Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT / 350D Reviews

Rating
Reviewed by:

les4dee
( Intermediate)

Review Date
May 20, 2008

Overall Rating
5 of 5

Value Rating
5 of 5

Used product for
1 to 3 months

Review 1 of 31

Price Paid: $619.00 from Frys Electronics

Summary:

Do not purchase the more expensive Canon Digitals.
Purchase this camera and with the money you saved, purchase the 75-300 IS lense, 100mm macro lense, couple extra batteries, 8gb card & a good case.
And then take pictures like the pros (don't forget a good tripod) and be proud of most of your shots. And the online video streams teach you how to use the cameras built-in abilities or go full manual.
LR

Strengths:

No messing around with looking at the pictures. Just take them. Easy access buttons that we use the most.

Weaknesses:

Are there any? Lowering the price would be asking too much.

Similar Products Used:

Sony.

Customer Service:

None needed so far.

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Rating
Reviewed by: nathan
(Intermediate)

Review Date
May 13, 2008

Overall Rating
4 of 5

Value Rating
5 of 5

Used product for
3 Months to 1 year

Review 2 of 31

Price Paid: $350.00 from jessops

Summary:

whilst owning this camera since christmas i have been very imprest. the focusing is fast, but in low light it can stuggle. the camera has great low noise performance at high iso, tho it becomes noticeable at 1600. the kit lens has nice clean optics, but it does feel a little plasticy. the lcd is slightly hard to see outdoors but this is easily overcome by a screen protector. the images from this camera are brilliant. the images are sharp and clean. i mainly shoot in raw with this camera and i have never really changed modes from manual. i find this camera extremely easy to navigate with its menu system and settings can be changed extremely. i would really recomend this camera to any first time user

Strengths:

image quality
niose control
quick start up
has a stat screen above the lcd
menu system

Weaknesses:

the hand grip is rather small
the kit lens has a plastic mount

Similar Products Used:

canon eos 5D

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Rating
Reviewed by: Paige
(Expert)

Review Date
May 9, 2007

Overall Rating
4 of 5

Value Rating
4 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
3.50 of 5,
2 votes

Review 3 of 31

Price Paid: $800.00 from Dell

Summary:

I bought this camera when first starting out in photography. WIthin a few months it started back-focusing. It was repaired, but I've taken it in 3 more times after that. It works great in between these little issues I've had.

Strengths:

Great price. Light weight. Good for starting out.

Weaknesses:

BACK-FOCUSING.

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Rating
Reviewed by:

jason76
( Casual)

Review Date
January 31, 2007

Overall Rating
3 of 5

Value Rating
3 of 5

Used product for
3 Months to 1 year

Visitors rate this review
4.00 of 5,
2 votes

Review 4 of 31

Price Paid: $999.00 from Best Buy

Summary:

My wife purchased this camera about a year ago. For the price that we paid at the time, I am not very happy with the overall product. It takes fairly decent pictures, but the stock lens is crap. We take very good care of the camera and lens, but now the lens sticks in certain areas. Looking through the sight glass is fuzzy most of the time. We had it cleaned and it is still like that. I would suggest that you purchase a new lense if you are going to get this camera.

THe picture quality is pretty good, but like I said, for the price I am expecting more. Now I know this camera has gone down in price considerably but I dont think I would pay the 600 or whatever it is going for now.

Strengths:

Pretty good quality pictures.

Weaknesses:

Cheap lens, price.

Similar Products Used:

None

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Rating
Reviewed by:

jsmith75
( Intermediate)

Review Date
January 6, 2007

Overall Rating
4 of 5

Value Rating
4 of 5

Used product for
3 Months to 1 year

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5,
1 votes

Review 5 of 31

Price Paid: $700.00 from B&H Photo Video

Summary:

This is my first DSLR purchase and I don't have anything to really compare it to. I use it mainly for nature photography and my wife uses it for taking pictures of church events.
The picture quality is very good in all conditions with the kit lens, I am also using a Tamrom 75-300mm LD Macro lens with it and have had some success in taking photos of eagles. I have also taken time exposures at night of lightning and landscapes with very little noise.
I find the 3fps burst mode works well when taking sport photos. We have some photos from a softball game that came out very sharp.

I have had one minor issue with the camera with the view screen. It looks like it is held in with a couple of spring clips and the screen gets tilted slightly. I use the AF point a lot to align the horizon and on one outing I had to adjust the angle of every photo in Photoshop.

The stock battery life is very good. I can usually fill up a 1gb card with a single charge using the flash about 25% of the time.

Strengths:

Good Picture Quality
Lightweight
Low noise on time exposures

Weaknesses:

Small grip for my big meaty hands.
View finder screen not secured.
Canon needs to put IS in the camera body like everyone else!

Similar Products Used:

Closest thing is a Konica Minolta Dimage A2 which is a DSLR type. The Rebel definitley outclasses this except for Image stabilization.

Customer Service:

none needed yet.

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