depends Simon are you comparing like for like Digital SLR v Film SLR SLR's I have found were far better than my prosumer digitals my first Fuji not as good as the Minolta dimage 7HI and the Minolta les good then the 10D or EOS 1 V film for flare I think 70 pounds is not so expensive as replacing a lens like the 100-400 at 1200 !!

Danny O'Byrne  http://www.digitalartzone.co.uk/

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