Canon - EOS Digital Rebel 300D

The Canon Rebel 300D is a very nice low end DSLR. It takes great photos even with the kit lens.  It takes a little time to learn where the different settings are and seeing the small fonts in the daylight is a little hard. What is nice is there are tons of lenses that you can pick up for the Rebels and they are cheaper than other brands. There is a problem with the shutter where they are breaking sometimes at around ten thousand shots. It cost around two hundred dollars to have it fixed, so maybe getting a extended warranty might be a good idea if you take a lot of photos.  It is a little larger camera than the new Xt and XTi models. If you have small hands this might not be the camera for you. The battery life is really good, I can take photos all day long on one battery unless I use my image stabilizing lens then it takes two batteries. For the price this is a great camera.

I am very happy with the quality of this camera but then I am no expert.  Its only 6mp but I get better shots than with my little compact camera which is 8mp.  I certainly would recommend this as a starting out DSLR.

I have been using the Canon Rebel 300D, since 2005.  I bought it as a second digital camera, moving up from a small compact digital which I used previously.  I only have the 'kit' lens at the moment, which are an EFS 18-55mm and an EF 75-300mm but as I am still, very much, an amateur, I think these are quite adequate for a beginner.  I would like to acquire a macro lens, as one of my passions is flower photography.

The camera is very user friendly and the images produced are of a good, all round quality.  When using the, zoom 75-300mm lens, it is difficult to get fully focused shots at full zoom without using a tripod.  You can buy other makes of lens to fit the Canon, at greatly reduced prices, in comparison with the Canon brand.  The 18-55mm lens is great for most situations and has produced good results when taking macro shots.