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Editors' Rating:
8.4 of 10
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Value for money |
9 |
| • Ease of Use |
7 |
| • Performance |
8 |
| • Image Quality |
9 |
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Where to Buy ?
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PROS
• Excellent
image quality.
• Simple enough for
beginners, advanced enough for most professionals.
• Zero redeye.
• Low price.
CONS
• No ISO 50 sensitivity setting.
• Wide angle lens choices limited.
• Plastic body. |
Includes: Canon EOS Digital Rebel Camera, F3.5 - F5.6, 18 - 55
mm EF-S lens (lens kit only), BP-511 Li-ion rechargeable battery pack,
Battery charger, Neck strap, USB cable, Video cable, CD-ROMs featuring
EOS Digital Solutions 6.0 and Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0, Camera
Manual, Software Manual.
Recommended
Accessories |
Note: The Canon EOS 300D
(German name), Kiss Digital (Japanese name) and
Digital Rebel (American name) are the same camera.
This digital SLR based on the EOS 10D's superb six megapixel CMOS sensor
and image processor in an inexpensive consumer body similar to the film
EOS-300. It will place digital SLR's into the hands of consumers
(with a moderate budget).
Here are the major differences between the EOS 10D and the EOS Digital
Rebel:
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10D |
Digital Rebel |
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Metal body (magnesium alloy) |
Plastic |
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EF lens compatible |
EF, EF-S lens compatible |
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Has a pentaprism |
Has a pentamirror (usually not as bright) |
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Shoot at 3 fps for 9 frames |
Shoots at 2.5 fps for 4 frames |
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Automatic / manually selectable AF mode |
Automatic AF mode |
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Automatic / manually selectable Metering mode |
Automatic Metering mode |
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Has 17 custom functions |
Has no custom functions |
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ISO up to 3200 |
ISO up to 1600 |
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Has a PC socket for flash |
Doesn't |
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Has a rear control dial |
Doesn't |
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Takes the same grip (BG-ED3) as the other Canon DLSRs |
Has it's own grip |
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Takes the RS-80N3 remote (same as EOS-3, 1v, 1D, 1Ds) |
Uses the RS-60E3 |
The Digital Rebel offers about 85 percent of the feature
flexibility of its bigger, more expensive brother, the EOS 10D, at
revolutionary prices of $899 (body only) and $999 (with EF-S 18-55mm
f3.5-to-f5.6 zoom lens - equivalent to 28mm to 88mm on a 35mm SLR). The
EOS Digital Rebel does sacrifice some controls, which, depending upon how
you shoot, may be critical. Although it offers three metering modes -
evaluative, partial and centre-weighted average - it automatically
decides when to use evaluative and centre-weighted, and you can only
toggle partial. Similar limitations apply to focus tracking. Furthermore,
it even shares some of the inconveniences of the EOS 10D, including a
viewfinder that shows only 95 percent of the frame and the absence of spot
metering.
EOS Digital Rebel Major Features:
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6.5-megapixel, 22.7 x 15.1mm, 12-bit RGB CMOS sensor. |
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6.3 effective megapixels for 3,072 x 2,048-pixel images.
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1.8-inch low-temperature TFT Color LCD. |
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Supports all Canon EOS series lenses. |
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Eye-level SLR (with fixed pentamirror) Viewfinder type
with diopter adjustment. |
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Viewfinder Information: AF points, AE lock, FE lock, AEB
in progress, flash ready, improper FE lock warning, high-speed sync,
flash exposure compensation, shutter speed, bulb, FE lock, processing
data, aperture, exposure level (exposure compensation, manual exposure
level, AEB level, flash exposure compensation, red-eye reduction lamp-on
indicator), Max. burst during continuous shooting, AF/MF focus
confirmation, CF card full, CF card error, no CF card. |
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Focal length multiplier of 1.6x as
compared to a 35mm camera. |
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Automatic, Program AE, Shutter Priority, Aperture Priority,
Depth-of-Field AE, and Manual exposure modes, plus Portrait, Landscape,
Close-up, Sports, Night Portrait, and Flash Off programmed modes. |
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Adjustable white balance for various light conditions (Auto,
daylight, shade, overcast, tungsten bulb, fluorescent light, flash, manual). |
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Various methods of exposure metering (Max. aperture TTL metering with
35-zone SPC. (1) Evaluative metering, (2) Partial metering at center
(approx. 9% of viewfinder), (3) Centerweighted average metering (in
manual exposure mode)). |
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ISO sensitivity equivalents: 100, 200, 400, 800, and 1600. |
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30 sec. - 1/4000 sec. shutter speed. |
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Built-in flash in the pentamirror hump. |
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Flash
modes: yes, flash on, flash off, auto flash, "red-eye" reduction,
fill in, longterm synchronization, connecting for external flash, hot
shoe for external flash, flash can be opened up, E-TTL flash control, E-TTL
wireless flash control, FP highspeed-synchronisation, FEL flash exposure
lock, FEB flash bracketing, flash recycling time: approx. 2 s; flash
coverage: 18mm lens angle covered. |
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Auto exposure
bracketing and White balance bracketing. |
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Redeye Reduction. |
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Self
timer. |
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Powered
by rechargeable BP-511/512 Li-Ion battery pack
or AC Adapter. |
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Images saved to CompactFlash Type
I and II
memory cards, compatible with IBM MicroDrives. |
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DPOF (Digital Print Order Format)
and DCF (Design Rule for Camera File System) compatibility. |
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Direct Print capability to
selected Canon photo printers. |
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Full Specification |
The Lowest Price is not always best !
When you buy a digital camera, the basic package almost always includes
extras such as a battery charger, lens cap, batteries, flash memory card, and software.
One of the more disreputable practices a dealer can engage in is called unbundling. These
dealers remove items from the package that are normally included in the price and
price them separately.
When purchasing
a camera you have three components of the price to consider - the camera price, postage and
handling, and taxes. Many dealers lower the price to make the camera more attractive, then
increase the postage and handling to boost their profits.
Hesitate before
accepting extended warranties. Every knowledgeable consumer expert says it's better to
gamble. Most of a company's profit is in the sale of these warranties so they press, and
press hard. Your job is to resist, and resist hard. The only thing to keep in mind is that
digital cameras can be horribly expensive to repair. If you want peace of mind, you may
want the warranty, even though it's probably overpriced. The cost of a repair can
approach, or even exceed, the original purchase price.
When you buy a
camera from a reputable dealer, you expect to be able to return it if you aren't
satisfied. Some dealers try to discourage this by requiring a restocking fee for returned
merchandise. This is always explained as a way to recover their costs of checking the
merchandise and restoring the packaging you may have opened.
Many dealers is
truly a false, deceptive and a total crook. Bait and switch tactics used. Does not sell
new merchandise and will ship used or refurbished goods without notifying customer. They then
try to charge a restock fee on top of their exobitant shipping fees to make a profit where
they could not on their goods. A try case of buyer beware.
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Another opinion:
Steves-Digicams.com,
DCResource.com
Where To Buy
Canon EOS Digital Rebel Camera:
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