D40 or XTi - help me decide

[Sgt_Strider]

The 17-40L will be pretty darn wide on a full-frame body. The 24-70L is a lot nicer (imo) but a little constricting on cropped body.

I was thinking of getting the 24-70mm L lens, but it's just way too expensive for what I intend to do. Not to mention that I need to save some money now in the event that I go to China next year. There's no point for me to blow away all my money now on camera gear and not able to travel around the country and take pictures.

I personally don't think 17mm is too wide. Besides, the XTI is using a 1.6x crop sensor so it's definitely not that wide. I might sell the lens later on, but the width would really help with landscape photography on a full frame camera. Hopefully the 5D's successor with a 24-105mm L IS lens would be under $3000 when it does come out since I can get a 5D+24-105mm "L" IS lens for under $3000.

[Ilovedeals]

Ok, I think I decided to go with the D40 after much thought and convincing from Najibs

Thanks guys!

Congrats. I just got the D40X for Christmas and am thrilled with the quality of pictures. So clear and sharp. The ability to capture the exact instant you want with a DSLR is so nice - as opposed to point n shoots where you have to wait for the focus to grab and then you've missed it what you really wanted. Enjoy!

P.S. Got mine at Blacks - who price matched Aden Camera and gave me much better service than other stores I went to. Interesting also, they offer an extra one year warranty for $50 and it comes with a card for printing 200 digital images - worth about $50 in itself. Seemed worthwhile to me.