beckygeez said:
Cons
You have to look through the viewfinder when taking a picture - it doesn't show on the screen like most digitals until after you've taken the shot.
It's much bigger than my previous digital especially considering the two lenses that I have for it so I now have to carry a big camera bag with me when I use it.
When using the highest quality shots, it takes a long time to download the pictures because they're so big. Of course you don't have to use the best, I just prefer that.
Pros
The picture quality is incredible. It's 8mp and the pictures look awesome.
The options are endless - there are 6 basic modes and 5 creative modes.
Looking threw the view finder which actually enables you to look directly threw the lense is a far more accurate way of takeing photographs. The images on the LCD screens on most digitol camera's are not as accurate as the actual image might be smaller or larger then what you are seeing in your live action feed. And the LCD is a huge drain on your battery. So that really should be a PRO not a CON.
It is much bigger because its an SLR not a point and shoot. It also takes a far superior quality image then a point and shoot wil. One reason is because of the size of the lense, it allows ALOT more light into it then the small point and shoot lenses can. Also due to the various elements in the SLR lense the ability to zoom does not degrade the quality of your photograph as does the lense in the point and shoot camera. So, the size actually lends twords it being a PRO, except for the fact that your can't stick it in your pocket. So there is both a PRO and a CON to the size.
The lenght of time it takes to process the image is going to be longer as it is a larger size file that you are saveing. If you get a high speed card such as the Ultra II series put out by SanDisk or an equivelent put out by Lexar. Do not however purchase the 1 gig high speed lexar card as that one specific card does not always function properly with canon cameras.
The picture quality is very good when comparing to a point and shoot camera. When comparing to a film SLR it is lacking, as all digitol cameras are at this point in time. That does not meen it takes a bad photo, its just not as good as you could get with film. I have seen some very nice photos taken by the Rebel XT and I doubt you would be disapointed with it. The 8 megapixles however does have absolutely no effect on the quality. And that goes for all digitol cameras. The megapixels ONLY effects how large of a photograph you can blow up to, or how much you can crop into a smaller sized photo without it breaking apart.
As for the options being endless, thats not entirely true. Pick up a Canon 20D and you will see alot more options of things to do. For a consumer, the Rebel XT probably has more options then they could use but it does not have all the available options to it either.