[OTB]

For those of you with the Canon Powershot: load a little bit of software onto an SD card, put it in the
camera, and voila! you've got a RAW-shooting, motion-detection, time-lapse-shooting powerhouse

The downside is it eats up all your battery power.

I have it loaded on all the cards I use on my G7, but only turn the RAW mode on for special occasions. If you boot from the card and run it by default all the time the camera gets very hot and you burn through the charge in like 5 times the speed.

[Lippy]

Jason, I use a card reader to download my photos to the computer, meaning that I take the SD card out of the camera. Can you do that with this program or do you have to download directly from the camera if you want to keep the card formatted?

[rancho_gordo]

I'm ready to upgrade to a SLR from my beloved Canon A30 or whatever it is.
I was looking seriously at the Canon Digital Rebel XTi.

I don't need a telephoto lens as much as a MACRO lens and I have a friend who said she'd give me hers.

How much more research should I do? I feel lazy and just want a fabulous camera.

[Lippy]

I'm looking at this one.

[Blondie]

I still love my Nikon D80, although it's being phased out now for the D90, which also shoots HD video. Unless I go for one of the high-end Nikons, I don't see needing to upgrade for the foreseeable future. No problems with it at all.

[peppyre]

I'm ready to upgrade to a SLR from my beloved Canon A30 or whatever it is.
I was looking seriously at the Canon Digital Rebel XTi.

I don't need a telephoto lens as much as a MACRO lens and I have a friend who said she'd give me hers.

How much more research should I do? I feel lazy and just want a fabulous camera.

Rancho, I have the Rebel XT and love it. I absolutely love it!! If you have enjoyed your Canon SLR, you will also enjoy the DSLR. I say go for it and you won't look back.

[rancho_gordo]

I'm ready to upgrade to a SLR from my beloved Canon A30 or whatever it is.
I was looking seriously at the Canon Digital Rebel XTi.

I don't need a telephoto lens as much as a MACRO lens and I have a friend who said she'd give me hers.

How much more research should I do? I feel lazy and just want a fabulous camera.

Rancho, I have the Rebel XT and love it. I absolutely love it!! If you have enjoyed your Canon SLR, you will also enjoy the DSLR. I say go for it and you won't look back.

Actually, it's the XT I'm going for, not the XTi. I saw a comparison chart and it seemed like the extras were not important at all, to me.

[cristina]

I'm ready to upgrade to a SLR from my beloved Canon A30 or whatever it is.
I was looking seriously at the Canon Digital Rebel XTi.

I don't need a telephoto lens as much as a MACRO lens and I have a friend who said she'd give me hers.

How much more research should I do? I feel lazy and just want a fabulous camera.

Rancho, I have the Rebel XT and love it. I absolutely love it!! If you have enjoyed your Canon SLR, you will also enjoy the DSLR. I say go for it and you won't look back.

You might want to have a look at this: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/pentaxk10d/page17.asp.

I've had the Sony A100 for about two years and love it completely. I recently bought an old but mighty Minolta f4 70-210 "beercan" lens for it on eBay and am ever more pleased. A couple of weeks ago I took this baby squirrel from a distance of about 35 feet, from my (you don't want to know how dirty) office window to the back wall of the property.

[rancho_gordo]

I'm looking at this one.

I think this link compares all three.
Now I'm dizzy and can't tell you why I chose the one I did, but it seemed wise.

[rancho_gordo]

The camera arrived and it feels great but it seems like the LCD panel is a special treat and you "live" in the conventional viewfinder. This will take some getting used to unless I'm not understanding.

[peppyre]

It will take some time to get used to using the viewfinder and no there isn't a work around. It's just like using your old SLR only better.
Enjoy it!!

[rancho_gordo]

It will take some time to get used to using the viewfinder and no there isn't a work around. It's just like using your old SLR only better.
Enjoy it!!

New question, how do I disable the flash in Macro setting?

[Blondie]

It will take some time to get used to using the viewfinder and no there isn't a work around. It's just like using your old SLR only better.
Enjoy it!!

New question, how do I disable the flash in Macro setting?

Don't know if this will help, but on my Nikon you need to pop the flash up when you need it. It doesn't fire when closed.

I just wanted to echo what peppyre said - I'm so happy for you. I adjusted pretty quickly and now prefer the viewfinder to an lcd. My camera goes with me everywhere, and I even know how to use most of the doodads now.

[cristina]

It will take some time to get used to using the viewfinder and no there isn't a work around. It's just like using your old SLR only better.
Enjoy it!!

New question, how do I disable the flash in Macro setting?

Don't know if this will help, but on my Nikon you need to pop the flash up when you need it. It doesn't fire when closed.

I just wanted to echo what peppyre said - I'm so happy for you. I adjusted pretty quickly and now prefer the viewfinder to an lcd. My camera goes with me everywhere, and I even know how to use most of the doodads now.

Yeah, here too...on the Sony, I have to pop the flash when I use it. And I love knowing that what I see through the viewfinder is what I'll get when I look at the picture on the LCD--after, not before it's taken.

[rancho_gordo]

OK, i'm loving the camera and not missing the LCD viewer so much.

I borrowed a macro lens that works for about 4 shots and then gets an error. But I really loved the results and it's perfect for what I want to do.

Any suggestions on buying a lens? They seem to go from $200 on up.