This section has my comments on the Canon EOS D30, D60, 10D, 20D, and 60D digital cameras. I bought a new Canon EOS D30 on December 15, 2001. I bought the digital camera because I was getting too tired of scanning my positives every night, and the cost of film and development was getting too high. I knew the price of the D30 will probably drop in 2002, but I had already taken over 180 rolls of pictures in 2001, and I had events scheduled on 12/22, 12/24, and 12/28. So I couldn't wait any longer. (^_^;

I bought a new Canon EOS D60 on August 24, 2002. It had been out of stock ever since it went on sale, but when I went to the store, they happened to have one.. So I bought it. (^_^; I had photo sessions and events scheduled on 8/25, 8/28, and 8/31, so this was just perfect timing. I bought a new Canon EOS 10D on March 20, 2003. It's very similar to the D60, but has several nice improvements, and the price tag went down 100,000 yen. I sold all of my film cameras (and the D30), so I became 100% digital. UPDATE I bought a new Canon EOS 20D on September 18, 2004! (serial number 0410101058) I've bought a new camera every year for 4 years now.. I hope I can break this streak next year. I bought a new Canon EOS 60D on February 16, 2011. So I was able to wait until I really needed a new camera. (^_^;

My impressions on the D30, D60, 10D, and 20D are as follows. D30 part 1 "the body" (updated 2002.08.23) D30 part 2 "the digital" (updated 2002.08.23) D60 impressions (updated 2003.03.10) 10D impressions (updated 2004.02.09) Comparing the 10D and D60 (updated 2004.02.10) Comparing the 20D and 10D (updated 2005.09.04) Compact Flash benchmarks 10D/D60/D30 CF performance tests battery life of the ST-E2 transmitter

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The number of photos I've taken per month with my digital cameras is as follows.

20D month start end total 2004.09 1 2500 2500 2004.10 2500 7950 5450 2004.11 7950 12100 4150 2004.12 12100 15200 3100 2005.01 15200 17400 2200 2005.02 17400 22900 5500 2005.03 22900 29000 6100 2005.04 29000 33800 4800 2005.05 33800 41450 7650 2005.06 41450 48000 6550 2005.07 48000 54500 6500 2005.08 54500 58680 4180 2005.09 58700 64000 5300 2005.10 64000 67400 3400 2005.11 67400 69800 2400 2005.12 69800 73000 3200 2006.01 73000 73500 500 2006.02 73500 74600 1100 2006.03 74600 76700 2100 2006.05 76700 77500 800 2006.06 77500 78200 700 2006.08 78200 78400 200 2006.09 78400 78500 100 2006.10 78500 78700 200 2006.12 78700 78800 100 2007.06 78800 79600 800 2007.07 79600 80300 700 2007.08 80300 82700 2400 2007.09 82700 83200 500 2007.10 83200 83500 300 2007.11 83500 84500 900 2007.12 84500 85800 1300 2008.01 85800 85900 100 2008.03 85900 86200 300 2008.05 86200 86500 300 2008.06 86500 86900 400

10D month start end total 2003.03 1 1400 1400 2003.04 1400 3600 2200 2003.05 3600 4900 1300 2003.06 4900 7350 2450 2003.07 7350 10200 2850 2003.08 10200 13000 2800 2003.09 13000 17000 4000 2003.10 17000 19500 2500 2003.11 19900 22500 2600 2003.12 22500 26600 4100 2004.01 26600 30650 4050 2004.02 30650 32600 1950 2004.03 32650 35500 2850 2004.04 35500 37400 1900 2004.05 37400 43850 6450 2004.06 43850 48700 4850 2004.07 48700 54400 5700 2004.08 54400 60000 5600 2004.09 60000 61720 1720 2004.11 61720 61810 90 2005.01 61820 62000 180 2005.05 62000 62140 140 2005.08 62300 62750 450 2006.05 62900 63000 100

D60 month start end total 2002.08 1 1200 1200 2002.09 1250 4550 3300 2002.10 4600 6450 1850 2002.11 6450 8300 1850 2002.12 8300 9700 1400 2003.01 9700 11250 1550 2003.02 11250 12950 1700 2003.03 12950 16000 3050 2003.04 16000 16120 20 2003.06 16400 16600 200 2003.11 24400 25750 500 2004.01 26050 26250 200 2004.02 26350 27100 850 2004.03 27100 27450 350 2004.05 27450 27950 500 2004.07 28200 28300 100 2004.09 28300 28500 200

D30 month start end total 2001.12 1 1500 1500 2002.01 1600 2600 1000 2002.02 2600 3100 500 2002.03 3100 4350 1250 2002.04 4350 4750 400 2002.05 4750 5350 600 2002.06 5350 6800 1450 2002.07 6800 8650 1850 2002.08 8650 10850 2200 2002.09 10950 11300 350 2002.10 11300 11450 150

The following is the history of my usage of my EOS D30, D60, and 10D at events.

