Canon Digital Rebel XSi 12.2 MP Digital SLR Camera (Black Body Only) by Canon
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Digital camera reviews of Canon Digital Rebel XSi 12.2 MP Digital SLR Camera (Black Body Only)
Digital camera Review: Great camera
Summary: 5 Stars
I have had about 5500 exposures with the camera since I bought it. I think this is a great camera for its class.
Very good ergonomics, picture quality, battery life and display quality. Highly customizable, so that when you shoot mostly nothing gets in your way. Most irritating for me is the aperture compensation button, which, I think, is oddly placed and requires some time to get used to. Viewfinder itself is good, however your eyebrows may hurt after 2-3 hours of continuous shooting. All in all, very happy with the camera. I suggest you get battery pack/grip since it improves the handling of the camera. The light meter is unreliable sometimes (overexposes/underexposes) which may be actually good for those who is learning photography in general and zone system, in particular.
Digital camera Review: Great camera for the beginner and beyond
Summary: 5 Stars
I have owned a Canon EOS 3 film SLR camera for about 12 years and have loved it. I decided to go to the digital SLR since I am going to have daughter in a couple of months and the cost of film and developing is crazy. The lenses on my EOS 3 were interchangeable with the new digital Rebel lens mounting system. This was one of the main reasons that I stuck with Canon. Keeping the lenses and flash I already had saved me about $1000. I have the Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM Telephoto Zoom Lens for Canon, the Canon 24-85/3.5-4.5 EF USM Black Zoom Lens Canon AF Zoom Lens and a Canon Speedlite 380EX. All of these products work very well with with the new digital system.
I have had this camera for about 30 days and have taken around 500-750 shots. I mainly take landscape/nature and portraits. The quality is excellent. I have taken a whole lot of photos of my dogs and while hiking in the mountains, I live in Arizona. The camera's automatic shooting modes are pretty good but if you can take the time to learn how to use the manual Av and Tv modes this camera is AWESOME!
I just bought a new portrait lens, the Canon EF Lens - 50 mm - F/1.8 - Canon EF. It is Canon's lower quality model with the plastic mounting system of lenses but it is very, very good for natural light portraits. As long as you don't need a portrait lens for professional use, this lens is great.
This camera picks up every detail and is unbelievable at 12mp. I bought a 8gig SD card to go with it for about $10 shipped. It was the Transcend 8 GB SDHC Class 6 Flash Memory Card TS8GSDHC6. I found it on Amazon. It holds about 1300 pictures at 12mp. It is a great combo for the Rebel body.
I highly recommend this camera. It has very easy to use manual and automatic settings. It has cool features like live view and depth of field preview too.
Digital camera Review: Great camera!
Summary: 5 Stars
Everything considered there's isn't a better DSLR out there for the $$. Sure there are cheaper and more expensive models. But for most beginners and even semi professionals the XSi has most of what you need. It's light, feature packed, has great resolution and the button layout is very nice.
Again you could spend more money, but would you use those features? Save your money for lenses. For me, at this point in the game getting good lenses is where my money needs to go. Once the lens collection is where it needs to be then I can consider a more robust camera body like the 50D or something similar.
Great camera, good luck!
Digital camera Review: Great camera, Just the finish looks a bit cheap
Summary: 4 Stars
perfect pictures and nice handling.
Just a Video functinoality as a fancier outside coating would be nice.
However pictures are typically canon like awesome.
Digital camera Review: Great camera, zero effort at packing
Summary: 5 Stars
Marvelous feel to this body with the BG-E5 grip. It's now my only body, given its light weight, the quality of its images, and ease of use -- and I've had 30D's and a 1DsMKII.
HOWEVER, I can't recommend ordering this type of equipment from Amazon if you care about decent, or at least adequate, packing. There was one strip of 3 deflated plastic air bags in the shipping box, providing no isolation of the camera box whatever. Being that the shipping box was twice the dimension of the camera box, there had to be some serious rattling going on during transit. I feel fortunate the camera is functioning. In the future, I would order an electric toothbrush from Amazon, but I'm through with ordering camera bodies and lenses from them.