DIGITAL SLR's which one would you choose and why?

But only if the old lenses have a Minolta A bajonett; Minolta MC/MD don't work (without adapter [M42, I would think]).

This 'problem' with old lenses isn't new at all: even with the last 'normal' SLR-cameras you couldn't use all old lenses, at least not in all modi.

Travelling last 2 days so I just caught up. Im going to look at the Canon EOS. We have a really good camera shop back home and they let you mess around with a demo camera. They also have staff that are photography students at the U of Del.

Ill be home by Sat , but till then Ill keep looking in . Thanks for all yer advice. Im resigned to the fact that my Minolta lenses will be ancient history. (immgoing to see about selling them somehow)

Well, I bought a Canon Xsi. I love it. Its not overly heavy, it has all the features I can think of and allows me great flexibility . The shots it takes are great and crisp. I can stretch the camera into capturing scenes that I want. Ive been doing a lot of subdued color and black and white. The lenses are great and I even like the little remote thing that is used to trip the lens for tripod shots.

It only has a 3 fps as opposed to the 6 fps that the Nikon has. However, the flexibility and ease of use is superior to the Nikon. EVen the sales staff at the Camera shop(who are either photog majors or working photographers) mostly use Canons for the ease of use and flex reason. Good thing I was allowed to use a Nikon for a day so I could see what I was comparing.

Hi Fishin,
I found the thread using a search engine, so I'm not part of the usual list of posters.

Anyway, I'm starting to overcome the grief of my Nikon film cameras being relics of a bygone era, and in order to salvage some of my investment, would like to find a camera with a mount that lets me use my Nikon-mount lens.

Can I infer from your post that this is a possibility?

Cathy in Idaho