Canon Digital Rebel XTi 10.1MP Digital SLR Camera with EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens (Black)
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Canon Digital Rebel XTi 10.1MP Digital SLR Camera with EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens (Black)
Customer Review: Complete, professional entry level camera
Summary: 5 Stars
If you have a Digital Point a shoot camera, this is the way to go into the DSLR cameras. It's the best bang for the buck for you.
If you are a professional photographer you may want to go to the next camera in the canon's DSLR line.
For me an amateur but serious photo enthusiast this has worked great. I use it for family and friends, work related and artistic photos. What it is lacking... Faster speeds above 1/4000 and Higher ISO equivalent sensitivity (1600). But if you do not NEED that you'll love this camera. The battery life is great. The manual says about 500 shots mixed flash and no flash photos. This seems about right. But think about it 500+ shots with one battery! It is great. I did buy a second battery. I recommend you do too, since the battery lasts that long you will be in the road of your third shooting session when it runs out of juice. There you will appreciate the second battery.
Good basic flash. The lens is good. Has no (IS) Image Stabilization but that doesn't seem to be a problem. The good news is that you can later improve the lens. I have shot with a friends Professional Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM Telephoto Zoom Lens for Canon SLR Cameras and it works great. So improve the lens after you have a feel for the one it comes with which is enough for your average photo experience.
The size is big compared with a point and shoot but it is smaller than all the other digital SLRs out there. So it is not a burden to carry it around.
I love this camera. I use a SanDisk SDCFX3-4096-901 4 GB Extreme III CompactFlash Card (Retail Package) memory card. It gives me about 800+ shots in Large/Fine setting.
Hope this was useful for you.
Customer Review: Sweetness!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have been a Canon Rebel fan since the first 6.1MP body first came out. I have always loved that camera.
I upgraded to the XTi body a little over a year ago and am very pleased with it. It takes a great picture (if slightly grainy at high ISOs).
The controls are intuitive and well placed. Some of the more obscure ones took me a few minutes to find in the menu, but they're there. As a landscape photographer, I particulary like the mirror lockup feature. I missed that in the earlier Rebel body. (It was actually in the programming but disabled and there were some hacks available on the net to unlock it, but I was reluctant to void the warranty).
Unlike the earlier Rebel body, the XTi is small. Uncomfortably small. To fix this, I bought the battery grip, which not only solves this problem, but also doubles the battery life, as well as adding another shutter release so that you can hold the camera "normally" when shooting vertical. I highly recommend getting the battery grip. (The battery grip does not report the battery strength correctly though, but you can shoot for a very long time before the battery meter drops suddenly from 100% to 0%. But that's not really an issue since the grip comes with an additional battery "sled" which takes AA batteries. So that is an additional nice backup battery feature).
The EF-S 18-55mm lens that comes in the kit is a great starter lens. The focusing motor is nearly silent and the zoom range is ok.
When purchasing additional lenses for this, I highly recommend getting the Image Stabilization (IS) lenses. A bit more expensive, but you'll never regret spending the extra $.
In all, an excellent camera, and now that the price has dropped, it's a screaming deal.
Customer Review: From P&S to DSLR
Summary: 5 Stars
I was a point and shoot camera advocate. I loved the small, "fits in your pocket" coolness factor that the P&S cameras had. What made me change my way of thinking was during one of my trips to Sydney, Australia. I was walking in the late afternoon and the sun was just setting down and I tried to shoot some early evening/night time pictures of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House.. and failed miserably with my little P&S. So I decided to take the plunge down the DSLR lane.
For those looking for a great first DSLR camera, the XTi will not disappoint. I do recommend that you upgrade the lens right away (or rather, buy just the camera body and get the SIGMA 18-200mm OS) because the stock lens just does not cut it. Having come from P&S, I was used to the 10X zoom and with the stock lens, you only get 3X and the high end of that is only 55mm. So save about 50bucks (which you can put towards a better lens) by just buying the camera body and you will not regret it.
I have taken numerous pictures with this camera - from regular day photos to stunning night time shots. I just could not believe the quality of the details of the night time pics. If you are afraid of the perceived "complications" that DSLRs seem like having, you have nothing to fear. I was able to take the camera out of the box, and start shooting right away. Afterwards, I read the manual to get a feel for what each knob did and have not looked back ever since.
To help you improve your shooting skills, I do recommend getting a good book which will help explain aperture, shutter speed, and other camera linggo. Overall, you will not regret buying this camera. In short - a great starter camera with tons of "pro" capabilities.
Customer Review: Absolutely stunning
Summary: 5 Stars
I am an advanced amature. For me, the quality of professionally done prints is the biggest measure of a camera or lense. I will be brief and to the point:
1. Do not use the kit lense. This camera deserves high quality lenses. If tight on budget, buy the 50mm 1.8 EF MK II. It is a cheap but very high quality lense. This is the lense I use with my XTi.
2. I just received my first set of prints (4x6). I have never taken pictures as good as this. My previous gear was Rebel (film) and the same 50mm lense. So, I can make a decent comparison between 35mm film and digital. The prints from XTi are stunningly better than anything I ever managed with film. The sharpness and perception of depth in the prints are nothing short of dazzling.
3. Do not worry too much about how the pictures look on screen. XTi produces very high fidelity colors which may look a bit dull on the monitor. Your natural tendency might be to tweak the images to increase the color saturation. Do not do it (unless you wish to display the images on screen only). Prints are absolutely stunning in color accuracy and more vivid than screen.
If you are waiting for digital to catch up with film, do not wait any longer. The battle between 35mm and digital is over. Having said that, incredible things are still coming down the technology pipe. If you are really serious, you may want to wait for these:
- Built in High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography.
- Resolution that matches medium format film (15mp).
- More affordable image stabilization. This may not have been important for 35mm films, but will make a difference at such high resolutions.
Customer Review: The Canon Digital Rebel XTi Reviewed!
Summary: 5 Stars
As soon as we got our hands on it we were amazed at Canons improvements. Our Canon review panel have tested every function, every mode and evey setting of the Canon Digital Rebel XTi in the hope that we could provide you with a balanced and objective review, yet to our frustration all we came up with is that the Digital Rebel XTi is a very similar but much better quality camera than the Digital Rebel XT. Although despite its modest dimensions, Canon has stuck with the traditional Compact Flash memory card format for the XTi model.
You won't be shocked to find that Digital Rebel XTi features an oversized 2.5 inch screen & boasts Canon's Picture Styles function. The XTi also inherited the previous Canon 30D's nine-point AF system. However, instead of using the proven 8 MP sensor found in its predecessor, the XT model, Canon has this time developed a fa superior 10.1 MP CMOS sensor! This makes the Digital Rebel XTi the highest resolution D-SLR camera with an EF-S lens mount to date!
The advanced features make the Canon XTi a significantly better upgraded model than was expected, also placing Canon's entry-level D-SLR above its own higher end EOS 30D! So, we happily award the new EOS 400D a '5 Star' rating and believe it's a feasible competitor to Sony's new 'Alpha 100'. The Xti is certainly a hot addition to the Canon 'Digital Rebel' SLR range. In short, if you liked the previous Canon Digital Rebel XT, you'll undoubtedly be thrilled with the Canon Digital Rebel XTi.
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