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Canon EOS Digital Rebel -- Quick Look

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We're hearing a lot about this camera lately. Seems like a good time to give it a quick once over.

Canon Rebel website:

Rebel 1990 - 2003. The Rebel Has Gone Digital.

Digital Trinity: (1) World renowned EF lenses (2) 6.3 megapixels cmos sensor (3)High speed Digic(tm) image processing.

Photography Without Limits.

Digital Performance. SLR Performance. Simple Operation. Total Imaging System.

DPReview.com (Aug 2003) (this site contains extensive technical specs of this camera):

This six megapixel digital SLR is essentially a feature reduced EOS-10D in the EOS-300's silver body (plastic). It will have a body only priced of $900 in the US, €1,100 in Europe and 120,000 YEN (US$1,013 / €911) in Japan. This camera will be available as a "body only kit" or a "with lens kit", the latter will include a new 18 - 55 mm EF-S lens which has been "optimized" for the size of the D-SLR sensor (sounds familiar).

Macworld.com (Feb 2004):

Canon has lowered the bar for digital SLR (D-SLR) cameras -- the price bar, that is. The least-expensive digital SLRs cost $1,499 until last August, when Canon introduced the Digital Rebel, at $899 for only the body or $999 for the body plus an 18mm–55mm lens. D-SLRs offer top-notch performance, photo quality, and expandability, and the Digital Rebel is a welcome change from expensive, and often slow, fixed-lens cameras.

DigiRebels.com online users group. Just getting started.

DigiRebels.com currently offers a mailing list for group discussion, along with various resource links providing users a 'portal' for all things Canon Digital Rebel. Christian Griffith, moderator and webmaster for the DigiRebels users group explains, "There are many digital camera resources on the web that do a fantastic job of educating the consumer. DigiRebels is the first online users group designed to focus specifically on the Digital Rebel SLR camera providing users 'quick clicks' to important information, user reviews, tips, techniques and fun stuff like photo contests and a weekly photo showcase."

Posted by jackhodgson at February 16, 2004 02:01 PM