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"Skip M" <shadowcatcher@cox.net> wrote in message
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> "Pete D" <no@email.com> wrote in message
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>>
>> "David J. Littleboy" <davidjl@gol.com> wrote in message
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>>>
>>> "Pete D" <no@email.com> wrote:
>>>> "David J. Littleboy" <davidjl@gol.com> wrote:
>>>> > <pshaw@emmet.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> >> has anyone published a review of both images and handling of the
>>>> >> rebel
>>>> >> 350 and canon 20d - using the same lenses, taking the same pix etc?
>>>> >> is
>>>> >> there any disadvantage other than the perhaps 0.3 megpixel
>>>> >> difference
>>>> >> in their chips?
>>>> >
>>>> > http
/www.photo.net/equipment/canon/digital_rebel_xt/
>>>> >
>>>> > I find the 350D too small. "If I was a 5ft female, maybe the size
>>>> > would
>>> be
>>>> > perfect."
>>>>
>>>> So are you a 7ft female? 6ft female?
>>>
>>> I'm someone who has actually handled the thing: it's seriously awkward
>>> _for
>>> my hands_. The 300D and Mamiya 7 are very nice _for my hands_. Some
>>> people
>>> much prefer the 1D series size and weight.
>>>
>>> It's a radically different beast from the 300D, and for people who don't
>>> have a local store that carries it, IMHO, it's important to point out
>>> that
>>> Canon really busted their collective butts to make it smaller, and
>>> succeeded. It's not a cheap version of the 20D, it's a miniature version
>>> of
>>> the 20D.
>>>
>> Sorry I did sound a bit of a wanker but have Canon got it that wrong? My
>> little Pentax *ist Ds is seriously small but great to use and handles
>> really well, I have reasonably big hands as I am 6ft.
>>
> I'm with David, I found the Rebel XT a little small for my hands, in fact,
> the 20D is pushing the limits. But, interestingly, my wife found the
> Rebel a little small to hold comfortable, because of her fashionable
> length fingernails. She's used to the 20D, also.
> I also found the Pentax too small for comfort, and the Oly E-1.
>
In that case I really wonder how you guys ever used a film camera.