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Rebel or G5?
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Nocturnal
Lifer
Do you even have to ask?
If you're interested in photography, please buy the Rebel. If you're interested in just taking point and shoot pictures with family and friends, buy the G5. But please, if you are truly into or want to get into photography, please buy the Rebel. You'll regret not spending that extra $ on the Rebel.
If you're interested in photography, please buy the Rebel. If you're interested in just taking point and shoot pictures with family and friends, buy the G5. But please, if you are truly into or want to get into photography, please buy the Rebel. You'll regret not spending that extra $ on the Rebel.
Don Vito Corleone
Elite
I would take a G3 over a G5. If you want to get serious about digital photography, though, an SLR is definitely preferable, and the Rebel is a steal for what it is.
ultimatebob
Lifer
There are pro's and con's for both:
The Digital Rebel:
It has a higher resolution (6.3 Megapixels versus 5 Megapixels for the G5)
It has a MUCH wider selection of interchangible lenses and flashes. Almost any Autofocus lens with a Canon SLR mounting bracket will work on this camera.
The Rebel has a Faster Autofocus and wider range of shutter and ISO speeds.
If you already have a Canon Rebel SLR camera, the controls will be familiar to you.
People might mistake you for a professional photographer while you're carrying it 🙂
The G5:
It's much cheaper ($500, versus $980 for a Digital Rebel camera body with lens). If you buy the Rebel, you can also expect to spend an extra $500 on decent telephoto and wide angle lenses for it.
It's smaller and lighter than the Digital Rebel.
You can preview shots with the LCD, which is something that you can't do with a digital SLR camera.
If you already have a Canon PowerShot digital camera, the controls will be familiar to you.
It has a movie mode, which is something that digital SLR's do not have.
Of course, both cameras will probably be obsolete in five years, when even $200 digital cameras will have 6+ Megapixel resolution. Keep that in mind if you're on a tight budget.
The Digital Rebel:
It has a higher resolution (6.3 Megapixels versus 5 Megapixels for the G5)
It has a MUCH wider selection of interchangible lenses and flashes. Almost any Autofocus lens with a Canon SLR mounting bracket will work on this camera.
The Rebel has a Faster Autofocus and wider range of shutter and ISO speeds.
If you already have a Canon Rebel SLR camera, the controls will be familiar to you.
People might mistake you for a professional photographer while you're carrying it 🙂
The G5:
It's much cheaper ($500, versus $980 for a Digital Rebel camera body with lens). If you buy the Rebel, you can also expect to spend an extra $500 on decent telephoto and wide angle lenses for it.
It's smaller and lighter than the Digital Rebel.
You can preview shots with the LCD, which is something that you can't do with a digital SLR camera.
If you already have a Canon PowerShot digital camera, the controls will be familiar to you.
It has a movie mode, which is something that digital SLR's do not have.
Of course, both cameras will probably be obsolete in five years, when even $200 digital cameras will have 6+ Megapixel resolution. Keep that in mind if you're on a tight budget.
Don Vito Corleone
Elite
I'm a little confused by your statement that one can't preview images with the LCD on a digital SLR. The Rebel has a nice bit LCD, which can be used to preview images, the same as on a point-and-shoot camera. Am I missing something?
Nocturnal
Lifer
The DSLR has an LCD but that is for after taking the picture. It is not like the regular point and shoot cameras where you can see what you're looking at through the LCD. You won't be able to see anything through the LCD. You'll have to look through the view finder in order to snap your shot. After you snap your shot, the picture you just took will show up on the LCD as a preview. You can then delete it or do whatever you want with it.
Don Vito Corleone
Elite
It is an awesome camera, but also has a street price $150 higher, and is pretty bulky and unwieldy.
Don Vito Corleone
Elite
I don't mean unwieldy in use, I mean unwiely in size and shape. I can carry a G5 in a jacket pocket, but an F717 is a different story. As I said, it seems like a great camera.
I own a Rebel and I love it. It takes really good picture. The only thing is there's a lot of costs beyond the $1000 for the camera! Buying a fast and big compact flash card is important for this camera because its not very quick at writing to the card (about 1400k/s on the fastest cards versus 5000+ k/s on a fast camera like the Nikon D2H). Size is really just a preference if you're looking for a huge amount of storage. And of course there's the lenses which was already mentioned.
Interestingly enough, DPreview did a comparison of the G5's image quality versus the Rebel (aka 300D), and the G5 actually had a little bit more detail on closeups in some cases. I'm pretty sure that using a better lens would give the advantage back to the Rebel though. In the noise department however, the G5 doesn't compare to the Rebel. A picture at ISO 100 on the Rebel is less noisy than a picture at ISO 50 on the G5. This is important for taking low light shots without a tripod.
Here's the link to the image quality comparison: Link
Like others have said, if you're interested in photography (I know next to nothing about photography, but I'm trying to learn!), then definitely get the Rebel. If you're looking for a good point and shoot and something thats easy to carry around then look elsewhere... (the Rebel is a little more difficult to carry around because you're going to want to bring a few lenses with you and its definitely not a compact Elph type of camera).
Interestingly enough, DPreview did a comparison of the G5's image quality versus the Rebel (aka 300D), and the G5 actually had a little bit more detail on closeups in some cases. I'm pretty sure that using a better lens would give the advantage back to the Rebel though. In the noise department however, the G5 doesn't compare to the Rebel. A picture at ISO 100 on the Rebel is less noisy than a picture at ISO 50 on the G5. This is important for taking low light shots without a tripod.
Here's the link to the image quality comparison: Link
Like others have said, if you're interested in photography (I know next to nothing about photography, but I'm trying to learn!), then definitely get the Rebel. If you're looking for a good point and shoot and something thats easy to carry around then look elsewhere... (the Rebel is a little more difficult to carry around because you're going to want to bring a few lenses with you and its definitely not a compact Elph type of camera).
Nocturnal
Lifer
Well the I've already owned the Sony DSC-V1. At first I thought I did not want the size of a rather larger camera like the 717. I was wrong. In the end I regretted not going with the 717 due to the swivel feature. Also I'd give up any point and shoot for a DSLR any day. My main goal right now is to save up enough $ and pick up the Digital Rebel.
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