Just got a canon 350d and its tiny!

[gf350]

I got it as a backup for my 30d, must admit I was surprised how small and light it was.
It looks a bit lost with my 24-105 stuck on it.
The 30d is a lot nicer to use with normal sized hands.
Still it will be useful as a carry around camera as the 30d with the battery pack and a 100-400 is quite a hefty thing and its ideal for what I'm using it for.
If your looking at cameras mail order its something to consider.
I would imagine the 400d is the same.
GF.

[350wedge]

I know what you mean, i quite frequently loose my 400D when its attached to my 100-400L

I bought my 400 for much the same reason as lugging an EOS 1D isnt always what i need. Its small, light and gives good picture quality although not quite to the same level as the 1 series camera.

[Typhon]

That was the reason I didn't buy one. My 20D feels much nicer in my hands

[julianhj]

One of the reasons I bought a 30D rather than a 400D - far too diddy, even for my better half.

[nick_bbb]

It's funny because my 300D is almost the same size as my 5D, I don't know why they made them so small after that

[Podie]

nick_bbb said:

It's funny because my 300D is almost the same size as my 5D, I don't know why they made them so small after that

They're made in Japan... assuming a 50th percentile...

[VxDuncan]

Waaaaay too small! Really unbalanced with a bigger lens - that's why I went for a D80 - the canons just were too small and felt cheap.

[JuSlaughter]

Its a good job there are people like me then, with small hands, cos I love my 350D. Even with my new 70-200 F4 L, it still feels nice, oh err missus.

[RobDickinson]

I bought the 350d over the 30d because it was smaller & basicaly all the extra features on the 30d didnt offer me much.

350d + 50mmf1.8 is very small , light & portable.

[gf350]

It might seem like I don't like it, not at all, I'm chuffed to bits with it.
I absolutely agree the size and weight of it is a major selling point, believe me lugging around a 30d with a couple of heavy lenses etc all day is a lot of kit.
I do honestly think if your using it with the big L lenses, they weigh so much anyway the larger cameras are easier to hold, but thats not what its for.
If the grip was a little bigger and it took the same batteries as my other camera it would have been perfect for me, but its not far off.
Overall, I'd say if your using sensible lenses and you carry it around a lot, go for the 350D/400D, or as a back up camerea its perfect. If you use the larger L lenses mainly, especially something like the 100-400L with the push pull zoom the 30D upwards is probably going to be easier to use. This is my opinion based on the size of my hands though.
In fact I can see me using it a lot more than my 30d, which I will use only for motorsport pictures now.
GF