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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TerryMiller" data-source="post: 2588795" data-attributes="member: 7900">I've heard good things about the 70D.  When we took our cruise to Alaska in 2005, I used a Nikon Coolpix 5700.  On one set of photographs of some Sea Lions on the rocks, to get close to them, I had to use just about all of both optical zoom and digital zoom.  My pictures were crappy.  I later ran across a guy's pictures on Pbase and found that he was on the exact same cruise as we were and his photos looked good.  He was using a Canon 20D with a 300mm lens.  That is when I decided it was time to get back to a true single lens reflex.However, it took fast little grandkids to convince me that a new camera was imperative.  I'd focus on the grandkid, but by the time "shutter-lag" took effect, the kid would be gone.However, I've also learned that good lenses are probably more important than the camera itself.  I have a D300 with an 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6.  That range in the f/settings causes the lens to take in less light when zoomed out.  My 70-200mm f/2.8 does not darken when I zoom out as you can see in those three photos of the buck.  The 24-70mm f/2.8 that I have borrowed from a nephew also does not darken.  Hopefully, I may be able to get my own 24-70mm.</blockquote>