crockett

A few years back I bought a Canon 10D from a well known shooter on this board. I've always wanted to learn photography and I intended to put the effort into learning when I bought that camera.

Well I never took that time and the camera just sat in the box for a very long time in between my minimal usage of it here and there. I still have this camera and it works fine, but I only have one lens a Canon 50mm.

I'm planing to do a road trip the end of this year and I'm going to be traveling all across the US starting late this year and continuing well into if not all of 2013. I expect to be on the road a good 6 months if not a year just traveling the country and going where ever I decide to go, until I decide to stop.

On this trip I intend to learn/practice photography and I'm looking to upgrade my camera. As a rookie I don't intend to go buy the latest and greatest but I really don't want to waste money buying lens's for this older Canon due to the fact they use newer mount system now. (meaning new lenses won't fit my 10d)

I was thinking about picking up a good used 40 or 50D, but I'm also curious which Nikons I might want to look at that would compare to the Canons I mentioned. Also what's the general consensus between Canon & Nikon these days is it still just a personal preference thing or has one taken more lead?

I see a lot more Nikons for sale here locally than I do canons, but I'm not on the up & up as which Nikons are decent, so I'm not sure what I'm looking at when I see them listed.

I plan to do a mix of urban exploring (ie cities) as well and a good mix of out doors type shooting.