EOS Rebel T3i Black SLR Digital Camera Kit w/ 18-55mm Lens

5 of 5 stars Positive

Rose (April 2, 2012)

Amazing camera

This is my first DSLR and I couldn't be happier with it. I bought the body only, then got a Canon 28-105 lens seperately. I recently purchased a 50mm f/1.8 lens as well.

The camera is very easy to learn how to use. I watched some videos on youtube and skimmed the manual online while I was waiting for it to come in the mail (I ordered it from a different site around New Year's, so I had about a week and a half wait from when I ordered it) and as soon as I got it, charged the battery and started using it. Before this, I was using my video camera or old point and shoot for stills, but I have used a couple of other people's DSLRs (on auto mode). I've been using this exclusively in manual mode so far and it took a little bit the first day to get used to picking the right exposure settings, but once I got used to it, it's not bad. This camera takes really great photos.

Other good things are: compared to my Canon Vixia HF200 (video camera), the battery seems to last a comparable length with video and the recording rate is somewhere around 5.5 mb/s with the T3i, where it goes up to 24mb/s (I believe) on the HF200, so the videos don't take up as much room on the memory card or my computer, but they look better because of the lenses and, I assume, the proccessing. The audio is surprisingly good too. I shot a video at a local show recently (**Youtube search "chunkvideos analecta" and it's the song called "Just Don't Look Down"**), standing about 3 feet to the side of the speakers and right in front of the band (they're an instrumental band, but they're loud for a local show), and I manually adjusted the audio level to the lowest possible level (it indicated clipping otherwise) and the video actually sounds really good. I wasn't expecting it to sound good. That being said, when you're not in a loud environment, the internal mic picks up all of the camera and handling noises, so the fact that it has a mic input jack will come in handy in getting better audio.

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5 of 5 stars Positive

SkaterKat (February 24, 2012)

Love it!

Ive been using this camera for about 6 months now, and I still believe I made the right choice. Ive used the camera mostly for macro shots of flowers and some action photos of my friends skating. This is an excellent introduction to DSRL. I expected more in terms of the maco function, but Id need a dedicated macro lens to achieve the results Im after. All in all, this is a solid camera for almost any situation.