THERE IT IS! The cards are on the table now. This is what's been going on here. It's been an opinion battle. Here's a guy who claims he's been biased against buying a 10D because of this forum and someone responds to calm the fear a bit but then he gets shot down by someone who WANTS people to believe that ALL 10Ds are DEFECTIVE because HE had one.
Exactly! I've pointed that out to DavidP but he insist that anyone who lets this forum sway their decision are "idiots" and that's his EXACT word, not mine.
This is my thinking as well. Also, these people described in your above paragraph who bought the 10D, likely stretched their finances and justification to do so and ANY problem they enounter with the camera will be a BIG one. And since they didn't have any problem like this with their P&S camera, they're likely to believe it's the camera's fault and there's a group of people here dedicated to help foster this concept.
Would this be a proper image?
Nikon D100 with 24-85 f2.8 - f4
Many years ago I was considering buying a Gateway and visited the Usenet Gateway forum. Judging from that forum, NO one should ever have bought a Gateway (and this was at their apex--terrific reputation, etc.). However, there were some there who had had problems, also felt they had been slighted by Gateway support/techs, etc. There were long threads with lots of nasty discussion. If I had had less experience with both computers and usenet---I would never have considered a Gateway at that point (BTW, I have my machines built for me now). I suspect this is similar. I personally now have put my hands on a 10D (day before yesterday) and found it fine using a 70-200 f/2.8 IS--and was told by the owner, a long time good medium format photographer, that he was well satisfied with it (and his prints were outstanding)---and he personally knows a number of other good longtime photographers who are very happy with theirs. He also said he had never heard anything about a 'focus' issue. So----there you go (and he's 'net knowledgable--just doesn't visit forums like this one).
I would bet the cycle will not be nearly as long as between the D30 and 60.
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Similarly, I have a friend who works in a camera store. He owns a 10D and the store has sold a BUNCH of them (including the two I own) and none of them have been returned for any focus issues. He did think, at first, that he also had a focus problem but discovered the problem was his unfamiliarity with THIS camera even though he's had MANY YEARS of experience with SLRs. He lurked here and saw all the garbage but due to a bad experience with someone who disagreed vehemently and belligerently with him about his views on the Fuji S2 (which he sold in order to buy the 10D) in another forum, he decided against voicing his opinion here.
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I have come to the conclusion that i am going to buy a 1D
Yes, even after my miscalibration issues were taken care of....I
still wasnt happy with the accuracy of the focusing system.
The D60 is a bit slower (in good light it's hardly noticable). The
D60 will hunt sometimes if the contrast isn't what it needs, or if
the light is very poor.
However....I'm confident that when the D60 locks focus....I got the
shot. I could never get that feeling of trust with the 10D. I'd
MUCH rather have to re-try focus because it didnt get a
lock.....rather than go home thinking I got a bunch of good shots
that were actually missed becaus the camera grabbed something in
the background that was outside of the square.
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Though I don't have a 10D and don't plan to buy one (waiting for the '3D' or some other newer body), I'm still just considering not reading this forum at all LOL. It gets inside your head even though your own camera functions fine.
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True enough but it COULD have gone the other way. It's just sad to see people passing up a good product because of the rantings here.
Still, it was not nice to refer to others as "idiots" just because they use this forum to research their purchase. Some people here, like Steven, rely on this forum to strike out at Canon and sway people away from the 10D. If he didn't think he could, he probably wouldn't even be here.
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