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Summary: SLR Photography at its best
Review: I have been using this camera for just about a month now and all i have is good comments on the camera. Every time i use it i learn something new, and come out with more interesting photos each time. I have been into my digital photography since the start. (Started with a Casio w/ no removable memory, no flash, or zoom) In the past i have prefered the Sony cameras, i went from the casio to the digital mavica with a floppy disk, then the cyber shot. Both of whiuch took wonderful photos, but were limited in their manual modes. I had been skeptical to the digital slr, but i got to use one and loved the control that was available. The 18-55mm lens that comes with it is ok, but if you want to do more sophisticated photos, then i would recomend stepping up to at least a 28-135mm lens. The write speed is fast with the Sandisk Ultra II 512 mb card (about 2 seconds) But the camera has a small internal memory and will allow you to take up to 5 shots sequentially before it writes to the card.
Overall very satisfied, and highly recommend
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Summary: Great SLR with only one feature I miss...
Review: I have been using this camera for nearly a year now and have since purchased additional lens for it. It takes very sharp pictures and I don't feel like I am limited by the feature set in anyway except for lack of being able to shoot RAW in some of the user modes. The lens that it comes with is a good starter lens and takes good pictures but once you get addicted you might end up purchasing a Canon L and or Prime like I did. :) This camera is great for learning photography with because you get to see your results very quickly! This camera just takes great pictures and gives you all the control you need to get creative with exposure, focus, etc. The plastic body is relatively durable although I wouldn't want to drop it but then would you want to drop a metal body camera either?! Do not fear, even with a plastic body it has that solid SLR feel. All my hard copy prints from the online digital photo lab look very sharp. I even had a poster print done and it came out great. Many people claimed that 6 Megapixal camera is not enough to make a good poster print. After seeing the results I say hogwash. The poster print I got back from the online photolab(Ofoto in this case) was a better quality print than any poster print I have seen at the mall poster store. 8x10 prints are simply stunning. Take the time to go through the manual and learn all the features of the camera. I can not really comment on the software that comes with the camera because I never mess software that they bundle with cameras. I use a good card reader, Windows XP for my OS, Irfanview (which is free) for viewing and mild editing, and Photoshop(not so free) for any major editing. I found the Sandisk Ultra II Compact Flash cards work very well and are worth the extra dough for the faster performance. I wish I had RAW in all the user modes but I guess Canon had cripple something like this to convince people to shell out the extra dough for the higher end stuff. Happy picture taking!
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Summary: Yup,...one more good review.
Review: I haven't owned a camera since 1989 or 99. And it was a polaroid.
Hey... don't smirk.... it took instant pictures of.... "what-ever".
One day, I loaned it to a friend. (big mistake!)
Her "spoiled brat" kids broke it....and she never offered to replaced it.
(yea... I need more crappy friends like this in my life ).
The next day, as I was driving to a wedding... I stopped at a Store 24
and bought a disposible camera. Somehow....purchasing disposale camera's for special events became the "norm" for me.
(But, I still missed my Polaroid's instant gratification).
When I got married in 91, my husband brought his huge, heavy, Canon T70 SLR.
I was terrified to use it.
I thought for sure I would break it .... (just like my girlfriends rotten kids broke my camera).
When my new hubby saw my apprehension... he shrugged and said
to me......"just point and shoot".
So, I did.
I was amazed at the clarity of the lens and how easy it was to focus.
(i was instantly hooked).
I ran around the house and yard... and shot the entire roll of film.
When we got the film back (about a week later), I saw that I had taken several really lousy shots....but 70% of the pictures (I took) came out really good!!!! I was very impressed by the picture clarity and colors of an SLR.
(But, I still missed the instant gratification of my old polaroid).
Two years later....
My husband and I became "Master Gardeners".
(Some people call us...Tree hugging, bug kissing, nuts).
I heard about a contest that "Ortho" and "WalMart" were sponsoring.
It was called : "THE BEST GARDEN IN AMERICA".
I grabed my husbands Canon SLR (film) camera and his camera books .
and I studied them. Then I took about 200 pictures of our garden.
And after a couple of days, I picked up the pictures..... choose the best picture and entered it in the contest.
A lot of work....but it paid off.
Yup!.... We won best garden in the North East!!!
Since then, my husband and I have taken about a trillion pictures of our garden.
10% are awful !!!, 20% are lousy!! .... 30% good!....and 40% fantastic!
This January I sat down and looked at all our garden pictures.
I always do this in the dead of winter .....cause the beauty of the flowers always makes me smile.
But this winter.....I didn't smile!
All I thought about was:...
"Wow, I probably spent well over a thousand dollars in developing fee's for all the yucky pictures!"
I have a dual G5, over 10,000.00 in software and hardware ....and I just bought (in my opinion) One of the best small buisness printers anyone can own. (It's the Canon I9900 printer).
Then I asked myself....
"Why don't I own a digital camera"?!?!
After (literally) weeks of research on the web and reading consumer reports and going to large camera stores to ask a million questions......
I finally decided on the Canon Rebel.
All I can say is.....WOW !!!!!!!!
This camera combined with this printer ..... is nothing less than amazing!
(Not to mention the instant gratification I felt, after seeing pictures instantly appearing on the LCD screen)
I am astonished that a complete novice (me) can put this camera in AF mode and take 95% Fantastic pictures!
And it's great that I can simply delete lousy pictures.
I can't wait to read about how to use "manual focus"!
I bet my pictures will blow the cardboard off my album covers!
I Hope this (long winded) review helps all you other novice people out there.
