Canon EOS Rebel XSi / 450D

Review Date
October 21, 2008

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
Less than 1 month

Visitors rate this review
2.45 of 5, 11 votes

Reviewed by
dominoair , Casual

Price Paid
$1000.00 at Australia

Photography Experience
2-5 years , Outdoor

Summary
I've been using DSLR for many years.
I still remember when 300D first came out. I keep waiting for the price to drop so I can afford one(I was a student back then)
I actaully bought my first DSLR which is a Pentax.
And then I changed to Sigma SD10 (Bad camera but relatively good pic)
And I got myself a 1D MK2.
And then a 5D (A fantastic camera)
After so many changed I decide I am going to pick a small, light weight, and good pic quality camera.
After months of search and test. I found it.
450D. Not only it fits my requirements.
It is very reasonable priced.
Picture quality is outstanding (with the kit lens)
I recommend this to anyone who would like to have fun in photography.
And forget about the myth of the L lens.
Yes, it's better.
But you can take professional pictures with just the kit lens.

Strengths
14bit processing
color (especially for protrait)
Fast GPU (No delay, unlike D60)
Takes all canon lens (except FD)
Light Weight
Very user friendly interface (Probably better than 5D but of course there are less functions)
Well priced

Weaknesses
Live view isn't take magical
Since D90 already intro video recording function, it will be good if this one has (But I am ok with this)
Pixel density could be higher ^ ^

Similar Products Used
Pentax K100D
Sigma SD10
Canon EOS 1D MK2
Canon EOS 5D

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Review Date
August 5, 2008

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
Less than 1 month

Visitors rate this review
2.75 of 5, 12 votes

Reviewed by
flashlight , Intermediate

Price Paid
$849.00 at Best Buy

Photography Experience
11-20 years , People

Summary
Wow. So far, I'm very happy with this camera.

Some background: This is my first digital slr. Back in the day, I took a couple of photography courses and read a few books on the subject. I could coax some pretty decent shots from my Canon AE-1.

In the past 7 years though, it's been all digital, all the time. I've used a number of point and shoot and semi-automatic cameras.

After wanting a DSLR for about a year, I finally caved in this week when Best Buy put the Canon XSi on sale for $850 with both 18-55 and 55-250 IS lenses. I haven't stopped taking photos since

Strengths
Ease of use in both program and creative modes. Great big bright screen for previewing. Instant shooting (turn it on and shoot). Super fast AF (compared to what I'm used to). Easy to use AF (push a button and turn the dial to select the AF point). Light weight. Picture clarity. Amazing level of detail. Film like.

Weaknesses
None discovered yet, but I've only used this for 3 days so far.

Similar Products Used
NA

Customer Service
NA

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Review Date
June 13, 2008

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
1 to 3 months

Visitors rate this review
1.86 of 5, 22 votes

Reviewed by
Martin Doshé , Professional

Price Paid
$1310.00 at EL-GIGANTEN(MY WORK)

Photography Experience
21+ years , Other

Summary
Can´t say nothing bad about this camera,,,
i have the 18-200 SIGMA and i had "BIG" problems with frontfocus,,,
and i mean BIG!!! but now after a trip to service i´m VERY pleased !!!

Yours

M

Strengths
Easy to use,,,

Weaknesses
Have non!!!

Similar Products Used
NIKON D80
EOS 400D

Customer Service
Not used other than service center!!!
Very good

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Review Date
June 7, 2008

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Used product for
Less than 1 month

Visitors rate this review
3.08 of 5, 13 votes

Reviewed by
jsuber , Intermediate

Price Paid
$1299.00 at Best Buy

Photography Experience
21+ years , Outdoor

Summary
I shoot a lot of pictures while kayak fishing and wanted something that was lightweight and durable that could stand up to the rigors and demands of saltwater exposure. I keep it in a Pelican box when not photographing. I bought this from Best Buy as a package and it came with Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 lens and Canon - 55-250mm f/4-5.6 Telephoto Zoom Lens. It also had a Lowepro Slingshot 100 Bag and a Sunpak Platinum Plus tripod. I also purchased a Sandisk Ultra III 8 GB with a transfer rate of 15 MB/s. I went to a different place to buy a UV Filter and a Circular Polarized Filter.


Other than that I love the setup, and its very light when compared to some of the full frame cameras.

Strengths
I take it out on the water and photograph the sites I see like alligators, Herons, lighthouses, and general guys catching and releasing fish. I really like the camera and it has some great standard settings for someone like me who is too busy with different activities to become a really mediocre photographer let alone a good one. This camera has helped me to overcome some of those obstacles. It takes photographs that are good enough for me to get published in magazines, and on different websites.

Weaknesses
have recently tried to take pictures of night skylines which REQUIRES you to use the manual settings. This thing will not even snap a shot in the basic configurations at night except with the Flash, and then it does not always work. I am also disappointed that I cannot leave the shutter open for no more than 30 seconds unless I keep my finger on the shutter button in the BULB mode. However this creates camera shake and seems pretty ridicules that 30 seconds is the maximum exposure.

Similar Products Used
Olympus 720SW and the Sony HDR-SR7

Customer Service
I have not had to use it but hte website has all of the manulas and software on it.

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