20D v 350D

[mick pinner]

to the camera gurus out there, does the 20D have any major advantages over the 350D? thanks.

[Adrian-H]

the 20D is larger, has a heavyer magnesium alloy shell for the body, shoots a 5 frames per sec, battery life is longer, different controls.

the 350D is smaller and lighter built with some kind of poly-plastic body, shoots at 3frames per sec, smaller battery, different controls.

they are very simular image wise,

the main differences are the physic (body,controls,weight&mass), battery life and shooting speed (fps)

both are fantastic camera's

so overall the 20d has avantages of a more durable body while sacrificing weight, shoots 2fps faster, much longer battery life and has different controls, which i find you can fiddle with much faster.

i would recommend having a hold of a 20d to fiddle with the controls to see what they are like, if you are futhermore interested, its hard to explain them.

[iceman (Mike)]

I'd go for the 400D, if I didn't own one of those to begin with. The extra 2mp is worth it I reckon.

[gbeal]

Not sure about the 400D. I have the 20D and love it, but if the sensors are the same, and cost/weight etc is a consideration then the 350D will be ideal. I use my 20D probably 80% daylight, 20% night, and the "nicer" feeling body is what I like about the 20D, whereas the 350D with its lighter case will be a better proposition on the rear of the scope.
Another angle is get the cheaper body, and spend more on the better lenses.

[tnbk00 (Daniel)]

20D also does 3200 ISO. not sure if the 350D does that. I have owned 2 300D's which were fantastic camera's, and I have a 20D and so does my (much much) better half, cause we dont share our toys well. Be careful with the whole megapixel debate....all comes down to how big you want to print your images, and both the 300 and 20D's print awesome at A3 (courtesy of works color laser mfc)

[acropolite (Phil)]

The 20D shutter is also rated for longer life, overall the 20D is a more robust camera.

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

All you wanted to know and then some.

http://www.clarkvision.com/imagedeta...ary/index.html

After you have a look at the informative graphs head down to the tables at the bottom of the page. But basically the 20D has slightly greater dynamic range with deeper pixel wells, slightly higher f stop range, higher gain (e-/ADU/ISO) which will give less grainier images for any compared ISO, thought the 20D and slightly higher read noise.