Buying Advice

[Bobster]

350+400D are very small without a battery grip - mind u i can't use any of the non-pro Canon DSLR's without the battery grip as my fingers fall off the bottom..

[Hans Voralberg]

LOL even with my 30D my finger fall off the bottom, but battery grip make it a pain to shoot for long, quite heavy

[Saracen]

It's weird, I've heard a lot of people say that but I have a 350D and not particularly small hands and find it very comfortable to use.

I'd guess a lot of it is what you're used to, and after 35 years of normal-sized SLRs, I'm certainly not used to the smaller ones. And I fully agree, personally, about the battery grip - as well as it putting an extra shutter release right where I want it for portrait-oriented use.

Also, I find the smaller cameras feel badly unbalanced with larger lenses. But that probably isn't an issue in this case, at least, not for a while yet, and it's a personal thing, which is why trying them out (if at all possible) is a good idea. It seems it's academic in this case anyway, now.

Oh, and I know people that have bought 300D/350D/400D and upgraded to a 10D/20D/30D/40D because of size, but I also know people with the smaller cameras that have tried the larger-bodied models and not liked the larger size ..... or weight.

Horses for courses, I guess.

[Zak33]

somewhere like the lakes

true....but never ignore your backyard

Just get up early, as the sun rises and the frost is hard and the sky goes a wild pink/orange

Did this morning