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Anonymous
Hai Guise!

Should I buy a Canon 400d or a Nikon D40x?
>> Butterfly !xlgRMYva6s
sony A200

/thread
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
Assuming this is your first buy, this isn't a decision between two DSLR bodies, this is a decision to commit to either Nikon or Canon. Bodies can be swapped for better ones but your lenses will stay.

If you've got the cash, go for Canon. If you want value, go for Nikon.
>> Anonymous
if you want to be FABULOUS, get a Sony
>> Anonymous
OP here, would it be wise to get a 400d now that 450d is about to be released? or should I just wait for 450d?
>> Anonymous
>>135585
1. wait for the 450d
2. get 400d for cheap
>> fence !!POey2hdozCZ
>>135571

see, this is where petty brand loyalties begin early.

>this is a decision to commit to either Nikon or Canon

why should someone buying what is probably their very first slr have to commit to one brand or another? and don't say it's because of the glass. op's not going to go buy some 2.8 zooms for his entry-level dslr, and even if he did, that only makes switching brands easier.

op, just buy whatever camera feels best. and when it gets old and outdated, buy a different brand.
>> Anonymous
The thread is obviously a troll but for the sake of argument.

>>135595why should someone buying what is probably their very first slr have to commit to one brand or another? and don't say it's because of the glass. op's not going to go buy some 2.8 zooms for his entry-level dslr, and even if he did, that only makes switching brands easier.

Why can't I say it's because of lenses?

One system has a cheap, fast prime that will autofocus, the other doesn't.

I can't use this to choose? Okay.
>> fence !!POey2hdozCZ
the 50 1.8 wasn't even remotely the crux of the first post, and don't try to pretend like it was.

but, like you said, this thread is a troll, so sage it is.
>> Anonymous
What?

I don't give a fuck about the first post.

I'm replying to this golden nugget you said "why should someone buying what is probably their very first slr have to commit to one brand or another? and don't say it's because of the glass."
>> fence !!POey2hdozCZ
>>135634

that's really, really cute. i like how you left out the entire second half of my argument so you could trot out that tired old horse of the "d40 can't autofocus blah blah blah." and act like it was relevant.

you're right! the d40x can't autofocus with the 50 1.8 (or 1.4, or 1.2, or any nikon prime save for the new 60 micro af-s). can't manually focus? bawwwwww.
>> Anonymous
>>135640
You forgot the 105mm AF-S Micro.

Sigma's 30mm f/1.8 is HSM, so it's not like there's no wide, autofocusing primes out there for the D40/D60.
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Hi /p/ , i want a new camera, have US$1000 and want to be a photographer.
What should i get?
>> Anonymous
>>135640

What a fucking faggot.

Yeah, that's right. Let's not look at the lens system when we're buying a camera.
>> Anonymous
>>135641
You're right, with the exception that Sigma is f/1.4 and isn't nearly wide on D40/D60. Also, it costs $400.
>> Anonymous
>>135640that's really, really cute.

Can you act less like a pretentious idiot?

>>135640i like how you left out the entire second half of my argument so you could trot out that tired old horse of the "d40 can't autofocus blah blah blah." and act like it was relevant.

What second part of your statement?

"op's not going to go buy some 2.8 zooms for his entry-level dslr, and even if he did, that only makes switching brands easier."

This? It's completely irrelevant so of course I'll omit it!

>>135640you're right! the d40x can't autofocus with the 50 1.8 (or 1.4, or 1.2, or any nikon prime save for the new 60 micro af-s). can't manually focus? bawwwwww.

"bawwwwww"? Yeah, that's great. I'm going to buy a camera which doesn't autofocus with many of the great lenses available to me.

But wait! Since we shouldn't care about the lenses when buying a camera, screw that!
>> Anonymous
>>135640
Remember what I've just said about manual focus on the E-500? The D40's viewfinder is only about 15% bigger and just as dark, so good luck manually focusing that 50/1.4.
>> Anonymous
>>135656

fence is our resident Nikonfag who will defend Nikon the the deaath, along with Jeremo and heavyweather.
>> Butterfly !xlgRMYva6s
>>135657
What is the overal alignment of the tripfags?
>> fence !!POey2hdozCZ
>>135653

i actually don't think i could be less pretentious. sorry.

and that part of the argument wasn't irrelevant. the first guy was talking about why the primary consideration for a camera system is the investment one will make in lenses. i argued that op wouldn't be investing in expensive lenses. he would probably be using kit lenses and third-party lenses, like most other amateurs. i never said that lenses don't matter.
>> Anonymous
What I've mentionned for Nikon.

ac, Blackadder and me for Canon.

Butterfly and that random anon for Sony.

And all the other anons are Pentax and Olympus because they realize their shit sucks.
>> Anonymous
>>135661
what about eku and pskaught?
>> heavyweather !4AIf7oXcbA
Canons are great too, I just think their consumer cameras suck dick. Everything from the 5D and up is fucking fantastic and I'd use it in a heartbeat.
>> heavyweather !4AIf7oXcbA
Also I have a huge erection for Pentax.
>> Anonymous
>>135662

They don't post enough to be relevant.
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
>>135662
Pretty sure they're both canonfags. I know Pskaught had a 5D.
>> † INVISIBLE OLYMPUS MAGICIAN † By buying Canon you support imperialism !!S6kl2ah4mN7
Is it time for me to get a tripcode?
>> Anonymous
>>135669

If I remember correctly, iProd has one as well. eku too but I can't be sure.

But all 3 post more pictures than arguing so they don't count. Not true Canonfags.
>> fence !!POey2hdozCZ
to be fair, i'm a much bigger artfag than brandfag. either way, i'm a tremendous faggot.
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
>>135673
"We can do you faggotry and art without the gear, and we can do you faggotry and gear without the art, and we can do you all three concurrent or consecutive. But we can't give you art and gear without the faggotry. Faggotry is compulsory. We're all faggots, you see."

(With apologies to Tom Stoppard)
>> Anonymous
>>135696
This is /p/. Faggotry, only occasionally interrupted by dark, long-haired men in thongs.
>> Anonymous
>>135651
I meant to point out that there WAS a 50mm equivalent prime that'll AF with the D40/D60, I didn't mean to call it a wide prime.

Either way, typical D40 user doesn't care.
>> Anonymous
d40x won't even autofocus with the 50/1.8 = fail

400d = win
even 350d = win
>> Anonymous
Nikonfag here.

Go canon.
>> Anonymous
>>135568
Butterfly, stop promoting a camera that you don't even use.
>> Butterfly !xlgRMYva6s
>>135756
Anonymous, please recognise when im trolling.
>> else !L6xabslN96
i'm pretty sure op was a troll.