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Summary: Great results, easy to use
Review: I've been both a serious SLR amateur photog for more than 30 years (still have my multiple Minolta SRT-101s) and into digital for about 4 years. Frankly, I can't understand some of the low ratings for picture/color quality. This camera will function as a simple point and shoot right out of the box with stunning results. Take a photo in fine setting, crop out just one third of that and you can make a stunning, lab quality 8X10, with perfect lighting (indoor-flash) and perfect color. Add to that the flexiblity of using ALL Canon lenses on it and you have a real winner.
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Summary: Thinking about a move from 35mm EOS? Buy This!!
Review: I've owned three digital cameras before this (a very small Sony, a Canon G1, and an older Kodak), and have been impressed with instant feedback received by viewing your photo 2 seconds after you took it, but was always left with the feeling that I needed to be able to change lenses and have more control over the process.What I really wanted was my old Canon EOS 650 (35mm) camera to work with a digital camara back so that I could make use of my existing investment in lenses. Well guess what, that is exactly what the Digital Rebel provides! Much to my surprise, all of my old EOS EF lenses work very well with this camera and I am getting much better results than I expected. This is a huge improvement over my other digicams - better resolution, color, overall quality, and I am in awe of what I get with my long telephoto lens. A few notes. First, buy the kit lens (18-55mm EF-S); for $100 you'll use the lense and it is an incredible value (certinaly worth 2 to 3 times the cost). Second, if you take many indoor photos you'll want an external flash; I went with Canon's 420EX unti as it provides E-TTL exposure (essentially, the amount of flash is controlled by what the camera meters through the lens - a pretty amazing capability). Third, get a good amount of memory, like 2 512K card; its relatively inexpensive and by taking lots of photos you'll learn more about the camera's abilities sooner. I am getting very long battery life (well into many hundreds of photos per charge), so unless you are headed off into the woods you may be able to hold off on purchasing a spare battery. In summary, if you are an old 35mm EOS photographer, this is a complete no brainer since you get to use your lens investment. If you aren't, I'd highly recommend this camera anyway (and look into the Canon 70-200mm/f4 telephoto lense - its extremely high quality and a reasonable price). Now smile and say "Canon".
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Summary: Great Camera for the Price
Review: If you are a photographer looking for a low priced SLR camera that takes quality pictures, this camera is for you. Its fast, easy to use, and an extremely long batterry life. I bought this camera 3 weeks ago and already shot about 500 pics with it. The quality is great!!! The best thing about the camera is the ability to take action shots. I had some of my friends jump and the camera was able to focus on them and shot pictures while they were in the air and the pictures came out great. Macro shots were perfect, with or with out the flash, I could not be happier, all the pictures were sharp and in focus. I wanted to edit some of the pictures I took with photoshop, but even the photoshop told me the pictures were perfect and did not need to be edited.
There are a few problems with the camera and most of them can be solved with a few accessories. One of the biggest problems is pictures shot indoor are underexposed, the built in flash is not powerfull enough. But all I had to do was buy a flash (420EX works great) and the problem is solved. Second problem is that the camera is very selective as far as lenses. I have a Rebel2000 with a Sigma 200mm lens and the lens did not work with my new camera. (I kept getting ERR99 on the screen) So I guess I have to buy a new lens for it. Camera is also have a plastic body, but i guess for the price its ok. (If you want a metal body get Canon 20D and pay $500 more)
Overall the camera has some minor problems with it, but for the price I am willing to live with it. (if want them fixed either buy Canon 20D or get some accessories) Personally changing from G5 to Rebel was great. This is my first digital SLR and I am very happy. Canon did a very good job with it.
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Summary: Fast and Fun
Review: My wife and I recently decided to take the plunge into the "digital" photography world, but we were really concerned with losing the functionality for special shots that we had with our old Canon AE. The Digital Rebel was exactly what we were looking for! Talk about functionality. This camera does more than we could have ever hoped for in a digital unit. It's easy to manipulate, and is lightning fast. No waiting for the shutter and missing that important candid shot. The images are clear and crisp and download to the PC (or straight to the printer) in seconds. The ability to cary one camera that does it all from close ups, to portraits, to landscapes and sports shots is wonderful. With a 512MB CF card, you can hold over 150 high quality photos at once (over 200 at reduced levels). No worries with having to sort the good from the bad now. Just snap away and sort them out later.
Now we are simply waiting for a telephoto zoom lens and we will have all the still photo capablility we need in one handy little bag. Yes, it's a bit pricey, but well worth every penny!
