The In’s & Out’s Of Digital Camera Shopping
The Digital Rebel was my first digital SLR, which I bought back in 2003. It changed the way I practiced photography. But five years and thousands of shots later, I bought the Canon 30D, which worked wonders on my style of photography. I was planning on waiting for the 50D in 2009, but decided to go for the Rebel XSi – 450D which I got just a few days ago and have been using since then. I took around 650 shots under different conditions and using a variety of lenses from Canon and other brands. I can probably consider it as my top SLR camera and here are some of the reasons why:
The camera build is light yet feels very well built. The buttons on this baby are different from those on the original Digital Rebel and 30D; the buttons on the XSi are more tactile and has a resounding click when pressed. The Digital Rebel XSi has a 3-inch LCD with 230K pixels, which makes the images look great on playback but experiences a slight delay when zoomed 10x before the images are loaded and displayed fully. The delay is probably not that noticeable to others, as I only noticed it because I was able to compare it with my other two lower-resolution Canon digital SLRs.
After you find out which is the best digital camera to buy is, you will see that Canon or maybe even Fuji comes out on top. Compare specifications to see what each camera has and how easy they are to use.
Aside from the usual 2-second timer, the XSi now has a customizable timer function which allows the camera to count from 10 seconds then capture successive images as specified by the user. As for the ISO values, the XSi 450D has five values to choose from: 100, 200, 400, 800, and 1600.
The downside, however, is that Minolta SLR camera models seem to have a two to three year lifespan. I used the QTsi for two years until I began to experience electrical problems with it. Two of my friends who also used Minolta cameras complained of the same thing after using their SLRs for two to three years. Another drawback is that the Minolta Maxxum QTsi doesn’t have a B or Bulb mode, so you can’t use it for astrophotography or for taking longer exposure pictures.
The XSi 450D has tons more of other great features which are making more and more users hail it as one of the best SLR cameras, if not the top SLR camera, available today in the entry-level arena.
