Canon Digital Rebel / EOS-300D Digital Camera with EF-S 18-55mm Lens

Pros: Excellent quality, interchangeable lenses, very user-friendly, 1600 ISO, great price (compared to other digital SLRs).
Cons: Price (compared to the all-in-one cameras), not quite as versatile as more expensive digital SLRs.

I did a TON of research before buying and tried as hard as I could to find a $500 - $800 camera that would do the job but they're just not there yet. I wanted a camera with a fast lens, high ISO, good zoom, at least 4 megapixels. I take a lot of photos of high school basketball games and there just wasn't anything else out there that would do the job for me. I bit the bullet and spent the extra money for a Digital Rebel, a nice 80-300mm lens, and a half gig fast memory card and have been thrilled with the results.

Pros: OK for outdoor and non flash shooting.
Cons: Flash produces underexposed images.

You would think that a $1000.00 Canon EOS Rebel 300D digital camera would take correctly exposed flash photos. When I bought this camera last January 2004, I expected perfection in all areas of exposure. What I got was a camera that underexposes very badly with built in flash and external flash. I tried all the controls to correct this underexposure with flash and have not found one that consistently gives me perfect exposures. I have to retouch practically every flash image I take by increasing the brightness and correcting the color balance in my Corel Photo Paint program.

Even images taken 10 feet away will not be consistent. One will be OK, and the next one will be badly underexposed even if I give the camera plenty of time to recycle.

Has anyone found anyway to correct this problem? Please let me know.

Pros: HCMP (Hyper Collosal Mega Pixels!) Jes a leeetle beeet o' hyperbole! Really quite impressive...y'all
Cons: Mo-lasses start-up, included software possibly coded by 'Jethro'

Well, howdy folks... set yo' selves down rite here n' listen up to my purdy lil' song....

Gonna tell ya all a story 'bout my cam named Reb'
That durn SLR you been seein' on the Web
Got a C-MOS sensor makin' pics so buttery
And a tin-can case that is black n' silvery!

(Fuji-style, Pro-sumer...)

Well, the next thing ya know, Canon's got a winner, hey!
They cripple-up a 10D an' sell em' for a 'K'
With a wide angle zoom that is slow n' rickety
Hell, it ain't no 'L', but its only one 'G'

(PayPal, Add 3%)

But now its time to say good-bye to 'Reb n' to his lens
There's hefty competition from his inbred Nikon friends
No pokey 4 frame buffer, rise above them bourgeoisie
You'll catch that smile, dee-liverance style, wif yo' D-70!

Nikon, that is... Chromatic ain't yo' only abberation...
No pixel-peepin, y'all, hear?

Pros: Great camera. Fun to use. Does everything I want in a 35 mm camera.
Cons: MAJOR quality control problems with manufacturing and with firmware in the camera. Check the web!!

I just returned my Digital Rebel for a full refund because of the ERR 99 problem with my Sigma 28-300 zoom lens. Yes, I am sending the lens back to Sigma to have it rechipped for the Digital Rebel. After I got this problem, I went to the web and did a search on “Rebel ERR 99”. There are pages of ERR 99 errors about this camera, many with 100% Canon equipment. Apparently, Canon has very POOR quality control on the manufacturing process and the firmware on the chip in the camera has a problem. It was very disappointing returning the camera because it does everything I want in a 35 mm camera. It was fun shooting with it. However, the camera will fail in bright daylight when shooting at f16 or higher with an ISO setting of 100 or after a large number of shots. I will watch the web. When the reviews show that Canon fixed their QC problem, I will get this camera. I've used a Canon film Rebel for over 10 years with no problems.

Pros: Great photos, portraits, night shots, all shoot fantastic, no complaints.
Cons: no complaints

Fantastic camera, purchased it for 798.00 dollars lucky for me I had a backup SLR lense at home that fit in fantastically, the quality of photos is fantastic, and the night shots at high speed are amazing.

Pros: Image quality, price, value
Cons: Placticy, cheap kit lens

This a good camera for the price, the picture quality is fantastic, the same as the more expensive 10D. It's more of a beginners camera though, with features more like a point and shoot as opposed to a real professional SLR.