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Summary: Pretty darn good camera
Review: Previous digital camera is a Olympus Camedia 4.1 - it takes some very good pix and is quite rugged. Before purchasing the Canon Rebel-D I read over a dozen editorial reviews, many dozen(s) customer reviews and hundreds of newsgroup postings related to it. I read the manual, cover to cover, three times and reviewed specific pages many times. I visited three different retail outlets and handled the camera many times. I've now shot a few hundred test pix of a myriad of subjects using every camera setting available. Most were shot using the Canon EF 28-135 f/3.5-5.6 IS USM lens. A lot of the 'con' comments about the camera - white balance problems, dark flash problems, focus issues, etc - I have found to be user user specific. Don't blame the camera. I've printed differing sizes of prints on two different HP photo printers and have taken the files to four different retail print sources. With one exception the printed photos have been quite acceptable. (Kit's Camera at our local mall had a focus problem with their Dye-Sub printer. They assured me the tech would be called) If I could add just two missing features they would be the LCD preview and the flash exposure adjustment. The camera gets a thumbs-up here!
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Summary: Great 35MM SLR upgrade
Review: Pros:
Comes with battery and battery charger!
I was able to use an aftermarket Canon zoom lens on this camera that fit my old Canon 35MM SLR!
There is a popular BIOS upgrade on the net that will let you activate certian features found in the Canon 10D!
Cons:
Camera driver in Windows XP does not allow you to upload files.
After I made certain complicated shots in the advanced shot modes, the camera locked up with error codes. Turning it off and on fixed the problem though.
The lens that came with the camera has a cheap plastic mount. I am worried it will break with repeated lens switching.
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Summary: Lenses and download speed
Review: The reviews below pretty much say it all. This is a high quality camera at a very reasonable price. A few points to note from my experience.
Lenses
I had a film EOS so I thought I did not need the kit lense and did not buy it. Lenses for film cameras do work with the digital kiss but there are two problems. Due to the size difference between the digital sensor and a 35mm film, the stated focal length of the film lens becomes about 1.4 longer when used with the digital camera. I.e. a 28 mm film lens becomes a 40mm lens when used on the digital Kiss. This means that I lack a wide angle lens for use with the digital. Secondly, while humans can accomodate for the fact that what it says on the lens is not the correct focal length, when using with a canon flash (I have a 380EX) the lens communicates its focal length to the flash gun based on the numbers on the lens not on the adjusted focal length. This means that the flash gun inturn adjusts its flash dispersion width to meet the incorrect focal length and so the exposures is out. One can adjust the exposure manually but the size of the adjustment does not seem to be consistent over the range for my "28" to "70" Canon zoom. So be wary when hoping to use your film EOS eqipment on your digital EOS camera. Buy the kit lens.
Download Speed
A lot of people point out that the camera is a little to download. However it only costs a about 30 dollars (or less?) for a USB 2.0 adapter for the compact flash. I never download directly from the camera. I just change the compact flash and download from that. Using this method, download times are as fast as any other camera, or as fast as the media will allow.
Pixels
While 6.3 is a lot for any amature use. If you want to sell your photos then it is about the minimum. If you plan to turn pro then get the next version up if you can afford it.
Rating: 
Summary: Better be a pro
Review: This camera takes great outdoor pics, but indoor pics are consistantly underexposed. I am experimenting with all the controls and modes, since most of my pics are indoors of my children (during the winter). When you start using the manual settings, they are not consistant. It's a hit or miss deal (trying to set the right exposure for indoors). I exchanged my rebel for another, only to have the same results. It is not a point and shoot camera for indoors. My advice is if you're an amateur photobug, wait and see what Canon's competition does or wait till canon fixes the problem with underexposure on these cameras. I gave it only 2 stars because of the underexposure and having an "auto" position on the mode dial that doesn't create good photos automatically.
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Summary: Great DSLR with few drawbacks
Review: This is a great camera. Before I purchased the Rebel, I had only used mid range point and shoot cameras, such as the PowerShot S410. I didn't know what I was missing until I used this camera.
My favorite thing about this camera is that you can quickly take shots with virtually no shutter lag. You push the shutter, and almost instantly you have your image.
I also love the ability to quickly and easily change lenses, as well add other accessories, such as external flash units.
The only thing that I don't like about this camera is the plastic body. Even though it is durable, I would prefer a metal body. However, in order for Canon to sell this camera at such a low price, they had to choose plastic. It is well made, nonetheless.
The included lens in the kit also feels very cheap. The included lens takes decent pictures, but I recommend that you upgrade. It provides decent results for a $100 dollar lens, however. You get what you pay for.
Aside from those minor flaws, this is a great camera that produces life like photos. I highly recommend this camera to anyone.
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Summary: Pro camera - not a snapshot camera
Review: This is a sophisticated camera despite being below $1000. It
takes photos that can be brillant colorwise and detailwise, but you have to work for them sometimes. The AF can be a bit tricky. For quick shots, though, it's very useful. The AE has allowed me to take quick snaps of things I never thought would be properly exposed. It seems to be able to
expose correctly so that the photos are a true depiction
of conditions when the photo was taken. And you can always
override the automatic settings for manual work.
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