Canon EOS 450D

I hope the stock lens is sharper than the xt's stock lens because it can't even resolve 8MP properly. I have money invested in battery's and CF cards but other than that I appreciate the switch to a higher capacity battery and SD cards I wish the image stabalizing was in-camera. Also I don't like the live view idea, people are going to start holding their slr's like this:
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You are so right
SLR manufacturers are trying to increase sales with live view to the more "consumer of consumers" consumers. In the end, all pictures are gonna have little Timmy's head straight smack in the center of the frame, half of his chest cut off and the rest of the frame filled with blank ceiling
 
Actually, Live View is brilliant when you are shooting events because you are able to really reach out and take advantage of things. Look at how many times you use your LCD screen on a DVX. This is the only situation where I can see is being useful, so it is more the exception rather than the rule... that being said, I would like it for certain situations and gigs. Anything that helps you get the shot is a good feature.
 
It's true that it's all about whats going to help you in framing your shot the best. Photographers that are medium format purists will hate the idea of looking through a viewfinder and would rather look down at a hasselblad ground glass. I guess it only bothers me because Canon probably wants to appeal to consumers who like expensive cameras, thats always what the rebels have been. While they have their professional setting Av,Tv,full manual they also have some modes that a professional photographer wouldn't touch under most circumstances.
 
egproductions said:
It's true that it's all about whats going to help you in framing your shot the best. Photographers that are medium format purists will hate the idea of looking through a viewfinder and would rather look down at a hasselblad ground glass. I guess it only bothers me because Canon probably wants to appeal to consumers who like expensive cameras, thats always what the rebels have been. While they have their professional setting Av,Tv,full manual they also have some modes that a professional photographer wouldn't touch under most circumstances.
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I completely agree with you.

In fact when the first company announced the 'Live View' I thought it was a complete joke (actually it is quite an engineering marvel, but no geek talk right now). In actuality it really does have some bonafied benefits for helping to get the shot and for certain incidents it is very valuable (off the top of my head I think of framing a shot with the camera's ass on the floor or holding it up high above my head).

I think the motivation, though, was to really open up the D-SLR world to more consumers. Look at all of the entry level models and they all have something specifically built for consumers (the scene modes come to mind), BUT not everyone who shoots with pro level gear has to be a pro. This is why there are lenses like the 18-200, lenses that perform great for point and shoot but are not pro quality.

It would be a shame to see people shooting a D-SLR like it is a point and shoot, but then again, my images will just look that much better using the same gear and I can claim that it's just my mojo :)
 
After hearing some replies,
You guys got a point. Even though I still stick with my believe that Joe Schmoe will frame it exactly as I described it above, I think it would be a great way to teach people how to frame for those who hate to learn ie. my friends, my family.
Everytime I take pics of them, they look superb. Everytime I give them my camera, I end up looking like a Monet Painting or a Sniper's point of view with my head in the center. So I guess it all works out in the end.
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