Going over all this stuff i am not so broken up about my camera breaking. It sucks to be cameraless for my class and not being able to do my current class assignment, but if i can swing the upgrade then all the better.

The Fujipix s6000 is a decent camera, but for what i want to do it will not live up to my needs. So if this is the end for him, then he can atleast rest well with the knowledge he will be remembered fondly. Even if he is replaced right away.

CMOS, you can rapid fire in RAW format without any slow down.

RAW format is the superior way to shoot, gives you great ability to manage the photo before even entering photoshop. Downside is the photo’s are about 16mb each in RAW. Jpeg is teh suck.

So having your camera struggle to write RAW files is a pain, you can miss precious moments. It makes me sad, i found that out the hard way at the wedding on Saturday. Thank god they had simple plans in mind!

Nikon’s are great, but they are just now switching to CMOS chips over CCD chips. CMOS has more processing power and writes to the chip faster then CMOS, they are also cheaper and don’t over heat like CCD’s tend to.

All Canon’s are based on CMOS chips. All new Canon camera’s are also 14bit. Nikon’s are currently hybrids, being 12 and 14 bit. problem with the nikons is though in 14bit mode they get less frames per second then pure 14bit Canon’s.

In regards to cost, the Canon 40D is your best buy over the new Nikon D300. This is due to all the factors above. The D300 is the first CMOS Nikon, but it is more expensive then the 40D (the body alone being about $1800 i think, the 40D is about $1200 for the body).

So for now Canon is the way to go i think. Nikon’s are still great camera’s but i am looking for the best purchase for my cash.

This way if i go 40D, i can still afford the raincoat

Never hurts to have an extra opinion though.

I don’t know much about digital SLRs, but I’ll see about asking Cal for advice in this regard, though I don’t think she’s been following the market much either since she bought her’s.

Chin up so you don’t drown.