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Summary: great for kid pics
Review: I bought this camera to take pictures of my two small children. I have so many great pictures. Many people have commented that some of them look professional. The camera does all of the work. Great colors - easy focus and good presets also - like the fast action preset. I would highly recommend it for parents who want good pictures of their children.
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Summary: Great Camera but Lens is Lacking
Review: This camera is an upgrade from my old Canon AE1, and my first autofocus. I found the AF to be right on target with its 7 pt metering. If all images within frame didn't focus the way I expected, I just manually focus rather than fumbling around with focus point selection. I agree with other reviewers that this lens doesn't cut it. Even my 50mm 1.8f on the old camera gave sharper images. I will be upgrading to the recommended 28-105mm AF next year.I also found that the ambiant flash isn't powerful enough for my inside shots. It always defaults to a 4.0f with 1/90 shutter speed. I wanted a more clear depth of field, so I'll be purchasing an external flash soon. All in all, the camera produced beautiful pictures for an AF. I can use a variety of modes to my choosing dependent upon the situation. I typically use auto mode for taking snaps of my children because I don't wish to miss the moment by manually focusing. I never have experienced grainy pictures. I use ISO 200 with no problem. The camera is light weight, easy to use, is fast acting and has enough bells and whistles to keep me busy. A great buy.
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Summary: Great for Travelling
Review: I bought this camera before leaving for a long stay in Japan, where I did lots of backpacking, hiking, and traveling by train or hitchhiking. I liked the light body - it was easy to carry around and didn't weigh down my bag much at all. Naturally the camera got banged around quite a bit, and I even dropped it in its bag a few times. However, even though it was abused enough for the filter to crack, and I had to re-align the view mirrors when I returned, the camera kept working with absolutely no problems, through all of the 600 photographs I took. The pictures quality was excellent. I didn't have problems with graininess, and I'd guess that the reviewers used 800 film. Automatic focus was plenty fast. Actually, I ended up being lazy and using the automatic features most of the time, but with few exceptions, the results were about what I'd expect. If I had to do it again, I'd get a lens with more zoom, but that's more personal preference than anything - the included lens worked fine. I strongly recommend using a non-obtrusive filter, to protect the lens from scratches and damage.
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Summary: The Secret to Great Photography
Review: First of all get this straight: If you want to indulge in some great photography with out breaking the bank this is the camera you should be buying. This is an excellent camera for "advanced amatuers" (as I like to call myself). The camera is very light and you can roam around all day in a foreign city with it hanging around your neck--and--you wouldn't even notice it. The photos are excellent and the camera has all the features that you might desire. ... the product description page does not mention that the camera kit comes with a strap and a pair of Sanyo CR2 lithium batteries included. So don't get tempted to buy the Energizer CR2 batteries that are listed on the same page. Also, dont bother with an additional strap since the supplied strap is excellent. However, what you must buy with this camera is a good bag like the Tamrac 5516 (available at Amazon.com) and a mini-tripod like the Hakuba (at Amazon.com) or one of those cheap telescopic ones that are available at your local store.
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Summary: Great Camera
Review: I recently bought this camera at a local photography store... . The camera is great, but I was disappointed that I hadn't looked around for a cheaper price. I usually shoot in black and white and develop my film and prints myself. So far, the camera has been just what I need! The shots are turning out great and the features on the body offer fully manual (how I usually shoot)operation. The light meter is easily seen, and it is easy to change the Tv(shutter speed), and the Av (aperture). I would suggest the Rebel 2000 over any other camera of its type. Just make sure you are shooting with the correct speed ISO and the AV and Tv allow for no over/under exposure, which could make photos dark/light/grainy. The 28-80 lens that comes with the kit has treated me just fine, however I maylook into another lens later on. For now, however, I am glad that I got the 28-80, as it gives me a real fell for the camera, and it allows for me to take beautiful scenery shots of the mountains,rivers,etc. Anyone that is interested in photography would most likely suggest this camera. PS- get a filter to protect your lens from scratches,etc - no matter what type of lens you have. It would be better to replace a $10 filter thatn a $100- $2000 lens!
