Thread: Canon T2i (550D) vs Nikon D3100

Originally Posted by bartjeej

Just a short note, I carry my EX1 in a coat / jacket pocket, which works fine as long as I take my coat with me. Admittedly, that's not 100% of the time, but the Dutch weather means that I'll be wise to have a coat with me at least 95% of the times I go out further than a trip to the supermarket, so it's very uncommon for me not to have my camera with me. I don't know how good or bad the New Hampshire weather is, but maybe it's something to consider.

NH is known to have some of the most erratic weather in the world, if you're really interested look up "Mount Washington Weather," Mt. Wash is about a 20 minute drive from my house.

Is the D5100 really significantly larger and heavier than the D3100? I wouldn't have thought so. Canon and Nikon have relative strengths and weaknesses compared to each other but the differences are not huge. Either would be fine.

BTW, I have a Nikon dSLR and the choice was fairly clear for me.

I have both Canon 550D and Nikon D3100 and personally i prefer the auto focus and image of Nikon lenses, at least my opinion.