 "Great entry level! With pro level capabilities" | 2009-11-15 |
| - Reviewed By User: ANR9UIFEGQRU5 |
I just wanted to make a small review for the average Joe to read, mainly cause I know all the "camera guy" lingo and myself would rather just have a point black "Yes" or "No".
So in a word, "Yes". If you're thinking about grabbing this camera, do it, especially with the kit lens, it's a very nice lens for a kit anyway; you'll be able to do a lot with just that lens alone.
That's without touching in the camera, it does almost everything it's big brothers can do, with a lower price tag! So yes, buy it, use it, love it.
I do. |
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 "Great Beginner Camera" | 2009-11-06 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1A06X3Y18WNT5 |
| I just started getting into photography and wanted to get a good DSLR but i could not afford to spend over $500. I did a lot of research and came across this camera and no matter where i looked it has great reviews. This is a great camera i think for beginners and people who do this as a hobby like myself! the manual that comes with it is very useful. The lens that comes with the Kit it also great. I did some macro type photos and they came out great. The features are easy to use. I would defintely recommend this camera! |
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| "Excellent choice for PS to DSLR converts" | 2009-11-03 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1KMAA2JZWM6QX |
| I have had my Rebel 1000D XS for a few months now and have fallen in love with it. I have been a great photo enthusiast for a long time now (20yrs.) and felt it time to take it serious. I'm sure that I will be upgrading in the near future but not because this camera cannot do the job. It has a great list of features and I have had no problems with it at all. I purchased it new and shortly afterwards have purchased a 55-250 IS lens for it and now my field of use has widened. There is a few things that I'm sure could have been different on this model such as more AF points and the rubberized coating but for the price it's a great bargain. I have since my purchase become a semi-pro photographer working for a friend and her company photographing daycare's and some other get togethers. I work part-time now for her and I simply love the fact that it has turned into something that I love and can make money at. It don't get any better than that. sid |
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| "Nice performance, excelent image quality, short Zoom with the default lent" | 2009-11-02 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1A62PRYFBKV20 |
| I buyed this camera for my wife. She is a professional photografer and she loves it. She really likes the image quality, the features and the weight. The night and the low light images are great. We think the Zoom with the default lent is so short. We had to buy a new lent for the long-distance images. |
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 "My canon Rebel" | 2009-10-27 |
| - Reviewed By User: AVPJL268WW6V6 |
My Canons Rebel has broken twice. No lens communicates with the body. So I sent the lens first and it came back supposedly fixed. Two weeks later, kaput! Then I sent it back with the body...and it's on its way back again.
Now, look, Canon service is soooooooooooo nice they made it sooooooo easy for me to drop it off and pick it up it has not even sour my humor about the whole ordeal. I would buy Canon again solely based on their service. Real people phone calls, courteous, no questions asked. Just make sure you fill out those darn warranty forms!!!
The Rebel is NOT amateour friendly either as they proclaim.... you better know some SLR stuff if not, stick to a pocket camera.
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| "Blown Away..." | 2009-10-22 |
| - Reviewed By User: ARAT7ALA1UPON |
After damaging my second Canon AE-1P in the middle 1990's, I switched to an entry level digital camera that did not always satisfy my needs. However, my new Canon Rebel EOS XS not only satisfies my needs for a competent camera, but it blows away anything I have ever even tried in a comparable price range. My expectations were more than satisfied.
With my old Canon AE-1P's, I had to take 14-20 rolls of 35mm film with me whenever I went overseas, along with an extra battery --- just in case. And the cost of developing and printing all those photos was a real budget beater. And with our 5.2 mp entry level digital camera, while it was easy to recharge it in its own camera dock, nevertheless, the recharging dock was somewhat bulky, and we had to take a number of memory sticks with us or be careful that we had enough exposures left to get all the photos we wanted. However, my new Canon Rebel EOS XS came with its own battery recharger (a fraction of the size of a single deck of playing cards), and the 4 GB memory (purchased locally)is way beyond comparison with everything I had tried previously.
We took the new camera on vacation, a few weeks ago, and were blown away by its performance. It made no difference whether we had day light, low light, or no light. The functions and variable ISO settings were more than enough to handle anything from bright light to low light, and the pop up flash took care of everything in the dark... |
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