Canon Digital Rebel XTi 10.1MP Digital SLR Camera with EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens (Silver)
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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 (Silver)
Customer Review: This camera is not for an amatuer like me!
Summary: 3 Stars
I take a lot of pictures and have a great deal of fun doing it. I also spend more time editing the pictures than I do taking them. I love the outdoors and traveling. I take my camera everywhere. So, you can imagine how really excited I was about moving up to an SLR body camera and all the advantages that it could give me. Unfortunately, it turned out that it took every ounce of joy out of taking pictures for me.
For starters, I am too stupid to get it to work well! There is no doubt this is a fine camera. In the hands of someone who knew what they were doing and were willing to spend the time, it will perform very well. However, for a hack like myself, I could only get about 40% of my shot on autopilot to looked really good. I don't know where it was focusing but even with all the help on board it only got part of it right. There where some really outstanding pictures compared to my old camera but I couldn't tell when it was going to work. In low light there was no hope. There was nothing I could do to hold it still enough to get a clear shot. I had it wedged up against a concrete building and low wall trying to take a picture of Austin's skyline at night. I even added my tripod for more support and it still didn't work. Which bring me to another fact of life with these cameras. They are very expensive. The image stabilization cost more than the camera and that is just the start! It looked to me that I would have at least $3,000 invested into this thing to get it to do what I wanted! That is an awful lot of money for very little return when comparing these cameras to the cheaper easier to use models.
Then there is the size of the thing. When you add in all the goodies that go with it you have a massive bundle of stuff that is not only heavy, it is pretty large. I can't see any real reason for all of this given the new advances photography. I spent all my time messing with the camera and lugging stuff around instead of enjoying myself and having fun. I called my boss for advice and he had sold his big SLR and was carrying a little subcompact. I sent it back.
PS The service I got at Amazon was terrific.
Customer Review: It has been good for one and a half month until the charger burned
Summary: 3 Stars
I will come back to modify this review when I hear the result from either J&R or Canon.
I was doing a ten day trip and shot a lot of pictures. So I bascially charged two batteries every other day alternatively. Unfortunately, the fourth or fifth time the charger just went bad. I had to shoot pictures very selectively.
When I came back, I sent an email to J&R and they asked me to call Canon service since my charger is still under warranty. So I called canon, and was very disappointed to be told that the charger was not covered in warranty!
The rep kept asking me whether the charger was damaged when I received it! I am trying to contact with both J&R and canon and see how this got resolved.
Customer Review: DUST DUST DUST
Summary: 1 Stars
Although I love many things about this camera, I must share one major concern with anyone thinking about purchasing this camera: Dust. I bouhgt my camera kit 3 months ago, with a wonderful 50mm 1.8 lens. From switching back and forth between lenses, dust has landed on the COMS sensor, and the sonic dust removal system does nothing to remove it. It is noticeable in the pictures and the included software doesn't remove it at all. Had I know the camera needs to be sent away and cleaned professionally (at my cost) every 3 months, I think I would have rethought this purchase. I've owned many 35mm film camera over the years, and I have become good at cleaning them, but this sensor is just too delicate and the consequences of a mistake too great for me to own a camera like this. It looks like my window to return it to Amazon has expired too, so I think I might be stuck with a really wonderful camera that is totally impractical to use.