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Convince me to/not to buy a Canon Digital Rebel

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TKHDebater

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I'm considering buying a Digital Rebel but still am not sure. I'll be in europe for spring break, new york two weekends later, maybe Prague for the fall semester, so i think i'd use it, plus i enjoy photography.... but they're expensive! I already have a little 3.2MP Fuji point and shoot which i like but the resolution isn't as high as i'd like, it's slow, it's not intuitive, has trouble with night and more difficult shots etc.... For the rebel I think i'd just get the body and then a 28-200 lens. What do you think?
 
Originally posted by: TKHDebater
I'm considering buying a Digital Rebel but still am not sure. I'll be in europe for spring break, new york two weekends later, maybe Prague for the fall semester, so i think i'd use it, plus i enjoy photography.... but they're expensive! I already have a little 3.2MP Fuji point and shoot which i like but the resolution isn't as high as i'd like, it's slow, it's not intuitive, has trouble with night and more difficult shots etc.... For the rebel I think i'd just get the body and then a 28-200 lens. What do you think?
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I think if you're just oing to get a body and one super-zoom you'd be better off with a nice digicam instead.
 
There was an awesome price on them last week at Dell - dunno if it's still going on but it was an awesome price. I saw it posted in the Hot Deals forum, so you might check there.
 
I have one and I love it. I kind of wish I could have bought the 20D instead but it was just too much for me to justify that kind of money. The 300D takes very nice pictures though, I love mine!

What is the weight on that 28-200mm lens? I'd recommend some kind of superwide zoom quite frankly. You probably aren't going to use the high end of the 200mm lense much anyway. If you can I'd get this. It is a 17-85mm and it has image stabilization.

One more thing, with the 300D and the 20D you need to multiply the range by 1.6 so a 17-85mm lens would be equivalent to a 28-135mm lens. I have a 28-135 IS Canon lens on my 300D but I run into difficulty when trying to take shots of a room, I can't zoom it out far enough to get the entire room in the picture. It really has the range of a 49-216mm zoom. My 70-200 f4 lens has a range of 112-320mm.
 
I'd consider the 300D w/ the kit lens. It's not much zoom, but I think most pics will be nice with wide angle and normal zoom. Or you might want to get the 28-135IS USM instead of the 28-200 since it's highly recommended and you'll still have some zoom. If you think you'll make an effort to learn it then go buy it. I'd defintely recommend the 300D w/ kit lens or the Canon 17-40L (awesome). The 70-200L is nice too, but I haven't used it for anything. Was hoping for full moon shot, but cloudy.. 😛
 
If you're going to get a high-end camera, you might as well go all out. If you can't do that, then pick up a nice powershot or something and plan to get a new one later on.
 
Why you don't need one?:

Ease of use of a P&S camera
Size/convenience of a P&S Camera (travels much easier)
Lost / Stolen factor (won't hurt as much to part with the P&S)
Not printing out 8x10 or larger photos very often
Not taking lots of indoor / low light shots.


That said, imo the Digital rebel is worth most of these tradeoffs I just can't afford it right now.




 
It cost a lot! You can save the money for now and wait till something newer and better comes out and then buy that.
 
I think you'll find the 28mm a little to narrow for good indoor shots...especially in the big cathedrals and halls you might be visiting while over there.

The kit lens is a pretty cheap way to get a faily wide angle. You'd be hard up to get a wider lens for the $60-$90 the kit lens adds to the price.

EDIT: One downfall of the kit lens is that it's a bit too slow to get *really* good low light shots. That f3.5 on it makes it hard for handheld shots because you are limited with your shutter speeds without bumping up the ISO.
 
I've started looking at the DRebel too, before a possible trip to Europe this summer. There are certainly some good prices at the moment with the rebate going around -- but I'm waiting, since a new Rebel is supposed to be introduced in the very near future. With the rebates, Canon seems to be clearing out stock, and the new one should be announced by the PMA conference later this month. So I'd suggest waiting if you can...

Also, check out the Sigma 18-125 lens. It gets some pretty good reviews, and it's around $250.
 
Is there any info out about the new Rebel that canon is supposed to be introducing?

Also, the Sigma 18-125 lense, i could only find it for Sigma cameras, not for the DRebel?
 
Originally posted by: TKHDebater
Is there any info out about the new Rebel that canon is supposed to be introducing?

Also, the Sigma 18-125 lense, i could only find it for Sigma cameras, not for the DRebel?
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Sigma definitely makes the lens for Canon cameras... read about it here.

As far as the new Rebel, common belief is that it will share the 20D's sensor (ie, 8 MP and reduced noise at high ISO). It should be announced later in February, and a source at the dpreview.com forums says it might be released on 3/13. It will most likely sell for the same $999 price as the old DRebel kit.
 
if you are just looking for something to do advanced shapshooting with IMO something like teh canon G6 woudl be much better for you, a prosumer camera has many od teh features that a Dslr does just without the removable lens

however many of them are priced about the same, they are smaller tho
 
if you're just going to get a cheap, slow superzoom lens don't bother spending the money for a dslr.
 
Think of it this way,

If you got the camera for $700 out the door.

If you invested that money, $700 for 50 years age 20-70, never touched it, never added to it and could earn 10% interest averaged over the whole 50 years, it would turn into about $82,000.

If you added only $20 a month to it over that period, it would be about $376,000.

Add $50 a month, 850,000

Add $100 a month, you are talking about $1,553,000

Just a thought. 😉
 
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