Post by deleted user: Jay
So Canon has decided it’s time for me to open my wallet again. The question is though: small enough to (almost) pocket and carry everywhere, or changeable lenses.
The options are of course the new compact G9, or the DSLR EOS 40D. Both are dead sexy, both look to be fantastic cameras, but I’ve had the same problem before.
I still own both a G3 and a 300D, and rarely use both. The reason being that the G3 doesn’t have a long enough lens, and to a lesser extent a wide enough one, and 300D, for which I have a decent range of relatively cheap lenses both long and short, is too much of a pain in the ass to carry around everywhere. The G9 addresses the lens length problem I have with the G3, and while the 40D definitely does not address the PITA factor of carrying around a DSLR and two or three lenses, it is a major step up from the 300D, and I have a sneaking suspicion that the latter could be addressed by dropping the aussie inability to buy any messenger style bag other than a Crumpler (which while they may be great messenger bags, I dont know not being a messenger, or even really a cyclist, they suck as laptop/camera combo) and finding a more suitable laptop/camera bag. Timbuk2 seems to make a nice one. Hmm, more shit to purchase.
Anyway, getting back to whatever point I had, what do you guys think? I’m afraid the only suitable solution may be to buy both. I’m even more afraid I will actually go ahead and get both. Help!