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Summary: Quality Pictures Even a Dummy Can Take
Review: I am constantly amazed by all this camera can do. I could spend all my time describing each and every little feature, but almost every other review for this product does it quite nicely. Admittedly, there are so many features that there's almost no need to take pictures in manual mode because it's settings are so fool proof. What really won me over was when I travelled to France for three weeks over the summer and brought the camera along. Though many complain about it's plastic body, I found it to be perfect. It was durable enough to stand up to being jostled around inside the overhead compartment and even being accidently dropped inside the camera bag, but still light enough that I felt I could take it anywhere without being uncomfortable. The fact it is lightweight is also nice when you are adding other attachments such as flashes, or longer lenses because it is still easy enough to manuver without a tripod. It's also perfect for people who want to take fast action shots. I've been able to capture sports moments and fast kids with the greatest of ease. I highly recommend it. :) Best of all, the pictures came out wonderful. Many people complained their pictures came out grainy, but this is usually due to too fast a speed of film. I used 200 film most of the time and found that all my pictures came out very well, including many pictures of the Eiffel tower at night. It may seem pricy, but it's well worth it when you don't waste money to develop rolls of film which come back with fuzzy, dark, blurry, or simply bad pictures.
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Summary: Superb!
Review: I got my EOS300 a few months back. Having only used a compact camera previously, it was fantastic. Almost all my shots in the full auto and creative modes were crystal clear. Unknowingly, I also "accidentally" took some pictures which you might find in magazines. I am confident that my pictures can only improve castly once I start using the manual settings. As for the guy who claimed that all 6 rolls of his pics come out grainy. There must be something wrong with his camera or more probably, he used a film with way too high ISO rating. In the 20 rolls or so or film I've shot, I don't recall ever having even a SINGLE shot grainy. All in all, this is a GRRREAT camera for anyone, even if you just wanna put it in ful auto all the time, you'd be surprised at how good your pics look.
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Summary: Disappointed with the results
Review: Unlike most of the people reviewing this camera, I was very disappointed with the results. After reading the Amazon reviews, I rushed to buy the Canon EOS Rebel 2000. I thought that even though I am not a professional photographer the camera would be simple and produce the professional results I wanted. To my surprise, after developing at least 6 rolls, ALL of the photos have been of poor quality. They are grainy looking. I am going to buy a regular old point and shoot because I do not want to continue to miss precious moments of my three children.
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Summary: The best 35mm SLR camera to buy when you want a P&S camera.
Review: This is the best camera for it's price (range). It has 85% of all the features that are found on most high end expensive 35mm SLR cameras. It's autofocus system is the same as ELAN 7 but minus the eye control. The only Problem I have with it is that it is small. I have small hands and yet I have problem gripping it with my right hand. The solution is to buy the BP-200 battery pack as it extends the grip are further and allow you to take vertical pictures using the vertical shutter button on the battery pack. If you buy the EOS rebel 2000 body with the BP-200 battery pack and the EF 28-135mm Image Stabilizer USM Zoom lens then you are all set to take the best pictures you can in it's price range. Oh yes, add the 420EX flash and you should be all set. Why do I say it's the best 35mm SLR camera to buy when you can a Point and Shoot camera? Because in Picture/Full-Auto Mode it is just like a point and shoot camera, it even refuses to take a picture unless the "subject" is in sharp focus. Hint: buy good lenses to take good quality pictures.
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Summary: Wow!
Review: My wife and I chose this camera over all the point-and-shoots we looked at after my son was born. Most of them had something like a half- to two-second delay after you press the shutter button before they took the picture. We knew that wouldn't fly with a young child. It has been well worth the (not that much) extra expense! In it's fully automatic modes, it nearly always takes the picture you expect (nice for the non-camera-savvy friends and relatives). When it doesn't, it's fairly easy to see what went wrong so that you can learn to not do that again ("oh! It focused on the wrapping paper!/It metered the window!"). Focus problems are usually a result of not noticing what the camera chose and shifting your aim slightly or not forcing it's choice of focus points. When you want to do something beyond what the full automatic modes allow, there seem to be plenty of ways to modify it's operation, all the way down to full manual. I shot a roll of the Golden Gate Bridge on my last trip to the Bay area and got gorgeous pictures by simply "telling" the camera exactly where I wanted to focus, that I wanted to bracket my shots by 1.5 stops, etc., then letting the camera take care of the focusing/exposure details. As a card-carrying klutz I agree with the other reviewers' concerns about the plastic body, but so far no drops. If you did much flash photography, you might want a larger flash, but the onboard one is just fine for the usual snapshots. One last thing--you can't use a regular cable release--you have to buy the special electronic one from Canon.
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