Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion The Water Cooler Digital SLR users – input please.

I've been having the same conversations and dilema with myself. D40 or D40x. I have the D40, love it and am totally happy with it. However, 10mp vs 6mp?? In my mind there has to be a difference although I understand that there isn't unless I'm blowing something up to 20x30, etc. Rockwell says that the megapixels isn't that important. The flash to me is not a big deal and the ISO isn't either. The D40x gives you 100 vs. the D40 at 200 which is a plus if it's bright bright outside. So far, I have not had an issue with 200 ISO. For me, the positive to moving "up" to the X is the 10 megapixels. In truth, that isn't a big plus except in my head so I'm sticking with the D40. I don't have older lenses so that's not an issue. All my lenses were Canon but I've sold all of them. Either way you win. My next step up is the D200 or whatever new model comes out first.

Yes Peter, I've read that review and others on that sight. Imaging Resources too.

I think I’m going to blow my $1000 budget….oh well, that’s my MO. Set budget, blow it to hell, feel guilty about it, rationalize it, justify it, then spend more on other crap I don’t need, then get drunk.

I’m still going to try and get my hands on all these cameras, but I’m guessing the D40x with kit lens, one of those fancy 200 mm lenses and the other fancy wide angle lens will end up on my CC before too long.

That little Olympus 510 is very attractive to me though, as well as the Rebel XTi. Too bad there are no reviews on the 510 yet.

….I better stay away from Amazon for a while until I can get my hands on these things.

That's the spirit!

If you're going to spend the coin for a nice system, you might as well spend what it takes to do it right. In six months (or three, or twelve - whatever!), you won't mind the extra few hundred bucks but you will appreciate that you bought what you really wanted. That's my motto anyway.

Compare the price of the Kit + zoom lens vs just the body and a nicer, 28-200ish lens. It's very nice to not have to carry around a bag of lenses if you don't have to, especially on vacation. I'd also take some time to play around with a 'regular' lens before spending the dough on a super-wide angle. You may find that you don't need it, as everyone's photographic vision is a bit different. While I might have complained about the 28mm not being wide enough, in the 2.5 years I've owned my D70 it's never bothered me enough to force buying a wider angle lens.

Photography is very much like home audio. There's really no limit to what you can spend on gear, and the laws of diminishing returns is in full affect.

Oh, and if you need suggestions as to where to buy it, I'd heartily recommend B&H Photo. They usually have fairly competitive prices, and are a legit store. There are many photography stores (mostly located in NYC) that are sort of less than legit, so be careful if you find prices that seem too low to believe. Dealing with some of them can be the complete opposite of dealing with Axiom customer service, for instance.

I've been looking at buying either the Rebelxt or D40X. Unfortunately here in Canada it's around $800. I noticed that I can get it almost $200 cheaper in the US even with the exchange rate. Does anyone know if there's a problem with buying one south of the border? Will they warranty be valid in Canada?

I myself have my eye on that puppy...

Canada vs. US Warranty...

Camera manufacturers can be very picky about authorized dealers vs. warranties. For instance, here in the US, some retailers sell 'Grey Market' gear. It's usually exactly the same as the normal gear (made in the same factory, etc), but it doesn't carry the same warranty. The benefit is that they're a usually a bit cheaper, but there's no warranty on it.

Nikon/Canon USA is a seperate business entity from Nikon/Canon Canada, and so the warranties are different and probably not cross-supported. I would email and/or call the companies directly to confirm that.

I would assume that if you bought a USA-Warranty camera, that you would need to send it back to the US service department, should you have problems.

Edit: this seems to be in agreement with what I said, at least for Nikon.

Man, I've been shooting old-school with those for 25 years.....

Hey I have a buddy who has a camera something like that. I don’t know what the right terminology is or the name of the camera, but he told me his camera is one of an extremely very small number still working. He had a heck of a time restoring it.

It’s a wood box of sorts like the one in the picture above. He develops the pictures by using a small brush and lightly ‘brushing’ water over this special cotton bond paper. He then frames them with hand made diamond willow. The photos are nothing short of gorgeous. Very rustic, unique and stunning to look at. Anyone know what that technique is??

Here is the camera I started my career on.



Worked in a huge studio full of em.
4x5, 5x7, 8x10 and 11x14 sheets of film.
Exposure times on some sets could be 2 hrs at F45.

My oh my how times have changed