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: I love this camera, you will LOVE this camera
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this in January, and as a result have rediscovered photography! Back a few years ago, I was shooting about 300 rolls of slide film a year, mostly underwater. Lifestyle changes, and I was down to 2 or 3 rolls of print film a year for the last six years, BUT... Now since January I have shot about 4000 pictures! Search flickr for John Brandauer for some samples. This camera is amazing!
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The kit lens, well...., it's OK for the money, a kit with the 50mm 1.8 would have been better( a bargain of a lens), but the price of the body versus the kit and it is $67 for the lens! So get the kit, then the 50mm, and the 100mm Tokina macro (my favorite lens!), and the Tokina 80-400. That's what I did. The wider will come later,
Still learning the nuances of digital, relearning the advantages of a tripod, etc, but thoroughly enjoying! This is a lot of camera for little money. I sold my Nikon's: 8008, FM, EM, 2020, I'll not go back. Digital SLR is the way to go!
Quality pictures, ease of use, feature rich, large display, user profiles, the list goes on.
UPDATE: There is currently NO DRIVER FOR VISTA. If you are using Vista, your camera will not be recognized properly, your Canon software will NOT download your images. Come on Canon, let's get with it!
Customer Review: Great Upgrade from a Point and Shoot
Summary: 5 Stars
I still have the SD200 I bought a year or two ago, but the XTI is great. I am still learning all the settings. Now I'm starting to play with the RAW and continous shooting modes. I can't wait until nature starts getting it's color back to go shooting in some of the parks around town. A friend of mine has an XT and his photos from last summer look great, I can't imagine what the XTI's will look like.
All I can say is buy THE biggest Memory Card you can find. If you shoot in RAW + L, it eats them alive. I had to wait for my Ultra II 2 gig and ended up using a standard 1 gig for a while. Now I just need to decide if I should shell out for more cards or to get an IS USM lens.
I was suprised when I used up the battery the first time, not because it went fast (it didn't) but because it uses the same as the Elura series Camcorder I have.
I can't say enough about it. Even when I screw up a shot, like when my dog bumps my leg, I can still see great detail. Canon did a great job with this camera and if you register it like I did, they answer even the rookiest of questions quicker than you would expect.
If you are looking for an upgrade from a point and shoot to a SLR, this is for you. If you are already familiar with Canon's Menus and Programs, that's just icing.
Customer Review: One Great Camera
Summary: 5 Stars
This is no doubt the best camera I have ever used. It produces striking images in spite of my inexperience. My first pictures with the XTi were at a family picnic and many of the photos would rival professional portraits. It was effortless to get stop motion pictures at the family baseball games where the baseball was frozen in flight and the subjects were in sharp focus. Almost all the pictures I took have that WOW factor and the rest were better than normal.
I took a lot of pictures at the picnic expecting to discard most of them, as I had to do in the past with my old digital camera. Well now we need more disk space because we want to keep the majority of the pictures. I used both the automatic picture type settings and semi-automatic settings with great results. The field guide I bought with the camera took the fear out of using the SLR style camera which turns out to be as easy as any point and shoot camera I have used.
We used to miss shots because the old camera took several seconds to be ready when it was powered on and in between shots. The Canon XTi is almost instantly on and will take 3 frames a second. It is much faster than I can react so now I have not missed any shots because the camera was not ready.
Buy this one it is worth every nickel.
Customer Review: Awesome
Summary: 5 Stars
I've been snapping from the hip for around 15 years, I even studied Photography at Salisbury College, England, before I defected to the States.
This is by far one of the best SLR's I have owned, for the price!
I tested it in many different lighting conditions and it excels in all, ISO 1600 is a bit noisy in low light, but that is expected and if you have a steady hand you can get away with ISO 800.
I managed to pick mine up with the 18-55mm lens kit for $565.00, shop around the deals are out there. Especially since the XSi came out.
Ritz Camera have it for $579 but if you get the product sheet and go to Circuit City they will give you there price promise and beat the price. I was cheeky and asked them to throw in a 2GB Scandisk III compact flash card for free, if you don't ask you don't get.
The color is warm and rich, close to film.
Price: Fantastic
Quality: Fantastic
As an entry level DSLR you won't be disapointed.
I would recommend you get a grip for it though as the grip is tiny and my big hands hang over the edge.
I picked up a canon knock off for $70 including 2x batteries. The quality is as good as the Canon original grip.
It can't be beat! Unless you pay the extra for the XSi.
Customer Review: Great pictures and won't break the bank - or the back
Summary: 5 Stars
I decided to take the plunge and try a DSLR and I love this camera. I took it on a photo trip this fall where a bunch of guys had bigger more "pro" style gear - I could hardly lift some of their cameras. For me, this is perfect. The grip fits my girly hands well, and it's comfortable to carry all day. The only downside to the light weight is that when I put my biggish zoom lens on it, it feels unbalanced, especially on a tripod. I've taken just over 2000 pictures with it, and I've not yet had any problems. I splurged on the Canon Zoom Telephoto EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 image stabilized lens and it's super for nature photography. The image stabilizer lets me hand-hold it with acceptable-to-me results down to about 1/30 sec - better with a tripod of course but that's not always an option.
If you're considering jumping to SLR for the first time, it's well worth looking into a class or a beginner's book or video. You'll need to wrap your mind around the aperture/exposure/depth of field relationships to really get the most out of the camera and make good lens purchase decisions for the type of photography you want to do. I had used film SLRs ages ago, but I took a one-day class at a local camera shop right after buying the camera and it was really helpful.