Best Canon SLR Camera
Whatever you need to do, don’t ask a Nikon / Sony / Pentax SLR owner, “Whats the most effective Canon Digital SLR camera I should purchase?”. Camera enthusiasts are usually incredibly brand loyal, and can argue endlessly over why their particular brand is the best of all time. Someone who owns several brand cameras, and therefore owes his / her allegiance to no one brand would probably be a greater person to ask. Well, since you did ask, let’s take a look shall we.
For first time SLR owners, Canon makes one of the best selling and most critically reviewed entry level SLR cameras ever. I would obviously be referring to the Canon Digital Rebel XTi digital SLR camera (~$650). Its predecessor being the Canon Digital Rebel XT (still available ~$450), and it’s successor (recently announced but not yet available), the Canon Digital Rebel XSi (~$800?). If you’ve never owned a SLR camera before, and are a little bit nervous about taking the plunge, you actually can’t go wrong with any model through the Canon Rebel lineup. Your final choice of these three cameras will really come down to a compromise between price and newer technology. They’re all able to taking great pictures, and each experienced photographer will tell you, the most important feature in any camera, is an option of the person with his finger on the shutter button.
For anyone using a somewhat larger budget, the Canon EOS 30D, or the Canon EOS 40D both make excellent choices. Better kit lenses, less image noise, and a nicer LCD are just of this few features you’ll find. There are way more manual controls to tweak, so a steeper learning curve is to be expected. More controls are nice however, as the possibility for artistic expression is greatly increased. The 30D and the 40D are both around the $1300 to $1500 dollar mark, so due diligence is a major consideration in your shopping process here. In other words make sure you know the differences.
If the phrase full frame technology means anything to your account, your probably already salivating over the Canon EOS 5D for about $2000 (without the lens kit). Full frame, means that you have a picture sensor (CCD), that corresponds when using the old 35mm film SLR cameras. To some, full frame is the holy grail of digital photography. Initially this technology was only available for 2 or 3 times the $2000 current price of the 5D.
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