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Suhit Gupta
03-23-2006, 07:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://reviews.cnet.com/Canon_EOS_30D_with_18mm_to_55mm_lens/4505-6501_7-31755772.html?subj=fdba&part=rss&tag=MR_Search+Results' target='_blank'>http://reviews.cnet.com/Canon_EOS_30D_with_18mm_to_55mm_lens/4505-6501_7-31755772.html?subj=fdba&part=rss&tag=MR_Search+Results</a><br /><br /></div><i>"If it ain't broke, don't fix it--that seems to be Canon's approach to its EOS 30D, the follow-up to its perennial favorite, the EOS 20D. Aside from a few performance tweaks, the Canon EOS 30D is the same camera as its predecessor. (For complete details of the 20D/30D, read the EOS 20D review; in this piece, I address mainly the enhancements that differentiate the 30D.) It has the same well-balanced, magnesium-alloy body with its intelligently laid-out controls; an almost identical set of pro-level, extremely customizable features; and roughly the same, excellent performance. Also, thanks to the identical 8-megapixel CMOS sensor and image-processing system, it yields the same superb photos, especially at high-ISO sensitivity settings."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/31755772-2-300-camera%2Bon-1.gif" /><br /><br />I think we have discussed this subject in quite some detail, but here is a nice C|Net review confirming what we knew. I still think the 30D rocks, but it is pretty clear that the Nikon D200 has pulled ahead a bit.

Vincent Ferrari
03-23-2006, 08:44 PM
I must be missing something... The review says they reviewed it with the 18-55 3.5-5.6, but that's clearly not the lens shown in all the pictures they used... I have to say if it is the 18-55 that comes with the XT and 20d as a kit, that's the last lens anyone should EVER base a review on. Yuck.

Anyway, I'm very happy to see another camera with the EF-S mount. It makes me a little more confident in buying another EF-S lens for my XT. At least I can have some confidence that the form factor won't disappear in a few years.

Vincent Ferrari
03-23-2006, 08:50 PM
Oh, and just for the heck of it, I read their review of the XT with the 18-55 and they called the kit lens "unimpressive," and didn't even mention it in the review of the 30D...

Hmmmm...