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Summary: Underexposure Problem
Review: I owned the original D30 prior to this camera and wanted to upgrade so I could keep my lenses. While the Digital Rebel has much faster auto focus and a better pixel count, it has a significant underexposure problem. I've taken about 1000 shots so far and the majority are underexposed, especially those taken indoors with ambient light and even many taken with flash. On some lenses, such as the 28-135 IS USM lens, it underexposes at maximum zoom while indoors - even with the exposure compensation control at the highest level! Too bad - otherwise a terrific SLR, but I wouldn't use it for any important shots. I expected more from this camera given the experience Canon has with digital SLRs. My small S400 does better! Hopefully Canon fixes this issue, but until then I'm looking elsewhere for a digital SLR.
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Summary: great product !
Review: I purchased this camera about 3 months ago, it's a great camera and I haven't had 1 problem with it. I bought a few accessories..EX420 Flash, Canon 75-300 lens (there least expensive one, USM & IS wasn't an issue me)<br />
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Summary: Great Camera....High End Fun.
Review: I purchased this camera about 6 months ago, it's a great camera and I haven't had 1 problem with it. I bought a few accessories..EX420 Flash, Canon 75-300 lens (there least expensive one, USM & IS wasn't an issue me)
lt's fast in auto focus. Purchased the battery grip also. Camera looks good, the grip helps with vert. shots and you have a slot for a second battery. Bought after market battery for $9.99 instead of $49.99 for OEM (look @ EBAY for batteries). If you purchase this camera you'll be very satisfied!
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Summary: What an Awesome Camera
Review: I purchased this camera after studying several similar cameras and reading every review. After comparing all the pros and cons of the many cameras that I was reviewing, I decided on this one. I am extremely happy with the decision.This camera is a full size SLR camera, which is exactly what I was looking for. I have big hands and the compact cameras just didn't fit well. I wanted a digital camera that does everything the SLR cameras do. This camera is the ticket. I can practice all day long using all the different settings to get used to the camera, and I don't have to worry about wasting film. It has six settings for file size of the .jpg photos. The highest quality (6.3) mega pixel is about 3 megs. The smallest is about a 4/10 to 3/10s of a meg, which is a very good quality picture, even at the smallest setting. I recommend getting the high-speed compact flash card for the camera, it's only about ten dollars more and you can take high-speed photos with it. I take about 2-3 a second (1-2 a second using the flash), which is outstanding for a digital camera. I haven't experienced some of the problems I have read in other reviews, such as under exposed photos indoors; in fact I've experienced great indoor shots. I had a few unfocused shots, but that was me, not the camera. I could go on and on about this camera, the most important thing, it's easy to learn, even for a beginner and is just about everything you will want in a camera (except for being tiny). It's a great buy.
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Summary: Awesome Camera!
Review: I was initially attracted to the Canon because of the 6.3MP, and I am extremely impressed at the improvement in print resolution over my former 3.3MP digital. But what really thrilled me was the ease of use. I pulled the camera out of the box, and after charging the battery, I shot pictures for a couple of weeks before I could find the time to read the manual. To my delight, I found that the manual had nothing to teach me about using the camera that I hadn't already learned by using the menu displayed on the LCD screen. I found the buttons to be very intuitive, especially since I have owned several digital cameras.
The first accessory I purchased was a 512 mb ultra-fast CF card, so that the camera would not be hindered by a slow transfer to media. This has paid off well, as I do alot of sports photography in burst mode. The camera does an amazing job of capturing fast action with crystal clear continuous focusing. (I should mention that the lens I am using is a 28-200mm)
Battery life is great, and if you keep your LCD review time to a minimum, you should get hundreds of pictures on one charge. The flash also seems to be very strong, I have not been disappointed yet, but an accessory flash can be added if necessary.
The camera is definitely weightier than any digital I have owned, but I was not looking for something to slip into my pocket. What I really wanted was professional looking prints, and I have found them. The print quality so far is better than any SLR I have ever owned. I couldn't be more pleased!
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Summary: Semi-Professional Camera at great price
Review: I was lucky enough to score one of these of a friend. It was but two months old and was as new.
It is easy to use as a point and shoot, but also gives you all the capabilities to take your time over a shot and really take a truely beautiful picture.
Canon products seem to have an extra quality to them that makes them robust and intuitive to use.
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Summary: Digital Rebel Takes Wonderful Advantage of Canon "Primes"
Review: I won't sing the praises of this camera; I could never be as eloquent as the others who have weighed in and I don't use (or even fully understand) most of the fancy features of the camera, preferring to shoot mostly in program mode. However, I've noticed that the other reviewers seem to miss what for me is the most exciting feature of this camera -- the ability to use high quality Canon EF lenses. Put an inexpensive Canon EF 50 mm f/1.8 lens on the Digital Rebel and you will be astonished at the quality of your photos. (This lens can be had for about $70. new.) For example, you'll obtain near professional quality portraits with gorgeous backround blur using a wide aperture. If you are truly interested in photography as a hobby, there is no other way to go -- you must have a camera that can accept interchangable lenses. Primes (fixed focal length) lenses are the least expensive and of superb optical quality. Comparable quality telephoto lenses are far more expensive and they won't be as fast (have as wide an aperture) or as light weight and compact. Photography is completely different with a camera like the Rebel. Once you try it, there is no turning back. It will become apparent that the decision on which camera back to purchase is least important decision you make. Choosing the right lens is the really critical choice. Of course, along with the pleasure comes the pain: you'll soon find yourself lusting after Canon L (professional quality) glass that will set you back thousands at a pop. Enjoy!
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