Just got my Digital Rebel XT!!

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Policar

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Well, it arrived yesterday.

I must admit, I love this thing. The still images are pretty fantastic and it actually feels like a film SLR, except super fancy. I can't stand shooting photos with digital point and shoots because it feels artificial, but this thing is so much fun. It's not a bad deal, either. 780 dollars shipped with lens and it arrived in 4 days.

Still, I must admit that it made me appreciate some aspects of my dvx even more. While everyone says dSLRs are stunning for low light photography, even at 1600ISO I need a flash to take good images indoors and there's noticeable grain. The dvx actually has incredible low light abilities, though it probably has a lot to do with the fast lens. At 55mm (telephoto), I can only shoot at f5.6 and slower! I can't wait until my Nikon adapter arrives and I can slap on my 50mm f1.8 manual lens.

As for dynamic range, it's not that much better than the dvx. Windows still get blown out as do bright overcast skies (as they do with 35mm sometimes). The transition is softer, though, and RAW mode is unbelievably nice.

Anyhow, some day (soon?) video cameras will shoot this well, I hope. It's really incredibly how refined a product Canon has put out.

My first pics:

http://home.comcast.net/~rwauhkonen/IMG_0268.JPG (original)
http://home.comcast.net/~rwauhkonen/tiger.jpg (scaled)
http://home.comcast.net/~rwauhkonen/sprite.jpg (scaled)
 
My father and I (but specially him) are cats and flower freaks. I definitely have to learn how to post images!

You got a very nice camera, man!
 
cool man. congrats on the new cam! yes, 5.6 is not good at all for shooting low light...you need 2.8 or lower. post some pics when you get your 50 on it....50 1.8 will be fresh.
 
I got my XT about a month ago.. and also got the stabilized lens for it.. I must say I am very happy with everything, the only thing I dislike is the non-realtime Iris adjustments.. meaning if you change the iris you dont actually get to see what it looks like untill you take a photo :(
 
I must agree ... Canon's digital still cameras are awesome. My friend owns a 20D, which is truly excellent, but I still love my little old PowerShot G3, too.

I think SLRs have traditionally done that on purpose to ensure that the viewfinder's image is nice and bright. That's probably the biggest tradeoff for a nice optical viewfinder versus the usual LCDs -- it's not quite WYSIWYG, but much easier to see and focus. At least with a digital SLR, though, you can err on the side of taking too many photos instead of hesitating to capture that perfect moment, right? :)
 
oo very nice. Ive been wanting a Rebel XT for a few weeks now, i just cant justify why I'd need a $900 still camera (why for production stills of course...!)

Where'd you get it at that nice price?
 
I bought it at Dell. They often have coupons for 15% off and others for 60-90 dollars off on top of that, and you can combine them to get good deals. One caveat is that the shipping times are usually about three weeks, but I guess I just got lucky.

As for manual aperture rings, I'm getting an adapter to use some manual nikon lenses and I'm pretty excited about that. My friend has a 135mm f2.8 lens I'm buying and I can't wait to see the super insane shallow DOF I'll get with that.

Jarred, there's a DOF preview button somewhere for automatic lenses, but I guess the idea is that the aperture is wide open by default to let as much light in as possible and also to give you the shallowest DOF so that focusing is easier. (Focusing at f22 would be tricky.) But the button's there, somewhere (not sure where since I just got the camera.)
 
Policar said:
Jarred, there's a DOF preview button somewhere for automatic lenses, but I guess the idea is that the aperture is wide open by default to let as much light in as possible and also to give you the shallowest DOF so that focusing is easier. (Focusing at f22 would be tricky.) But the button's there, somewhere (not sure where since I just got the camera.)
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cool.. i must admit i havnt read the manual, but may need to check that out.
 
I’m not much into still photography, but I do use my Canon G5 for compositing/greenscreen work, and it performs brilliantly. All the camera I need.
 
Policar...help us out man. I'm on Dell's site now. The list price is $999. Where can I get some of those coupons to be able to get it for 780 shipped? THAT's A STEAL!!

~reservoir~
 
Dell limited time offers beginning 5/17 8:00AM CST through 5/19 5:59 AM CST. Save 15% on select Canon Digital SLRs & lenses icon. Coupon Code: NWF4LF71ZKGMBK Expires after first 2000 uses.

Save $90 on orders of at least $750 but less than $1000. Code: 79VT3767HP833W

Stack those two together for about 750 shipped. I'm not sure if they're still both valid. You have to be quick!
 
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