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Summary: I'm getting a lot out of this camera
Review: My wife and I decided to get this for Christmas after some exhaustive research into SLRs, so that we could take better family photos and replace our Fuji point-and-shoot which mysteriously kept losing battery power and ruined many rolls of film with random rewindings. We have not been disappointed after five months. True, the first roll I took with the EOS 2000 was a shock--I thought it was far inferior to the ageing Fuji. I still have some suspicions about the totally auto mode (although all the camera books I've read say that's true about any of the autofocus cameras), but I think it's most likely this was due to a lack of familiarity with the relation of lighting, film speed and aperatures. After taking some photography classes at the local high school's night school, and by paying attention to the lighting, et al mentioned above, the pictures I get now are worlds apart. With classes, I've been able to build confidence in using fully manual and the creative modes, and there's no turning back now! I have to agree that the manual leaves much to be desired, but there are inexpensive guides to the camera that remedy that drawback. The camera is amazingly light, it sports date imprinting when I want it, and I disagree about other ocmments about the lens--this is a good first lens that functions as a wide angle, telephoto and medium range lens. I can't tell that there are any sharpness problems. Although one of the reasons we got this camera was to allow both me and my wife to take better pictures with an easy-to-use SLR, I have yet to hand it over to her! She hasn't taken a single picture with the camera, because I'm hogging it to myself. This camera has given me a great new hobby that I'm now passionate about.
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Summary: Incredible camera; takes great pics!
Review: Strengths: Lightweight, easy to use from full automatic to full manual. Depth of field preview (excellent feature!), AE lock, quick auto focus for price range, seven focusing points. Countless lenses and accessories available both from Canon and third party mfgrs. If you have large hands, I recommend the optional battery pack ... which also doubles as a vertical grip with duplicated shutter control and port for remote switch. I simply can't imagine these features on any other camera at a comptetitive price. Thinking about a "point and shoot"? Save your money and get this camera instead. Weaknesses: Included manual not very comprehensive, but spend a few hours with this camera and you can figure most features out yourself. If you need written instructions, I'd recommend the excellent Magic Lantern guide.... Also, try another lens, like a 28-200mm aspherical lens, if you want just one lens to carry around.
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Summary: This Canon Got All for a Beginer
Review: This a very beutiful and good start camera. 28-90 mm Lens, Silver, Date are specialities of this camera. You will love it
to have this in Hands. For more serius photographers may seek
higher end models for reasons such as Plastic lens mount and wide
range of accessories. But for a beginer, This is a wonderful canon to own.
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Summary: An excellent camera!
Review: This my first SLR, although I'd borrowed others from friends for a while. I bought this right before spending three months driving cross-country and shooting in a ton of different conditions. I hiked hundreds of miles, shot over 50 rolls, and it always did a great job, regardless of whether I was using the manual settings or the automatics ones. The advanced features are easy to use if you just spend a little bit of time reading the instructions. Having been used to older SLR's without any sort of automatic or digital features, I was thrilled with all the options this camera provided. I think the lens Canon include is somewhat cheap, as it is very lightweight and plastic. I bought a Sigma 100-300mm lens for the camera and it feels much more sturdy and well built than Canon's included 28-90mm. However, Canon's lens never gave me any trouble, it just felt cheap. I would suggest buying a number of accessories for the camera, such as a tripod, polarizing filter, UVA filter, remote shutter release (to avoid shaking the camera when it's on a tripod and for long exposures), and a larger zoom lens (Sigma makes some great ones that are less expensive than Canon's).
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Summary: Love it!
Review: We pulled the Canon Rebel 2000 out of the box and started shooting pictures immediately. It was so easy, and all the pictures came out beautifully. Now we have started playing with the "create zone" functions, and have got some incredible close-ups, awesome portraits, and other fun shots. Now I'm looking for an affordable zoom lens to start playing with. I'm hooked!
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