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First things first. I've been a film photographer for the past decade or so, and have always loved the look of film and the feel of old solid, steady cameras. That said, I've always wanted to get into the digital realm if only for the ease of use. It's so much more convenient to take a few hundred pictures before you change the memory card, as opposed to taking 36 (Maybe 37) and changing a roll. That's not even talking about medium format which you might only get 8 shots a roll. So convenience being my big factor, this camera has in droves. It is by far the easiest camera (outside of my P&S) that gives well exposed, colorful pictures. Even though it only has an 8 megapixel sensor, For most things you won't notice the lack of resolution. Even though it doesn't have the 15 megapixel like it's newer younger brother, You'll still be able to happily get 11X14 prints with no trouble. I've even done a couple at 20X30 without issue. The most important factor about any camera system is the lenses. By buying a currently more affordable camera, I've kept more money to buy better lenses. So nice, high quality pictures, easy to use, affordable, can use the nice lenses for more expensive bodies. Unfortunately, there are a couple downsides. Coming from film, I got used to the EOS thumbwheel on the back of the camera to adjust the aperture in manual mode. Doesn't seem like much, but once you get used to a system, it's second nature to keep looking for it. The other downside is how small the camera is. It's almost too small for me. I have large hands, and though I've gotten used to the size of the grip, it's definitely not for everyone. I'll probably be getting the battery grip within a couple months to make it a bit easier to hold. Overall, great camera, only a couple gripes. The image quality makes up for any downsides in my opinion. If you're used to the thumbwheel from earlier EOS cameras, go for the 20d, but otherwise, you can't go wrong with the Rebel XT (350d) Good luck and happy bidding!Read full review
This is a very good camera, however the lens does not zoom. Its best to buy the bundle without the lens, because trust me you will throw it away. Its confusing to use at first, but if you actually read the manual, it makes sense. All of the auto-focusing modes do NOT show up on the LCD picture (the screen on the camera that's about 2 inches by 3 inches), only the manual focus modes do. Those are the two issues I had, but other than that it takes very clear pictures. I bought this camera to take pictures of my gemstones' inclusions, with my amscope gem trinocular microscope, and although it is a great camera for that, I probably should have gone with the T2i or the T3i to get more focussed images. I'm sure that is not what you plan to use this camera for, but if so, go with a bigger megapixle content. But as for taking regular pictures, for example my friends and family and my dog, they come out great.Read full review
Great camera, I'm sure you can read all the spec and features elsewhere. I will concentrate on thing they don't tell you. Some Class 6 SDHC cards are NOT fast enough to do video on this camera. My experience specifically KINGSTON class 6 is too slow. IF you see the video buffer bar at the right of the screen show up, then your memory is too slow. Once that bar reaches 5 the camera will, without warning or beeps, stop recording. You will miss the whatever happens after that. You will then have to restart recording, it will not do so automatically. You clip will abruptly end at the most inopportune time. SanDisk Extreme III class 6 is quite fast enough in my testing. I have been told that the transcend class 6 16GB is good too. I have tested my T1i for memory usage in video mode, here are the results using a Sandisk 8 Gig Extreme III: T1i Video Memory Usage Rates for a 1 minute file. 1080 mode 282 MB 720 mode 194 MB 480 mode 131MB Following is for 5 minute file 1080 = 1,383 MB 720 = 988 MB 480 = 638 Any 1 clip can be 4GB max, so the following is an approximate max clip length 1080 about 14 minutes 720 about 20 minutes 480 about 30 minutes These figures are approximate as the content of the video will affect the compression and amount of memory actually used but these are pretty close to an average time you should expect. I did a little rounding so these are probably the on the low side you may get a little more time, but not much, maybe a minute. You can shoot as much video as the card will hold, just any 1 uninterrupted clip cannot be longer than 4 gig. Shooting Video also eats the battery, buy extras, one Battery per every 8 gig card should be about right. Still shot Capacity on 8 gig card Large + RAW =286 Just RAW = 359 Large = 1375 Medium = 2334 Small = 4175 * if you shoot any video mixed with the stills these numbers drop very fast. If you are going to do Video, and it important at all, I can only recommend the SanDisk 8 gb sdhc extreme III at this point. Just be warned that the video mode is very demanding and picky about the performance of the card, just the class rating is not to be counted on, as I found out the hard way. Some class 4's may work, even class 2's but that buffer bar starts showing up. DO NOT BUY KINGSTON Class 6, I had 2 of those and lost important video due to their inability to keep up with the camera. >>>>>>>> Be Safe Buy the Sandisk Extreme III or similar cards that are much faster than the minimum spec/claims of class 6.Read full review
I replaced an EOS 40D with the T1i just because it has the video feature. The T1i seems a little bit lighter weight, which is nice. Also it uses SD cards, and in my opinion better than the big old CF card. I have not used the video feature too much, but it does not replace a camcorder. It will not autofocus while taking a video, and the microphone is not great either. But overall I am very satisfied with the camera. And at 15 megapixels, I am almost ready to upgrade my computer for more speed dealing with the very large file sizes from this camera (but that's a good thing).
The T1i is quite a good camera. The noise levels are lower that my previous Rebel. The camera is light and easy to pack around. It works flawlessly with my Canon EF lenses. I have a few issues with it though. The files are huge and tend to take a rather long time to load on my computer. I am only running 1 Gigabyte of RAM I'm sure a $30 memory upgrade will fix this. The other issue is that with all of the functionality of the live view added megapixels and HD video the is a trade off in processing speed. With my old Rebel I could fire of 10 or so photos in Raw before the "busy" message would appear. With this camera I can only get four or five shots off. Not an unexpected issue. Just annoying when I forget that I now work faster than my camera.
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