 30D being a bit more reasonable at the moment than the

40D).

and besides the control differences and the size issue would it be worth it to "upgrade" ... .to a small bodied rebel

like the xti/xsi ?

i really dont follow the technology that much so i am wondering if things have really changed enough to make a

switch to one of these three bodies reasonable.