Canon Digital Rebel XT 8MP Digital SLR Camera with EF-S 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 Lens (Black) by Canon
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Digital camera reviews of Canon Digital Rebel XT 8MP Digital SLR Camera with EF-S 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 Lens (Black)
Digital camera Review: Best bang for the buck DSLR.
Summary: 5 Stars
New to DSLRs, I was initially debating between the Nikon D40 and this camera. The XT offered many advantages over the D40, just do some research and you'll learn quickly. Purchased the camera with the kit lens 18-55mm, I do believe the kit lens does offer good general use. But depending on your primary use you'll soon discover that an upgraded lens will really allow the XT to shine. I've recently purchase a 70-200mm 4LCanon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM Telephoto Zoom Lens for Canon SLR Cameras and can't wait to snap some pictures at motorsport events, air shows, landscape, ect.
Great camera.
Digital camera Review: Best selling D-SLR series!
Summary: 5 Stars
Canon has fully redesigned the Digital Rebel XT series to make it lighter, smaller, better and even more feature loaded.
Pro's,
1. Excellent image quality.
2. Faster than any P&S digicam out there. No perceptible shutter lag!
3. Can change your lens. That may not seem anything new to SLR folks but the P&S crowd has been buying gazillion-MP $500+ digicams with crappy fixed lens.
4. Large image sensor compared to 7MP Sony's or other XMP digicams. Gives you better picture quality and colors.
5. Priced right, unlike some overpriced D-SLR out there, probably because Canon sells many more units.
6. The menu on the Canon cameras is light years ahead of most other manufacturer's. Lots of manual options and image processing features.
7. LCD screen is bright and fluid, although it doesn't use any new technology like OLED etc.
8. Uses standard CF cards, unlike propretary memory cards like Memory Stick or xD card. You can buy 1GB for an affordable price.
9. Lots of lens & accessory options from Canon and other vendors.
Con's,
1. The camera is still quite heavy and big. I guess that will remain so for most D-SLR's, for a while atleast.
2. Not for professional use, only prosumer quality.
3. Quite an expensive camera, out of reach of most people (unlike film SLR's). When other manufacturer's get it right, the price should fall significantly.
4. LCD screen could have been bigger for such a bulky camera.
5. Wish they come up with a way to show approximate picture for framing on LCD before shooting. Viewfinder is too cumbersome & old fashioned.
I am almost sure Rebel XT will be THE best selling D-SLR of 2005, just like original Rebel in 2004. Ofcourse depending on your lens collection and requirements there are very good offerings from Nikon and Pentax too. But compared to original Rebel this a nice improvement and highly recommened. You can read more on professional camera review websites.
Digital camera Review: Better off with IS
Summary: 3 Stars
Just a few words on my first impression. The weight of autofocus lenses (at least my USM 28-105 3.5) makes for a challenging hold to maintain a rock-steady posture to take crisply sharp photos, especially at higher magnifications. I'm inclined to trade it in for an IS lense (yes, it is an additional $200+), but may be a virtual necessity. The extra cost in going SLR to me isn't worth comprising what your objective is in going from darn good point and shoot resolution (at least from my Olympus 4000)to the quality one expects from this upgrade. This rating doesn't reflect on the camera, just the photos taken without IS (yes, it is subjective). The camera itself has much potential.Digital camera Review: Better than I am
Summary: 5 Stars
Fabulous camera - incredibly fast and accurate. Pictures are really awe inspiring. Very good software interface as well. Highly recommended.Digital camera Review: Beware of lemons
Summary: 1 Stars
I received my Canon Digital Rebel XT in 1/08. Despite some minor complaints with the design of the camera, I enjoyed it for just over 12 months until it seemed the battery was quickly fizzling out and then suddenly stopped powering on all together. I thought it was a poor battery so I ordered 2 more, which had no effect. Canon tech support was compltely useless and bascially told me that the only option was to send it in. There are not local shops to fix these cameras because they are so intricate and specialized. So I went ahead and spent the money to send it in, which isn't cheap when you add the insurance factor. Now I just found out that it will cost $228 to get the thing fixed. That's a lot of money for something I owned for such a short period of time! However, I feel it has to be paid because of the amount of money I already invested in it and how much more it would cost just to buy a new camera. To add to my frustrations they never indicated what was wrong with the camera. All I was told was how much it would cost to fix it. Just like another reviewer asked, is it wrong to think that such an expensive piece of equipment should last longer than 13-14 months? Needless to say I have lost my faith in Canon and don't plan on buying another one of their cameras. Now that I go back and look at these camera reviews again I am seeing that other people had the same problem as me...what a disappointment.
FYI - Should this happen to you and you haven't sent your camera in yet, the written warranty is 12 months, but the Canon repair rep told us they will honor warranty repairs up to 14 months (they don't advertise that).