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comparing slr digital cameras?

for my 15th birthday i am asking for a "nice" camera. my top two choices are the canon rebel and the nikon D80. please compare these two for me, giving pros and cons for each. thanks!

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1. You did not specify which Canon rebel you want to compare with the D80. I would guess you're looking at the Canon XSi. The Canon XSi is a great camera, highly responsive, fast, with a fair amount of manual overrides. On the downside, build quality isn't as good as the D80, and you're likely to fiddle more trying to figure out how to operate the camera than actually take pictures. The D80 is also a great camera. High iso and resolution performance loses to the Canon, but keep in mind the D80 is a much older camera. It also lacks live-view and anti-dust systems (irrelevant to msot photographers). On the upside, the build quality is miles ahead, and the viewfinder itself is bigger, brighter with a more accurate coverage due to its pentaprism design (compared to the Canon's mirrors). But the advantages in itself, in my opinion, gives more confidence to a photographer, which may be a very good reason to choose the D80 over the rebel. But as you may know already, these cameras are not exactly "comparable" The D80 was introduced 2 years ago and aimed at the intermediate market. It successor, the D90, continues to aim at the intermediate consumers. The XSi, on the other hand, aims at the amateur photographers. The Nikon D60 would be a more reasonable to compare with the Canon. Here is a detailed side-by-side comparison of the D60 and the Canon, with detailed reviews for both. http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/compare_post.asp?method=sidebyside&cameras=canon_eos450d%2Cnikon_d60&show=all