I don't use it a whole lot, only for tripod work as you said. Its also good for previewing settings when on manual mode. But it does chew more battery, so if you were shooting with it on for long time you'd want a spare battery.
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Thanks Guys :)
After alot of research over the past 24hrs. I'm leaning towards either a Cannon 500D or a Nikkon S5000 - they seem to be pretty much on par overall, with the Nikkon being a little cheaper and having a better look/exterior build quality to it, but the Cannon 500D has the better digital video capabilty...
From what I've gathered both the Cannon 500D and 1000D are an update on the 450D, but alot of the reviews I read through still put the 450D at better than the newer 2 in some respects, but the 500D and the S5000 will most certainly be more than good enough for me...
I'll see which of the 2 will be a better purchase for me duty free from O/S and grab one :)
Thanks again to all for your input :thumbs:
D5000 dont you mean with the Nikon?
out of those i would pick teh 500D.
has much better low light capabilities
Oops...correct you are Pete - too much reading on my part hard to remember everything :p
Most of the info I've read up on is on the site you provided, this page has the different model spec names :http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos500d/page4.asp
Excellent reading of all things concerned for for anyone else looking into these cameras, thanks again for the link Pete :)
its a great site for info and reviews.
just have to be a little careful with some things, as OS models can sometimes be different to what we get here.
Another good website for reviews and general info is http://steves-digicams.com/ however, as already mentioned you need to be wary of model numbers.
At the end of the day nothing beats a test drive, especially if you can't decide between a couple of models. Features on cameras are useless if they are a pain to access, so if you're splitting hairs over image quality go with the one that is most intuitive for you to use......
Thanks again for that advice above guys...
I'll know to check O/S model specs compared to ours...
As advised I'm going to go to a camera shop outlet soon, give a couple of models a whirl and decide from there :)