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Well -I have been without my digital camera for a month now and I've taken out my Canon EOS 600 and it's lenses, filters, et al out of storage and dusted them off.
BUT I haven't taken a single photograph. The kit's just too much to cart around, it's heavy and a faf to keep changing the lenses over.
Plus although I have some film in the freezer have you seen the cost of processing these days?
After the immediacy of digital there's no fun in film (for me anyhow) anymore.
Still the taking out and dusting off will not be in vain 'cos the minute my camera (a camera) arrives back from Fuji I'll be taking pictures and posting it all up on Ebay along with all the dark room equipment I have in the loft.
Merlin
simon, it completely depends on why you want the eos 3 over the 20d, apart from the obvious. if there are features on the eos 3 that you don't have on the 20d, then go back to film. if not, stick with digital.
i'm not bothered which i use. it's my budget that makes my choices for me. hence staying on film. i'd rather spend my money on something that will end up outlasting film (the way things are going) rather than getting something that in 2 years time i will want to upgrade. by which time my film costs in the same period would still not be up to the cost of upgrading.
I agree with Michael, the DSLR market is if anything changing even faster now than before, I am investing in lenses rather than pixels at the moment. If you were happy with the 10d then go digital again, if you just want a film camera to play around with then get second hand body which you might be able to ebay for most of what you've paid. Get the film scanned at processing stage, expensive in the long run, but you'll be able to scratch the itch without buying a film scanner.
Even a second hand Eos 3 is not much over 300 now.
I think we may see a slight slowdown in the DSLR market as lenses struggle to keep up with resolution - and digital resolution having now exceeded film on affordable DSLRs.
Only 2-3 years ago you would have paid around 2200 for a Canon D60 (body only). Now you will pay less than half that for a 20D - a better camera in every way.
Don't expect BIG price reductions from now on - there will be reductions but the camera manufacturers are well on the way to amortising their initial R&D on digital, first started I guess 10 years or so ago. So it will be incremental improvements and small price decreases from now on.
There is never a right time to take the plunge!
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