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Technical Details
- 12.2-megapixel CMOS sensor captures enough detail for poster-size, photo-quality prints- Large 3.0-inch LCD display; includes Canon's EF-S 18-55mm, f3.5-5.6 IS zoom lens
- DIGIC III image processor provides fast, accurate image processing; improved Autofocus and framing rate
- EOS Integrated Cleaning system, plus Dust Delete Data Detection in included software
- Stores images on SD/SDHC memory cards (not included)
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By Scrapbook Mom (USA)
I just received the camera and have been playing with it on some photos. I am not a professional photographer so it is taking me a while to handle the camera. I like the way my photos have been coming out and used one photo for a Christmas Card. The reason I gave the display only 3 stars was simply that I don't see the image before I shoot it and can't get everyone into the photo on the picture. I am sure if I read through the book there is a solution to this, but I just haven't done so yet.
I love this camera and can't wait to see all that it is capable of in the future.
By Joy Gerbode (Lena, IL)
I almost bought a similar camera, but less megapizels, at a local store, but saw this one on Amazon at the last minute and ordered it instead. I'm sure I got the better deal by far. We're still learning all the features of the camera, but it is lightweight and does almost everything!
By Winter Lover (St. Cloud MN)
I switched from a point-and-shoot to this SLR about a year and a half ago and I couldn't be happier. I've gotten way into photography after buying this camera. I'll typically keep it at home if going somewhere where it will easily get spilled on or dropped (ie. bars, etc.), but for more events and photo ops it's wonderful. It does take a little getting used to it's size if you're moving from a point-and-shoot to an SLR for the first time, but it is well worth the switch! When I purchased the XSi, I was deciding between this one and a Nikon equivilant. After playing with both of them, I ended up going with the Canon - the buttons are placed better and the features you get for the value were better in my opinion. Can't go wrong!
By Rachel I. Cooper (Indiana)
I checked this camera out in the store first and found that the image was really bad when i tried to focus. I too had problems with auto focus and the picture quality in the view finder was bad and it was noisy when i tried to focus up close and it jumped around when i aimed it across the aisle. I did not like what I saw in the store and now that I read these reviews i know that it wan't just because it was a display camera. My picture quality is much nicer on my old camera which I shall keep since I have not had any problems with it which is a kodak. I am by no means an expert photographer, but I am not a amateur either somewhere intermediate i would like to think. So maybe someday I will upgrade my camera till then I will not be buying this camera.
By Ottis123 (California)
For a long time I refrained from writing this review, believing that probably I was to blame for the subpar image quality (out of focus) pictures I was getting. But my conclusion is that it was not me. It was the camera.
I had such a great experience with the Canon S2IS that I was ready to move up to my first DSLR camera, and what better than the same brand. I enthusiastically ordered the Xsi with the supplied kit lens. I soon realized that no matter which focus setting I used, many pictures, both indoor and outdoor, were slightly out of focus, and slightly underexposed. I took side-by-side pictures together with my S2IS, and was shocked to see that the older, 5 MP camera took pictures much, much better than the Xsi.
I wrote to Canon customer service, and they blamed it on the "kit" lens. They suggested I buy a lens with a wider aperture (which was about $1,000, so I thought, "You're kidding"). I did not buy the lens, but I did buy an external flash ($350), and the image quality was just the same. I was so disgusted with the situation that I basically stopped using the camera, and continued using the old one instead.
After some time, I really gave up on the camera and decided to return it, together with the flash. Fortunately, Amazon has fantastic customer sevice, and everything worked out without a problem.
In conclusion, my camera definitely had focus problems. These focus problems caused the pictures to be improperly exposed, and the flash strength to be slightly inexact, all contributing to bad image quality. For me, my Xsi's 12 MP sensor and all its other features were worthless if the image quality was lower than that of my 5 MP camera. I am now hesitant to buy another Canon camera, afraid of a repeat of this.
One star for the camera, and five stars for Amazon's customer service.
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