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80 out of 80 people found this review helpful
4.5 stars
"This is a solid camera that provides a lot of bang for the buck."
Pros: Resolution, DIGIC II processor, super-fast boot up time, fast shutter speed and FPS
Cons: A little small, which causes the controls to be crowded
Summary: I have been using a Canon PowerShot G3 for a couple of years and it was a great camera, but I was outgrowing it and I decided to make the jump to SLRs. The two cameras that immediately jumped at me were the Rebel XT and the Nikon D70. The Nikon has a good feel to it, but the technology is a little old and its resolution is only about 6 MP compared to the 8 MP on the XT. The small size of the XT weirded me out the first time I picked it up, but it really isn't that much different in size to a film SLR and I became comfortable with it the more I handled it in stores.
The DIGIC I processor on the G3 produced awesome shots and I was a big fan of it. The DIGIC II has not disappointed me. The images are brilliant.
The XT also boots up in an instant. I have not missed a shot because the camera didn't turn on in time.
The Digital XT's top shutter speed of 1/4000 is plenty to catch most action shots and the 3.0 frames per second (FPS) continuous shooting is great. I can capture up to 9 frames in one burst using the Large size and Fine resolution file size.
The only real problem that I have had with the camera is that I will occasionally hit the shutter release timer button by accident. While the design might be better, you could also argue that the user should pay more attention to what he is doing. It's certainly not annoying enough to consider returning the camera though.
In short, Digital Rebel XT is a great camera. You can't find another camera with a similar feature set for this amount of money. The only reason I would recommend the Nikon D70 over the XT is if you already have a bunch of Nikon lenses. Otherwise, I don't think you can get a better camera for the money.
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This is probably going to sound sort of lame, but I love taking pictures at concerts. Unfortunately, the camera I have doesn't do so well with the constanly changing light color (especially blue). Would you recommend this camera for taking decent pictures at concerts?
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what if i m interested in taking a shot that is an 6-hr exposure of the night sky..?? i know i can do that with a standard film SLR, but i've never heard talk of that with digital ones...
and can i manually set the ISO settings of the digital camera..?? i tend to use ISO 400 for most day shots and ISO 800 and above for night shots on the film SLRs....
i've never gotten into the digital stuff because of those and also with film, from the same negative, i can develop a picture of various sizes and not worry too much about pixelisation...
also, do the cameras store the pictures as Bitmaps rather than JPEGs..?? the compressed JPEG is better for memory usage no doubt but is bad if u want to do any editing to the photos... given a choice i'd rather have the pictures as uncompressed BMPs at the camera's max resolution... -
95% of my prints will be 4 X 6 with a few 8 X 10s thrown in. What would the group recommend as the best choice between EOS and Nikon D70, all other things being equal? I read one review of the Canon Rebel that the advantage is for 11 X 14 prints--these I will never make.
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EOS Digital Rebel XT SLR Camera with 18-55 mm Lens - Silver:
$465.00 - $899.95
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