[url=http://www.photographyblog.com]photographyblog.com[/url] has a poll asking people if the canon eos 300d was the most important product of 2003. are you kidding me? ok, so sure, canon has released a more affordable digital SLR camera. that is the most important product of 2003? no way! perhaps it is the most affordable, but does it really break any new barriers?

aside from the price barrier, canon has done nothing but reinvent the canon 10D for cheap. big deal.

if i had to choose what the most important photography-related product of 2003 had to be, i would nominate canon’s DiGiC chip. that chip coupled with the 10D delivered some of the most impressive pictures from a digital camera i’ve seen since the D30 came out.

maybe i’m just biased because i love my 10D.

but really…the 300D? just because it’s cheap, it’s the most important? i would have to disagree.

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