This page is a good source for info about his camera:

http://www.noendpress.com/pvachier/cameras/canon_EOS300D.php

Pros: Price, focusing speed, ergonomics, quick picture review.
Cons: Glad I had a leftover memory card ;-)

This has been a digital Christmas for my 25-year-old son & I. This camera is such a breakthrough that I have sold all my current film equipment AND my Canon Pro90 IS to purchase one for myself. I was so impressed in a day or two that I bought one for my son also!

I have also gotten the new 55-200mm lens made for it, and am also very impressed with it. 420EX flash is on order! Can't wait!

This is a great system--

Pros: For the money, it's hard to beat! Great images and great looks!
Cons: Could use faster burst rate and more fps.

This is a SUPER value for a D-SLR. The CMOS 6.3MP, Digic processor, interchangeable lenses, among other things makes this a great buy. I got mine for $940 (+ CA tax) with the 18-55mm lens (28-90mm in 35mm terms) and have had it for about 2 weeks. I also purchased at the same time 2 Sigma lenses: 28-70mm f/2.8-4.0 and 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 APO Macro, as well as the Canon 50mm f/1.8 II lens. So with these 4 lenses (total) I think the bases are generally covered for me and I couldn't be more pleased with the pictures I have taken. Get a large CF card (I use two - 1GB cards), a tripod (3.2 lbs, 61" max height), and a good photo bag (I use a Canon photo backpack - excellent pack for the money!). I also use Hoya filters (UV and circular pol.) for cleaner/clearer shots - still great images without them though! [jojo@DSUonline.org]

Pros: Almost perfect automatic modes Focus point selection
Cons: Pretty expensive Plastic construction could be less durable

Just took this camera to italy and filled up two 512mb cards in 2 weeks. The cameras automatic modes are excellent, but i prefer shooting in the manual modes-- especially since those are the modes where you can select the focus point. Images are flawless. This is a great camera.

Pros: picture quality
Cons: too bulky, damaged easily, repair unfairly priced.

My son purchased this camera before his graduation but it never made it past three months. The representative was very rude so out of spite my son refuses to send it to them. I have borrowed his camera but didn't keep it very long because it's too bulky. We travel a lot and we prefer something smaller. The pictures were amazing although we only had twenty out of more than sixty pictures taken. He has purchased a Nikon but I've yet to get my hands on it but I will update when I do!

Pros: Interchangeable lenses.
Cons: A little slow, but not a big problem when you are expecting it.

Great Camera. Like that I can share lenses with the Rebel Film Camera. Interchangeable lenses makes this a great camera.

Pros: Great versatility, good images.
Cons: frustrating focus system

My wife and I replace our Sony P&S digital with the Canon SLR primarily because of the annoying shutter lag on the Sony that was causing us to blow many of the photos of our young child when he would move. I used to have an AE-1 program that I really enjoyed so I went for its digital replacement. I like the camera but I am very frustrated with its focusing logic. It doesn't appear to always pick the closest or furthest or even middle point of the subject(s) when it selects a point to focus. I find that more often then not when shooting portraits that I have to manually select the focal point. This is a pain with a small child that is always on the move. I like the standard package lens for the most part but I would suggest also getting the 50mm 1.8 lens for indoor use. I find that I rarely have to fill with flash due to it opening all the way to 1.8.

Pros: Damn good price. Good range of control for price.
Cons: Buffer of 4 too little.

Got mine on Http://www.mediashed.com , was a passionate budding photographer into fast action and glamourous fashion. the 300D allowed full ( or nearly ) control over the basic settings like sensitivity, shutter and aperture.
there has been alot of complaints abt under-exposure but I've learnt to adapt so its been of indifference.

Pros: Nice camera
Cons: Rebate scam

Beware of the current $100 mail in rebate on this camera. It will NOT be paid. I followed the mail in rebate instructions to the letter (which involves mailing in about 8 separate items) and the claim was rejected due to "missing requirements". I have since spoken to a few other people who also had their rebates rejected. The rebate processing center has no contact information so there is no way to contest this.

If you are doing a price comparison, just be sure you DO NOT take the "rebate" in to consideration.