The Canon Rebel XTi Good and Bad

Executive summary about Canon Rebel XTi by Jacob Georgson

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Canon new EOS Digital Rebel XTi is a new design for the successful EOS Rebel line. The new Canon Rebel XTi is a lightweight, ergonomic camera. It sports a 10.1 MP 3-2 aspect ratio high sensitivity CMOS sensor and a 2.5 inches LCD screen. You can use any of Canon lenses in the EF lineup, ultra-wide angle to super telephoto lenses. The digital files generated by the camera are the standard JPEG and RAW. With 10MP files can be quite high so a high capacity memory card is recommended - the camera uses the popular Compact Flash memory card format.

I took the Canon Rebel XTi for a test drive. I tested the camera with a zoom lens with image stabilizer. I went to the beach to take some subset pictures - don’t hold it against me but I like that scene. The Canon performed great it focused fast and took clear pictures. A few scenes were hard on the Canon to focus on specially when I tried to take zoom pictures of birds with the skies as the background. This is however expected as it is hard for any auto focus to handle such scene. The Canon however makes manual focusing easy so I switched to manual to overcome it. I did get some sand on the camera but it seemed to continue working fine - I am not sure if Canon automatic dust remover is to be given credit for that or not.

The Canon Rebel XTi seems to be a good price performance buying decision. The Canon Rebel XTi body is a good buy and it will leave you with enough dollars to buy great lenses to go with it. One thing against the Canon Rebel XTi is that its sensor is not full frame. Full frame sensors cameras are getting more and more popular these days and if you are looking for one than the Canon Rebel XTi is not your choice.

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