Well, I bought this camera from another store locally to use on a trip to Europe. I should have bought their ridiculous warrantee, though :(. Two days into the trip, it stopped working. I tried cleaning battery leads, the flash leads, the lens leads - EVERYTHING. Still, no worky! Then a couple days later it decided to work again. Came home from the trip - has worked fine for 6 months... then this past week I tried to get a picture of my son and daughter with Santa - the camera decided it was a good time to stop working again!! I bought a new battery from Amazon - I mean, it HAS to be the battery, right? NOPE. Charged the battery, took a couple pictures - all is good, right? WRONG. Went to turn it on this morning and have the same issue - says to recharge the battery and shuts down as soon as I turn it on :(.
Now what am I supposed to take Christmas pictures with? And I am sure Canon CS will just send me back the same lemon after I send it in to them :(. I can always hope that they don't, because I do not believe this is a fixable issue... This camera was to expensive for this problem to happen.
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The best review I can give on this product is my personal experience with this camera. I have used everything from high end professional use cameras, to the disposable digital cameras, to the credit card sized middle-class digital cameras. I decided to jump to the middle ground for my last camera purchase, when I bought this one.
I was in the same place a few months ago that many of you are in now; reading review after review on multiple websites. Each review lists many details, many of which are very similar. In all honesty, for most users, the minor details will not matter very much; it's more based on performance, which in this case, is top notch.
I've had this camera for a few months now and I have absolutely zero complaints. My range of subjects differs from senior portraits, going out with my friends, to sporting events, etc. and this camera captures all of them with an ease. There are still elements on the camera that I am attempting to learn but the automatic capturing has been fully self explanatory.
I believe this camera is perfect for people wanting to transition from a point and shoot digital to someone who is looking for a digital SLR. With 10.1 mega pixels, the picture quality is high. The 2.5" screen makes it easy to read and view pictures on a larger scale. There are also some different Picture Styles. This helps a lot when people aren't too computer savvy when attempting to create the perfect picture. You can adjust certain settings on the LCD screen in order to get the right look for your picture.
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Whether a beginning digital SLR user or somewhat of an enthusiast, this is a fantastic entry level camera. It has plenty of features built in, and also has the capacity to be updated (via download and computer hookup) of new and interesting picture styles that add more creativity to your photography.
There are the easy modes built in, like a point and shoot camera, then you have a selection of more creative and somewhat manual modes.
The output quality is high, so that quite big enlargements can be produced without losing picture quality and tonality.
This camera is a great camera and a great buy no matter what you level of photography. And the internet is full os websites offering extremely useful information and tips on how to get the best out of it.
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The third generation XTi is the successor to the popular Rebel XT. An entry level camera but considered to be quite an excellent performer in many levels.
It comes with a battery and a sleek compact charger. It also uses the well known Digic II image processor. Uses CF card.
Improvements compared to its older brother XT:
- 10 megapixel resolution compared to 8 megapixel for the XT
- A larger 2 1/2 inch LCD panel compared to 1.8 inch
- A new self-cleaning sensor
- 9 point AF system while the XT has 7
- Better burst shooting capacity from 23 to 27 frames
- 7 LCD brightness levels compared to 5 for better viewing in bright surroundings
Pros:
- Image quality is superb. Color rendition and low-noise
- Light and small
- Can shoot RAW format
- Impressive long battery life.
Cons:
- Cannot shoot using the LCD panel. You always have to use the viewfinder. LCD is for menu and playback only.
- Supplied lens is very basic. No image stabilizer. Slow.
- No movie capability
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