D30 history (2001.12.16 - 2002.10.13) D60 history (2002.08.25 - 2004.09.03) 10D (shutter 1) history (2003.03.20 - 2004.02.12) 10D (shutter 2) history (2004.02.29 - NOW) 20D (shutter 1) history (2004.09.22 - 2005.08.27) 20D (shutter 2) date event/girls start end total saved % 2005.09.03 Axia/Ichii Hiori 58729 59957 1038 000 00.0 2005.09.07 Magical Angel Night/Emiri 60094 61241 1072 448 41.8 2005.09.11 Mai 61278 61359 47 30 63.8 2005.09.17 Dream Angel/Mizuno Saya 61410 63079 1447 000 00.0 2005.09.23 Saaya 63124 63204 40 38 95.0 2005.09.23 Emiri 63215 63636 366 295 80.6 2005.09.24 Saaya 63650 63981 310 277 89.4 2005.10.03 Magical Angel Night/Emiri 64050 64668 552 234 42.4 2005.10.07 Kyarara/Saaya 64675 64815 113 60 53.1 2005.10.09 Dream Angel/Saaya 64855 66031 1038 517 49.8 2005.10.10 Dream Party/Saaya 66040 66140 74 59 79.7 2005.10.22 Akiba Enta Matsuri/Emiri 66143 66186 42 30 71.4 2005.10.26 Motor Show 66225 66572 170 91 53.5 2005.10.30 Akiba/Emiri/Oda Chieri 66704 67431 540 185 34.3 2005.11.06 Dream Party/Saaya 67443 67581 122 55 45.1 2005.11.13 Akiba/Oda Chieri 67660 68151 366 109 29.8 2005.11.18 Kyarara/Saaya 68188 68610 390 167 42.8 2005.11.20 Love Under17 Live/Saaya 68827 69776 901 345 38.3 2005.11.26 Akiba/Una 69794 69825 22 20 90.9 2005.12.11 Idol Promnade/Saaya 70135 71028 800 469 58.6 2005.12.25 Ohtsuka Mae 71036 71419 349 000 00.0 2005.12.25 School Festa/Saaya 71458 73030 1459 661 45.3 2005.12.29 Comic Market/Saaya 73038 73134 92 77 83.7 2005.12.30 Comic Market/Emiri 73140 73172 33 31 93.9 2006.02.14 Valentine Magic/Nobuko 73542 74636 953 412 43.2 2006.03.13 Angel Night/Nobuko 74861 75886 844 000 00.0 2006.03.18 Idol Promnade/Saaya 75907 76690 693 000 00.0 2006.06.17 Nagai Noa 77598 78207 584 497 85.1 2006.08.06 Nagai Noa 78215 78256 29 25 86.2 2006.08.11 Comic Market/Saaya 78263 78327 56 49 87.5 2006.08.12 Comic Market/Saaya 78333 78392 57 55 96.5 2006.09.24 Tokyo Game Show/Saaya 78410 78506 79 67 84.8 2006.12.24 Jenya/Sebastion Xmas party 78715 78805 78 64 82.0 2007.06.02 Itou Asuka 78818 79226 380 312 82.1 2007.06.04 Drum Land/Itou Asuka 79235 79683 427 154 36.1 2007.07.21 Happy Holiday/Itou Asuka 79690 80346 628 193 30.7 2007.08.05 Happy Holiday/Itou Asuka 80352 81057 670 205 30.6 2007.08.12 Itou Asuka 81097 81559 443 378 85.3 2007.08.20 Idol Song/Itou Asuka 81577 82785 1117 323 28.9 2007.09.17 Itou Asuka 82789 83277 400 302 75.5 2007.10.21 Itou Asuka 83284 83595 250 000 00.0 2007.11.11 Live/Itou Asuka 83599 83805 185 53 28.6 2007.11.23 Itou Asuka 83818 84194 306 000 00.0 2007.11.25 Shou Wakusei/Nanto Manami 84212 84521 263 215 81.7 2007.12.04 Angel Night/Itou Asuka 84565 85567 924 000 00.0 2007.12.24 Itou Asuka 85578 85814 205 000 00.0 2008.01.14 Animelo/Itou Asuka 85819 85924 61 52 85.2 2008.03.09 Animelo/Mugcup 85938 86180 217 155 71.4 2008.05.24 Itou Asuka 86194 86465 231 000 00.0

[saved = pics after I deleted the ones that were way out of focus, or were bad shots (bad expressions, eyes closed, blurry, etc)]

Going digital allowed me to take LOTS of pictures of my favorite girls. (^_^;

Hitoshi Doi