Yup - like you guys, really want to upgrade but can't afford it at the moment. Well, I have the money (like you) but the car needs new insurance and tax next month, and guess what? It comes out the same as an EOS350D. Doh! Damned priorities.
Anyway, I'm currently using a not brilliant point and shoot compact, an Olympus mju410 (stylus 410 for the Americans). This thing:
It's nothing great at all - the photos it gives are really average at best. But it's weatherproof, which is great given it's been trodden on, dropped in a bog, taken to the desert, then taken snowboarding two weeks later where it was fallen on a few times (hurt me more than the camera) and out on the bike in the pouring rain getting covered in mud. It's a robust camera, and I love it for that!
But it's definately time to upgrade to something that gives better photos, so I'm waiting for some money so I can start using my old EOS lenses again from my film EOS camera...
ryosuke said:
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Possibly a bizarre question, but that bag... Who's the manufacturer and how pricey is it? And obviously how good is it? Is it actually your camera bag?
It's just that I've been looking for a bag like that for a while - a bag that you can carry you camera in easily and reasonably safely while not looking like a traditional camera bag (i.e. an obvious target when you're walking around London). I'm loving my normal shoulder satchel thingy at the moment for laptop or folders but would love a good camera version even more - but have been unable to find it. So, details please?!
Edit: In case you're wondering, my camera doesn't look much like that anymore...
It's managed to pick up a few scratches and the sliding door ain't as smooth as it once was...