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EOS Rebel

Hi all I got my EOS Rebel about 1 week ago. I have a Nikon CP5700 and the Rebel is so much faster WOW I am really going to enjoy working with this camera. Don't get me wrong here the CP5700 still is a good camera but the Rebel is far better! Have fun................Lamont :> )

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Enjoy your new camera... I got the same feeling when I jumped ships from a Nikon prosumer to my 10D... After a couple of days I nver looked back... My old trusty CP 995 has been collecting dust on a shelf since I got the Canon 10D

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The image quality is truly remarkable - smooth as silk.

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now the money starts to get spent..lol...lenses and flashes get expensive fast..but its only money?..lol..enjoy the rebel

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What other options/features does this camera have that makes it worth buying? I am thinking about purchasing this to begin photography. Another question I have concerns lenses. Can you buy lenses for regular film cameras and still use them on this camera? What do the numbers mean when people describe lenses (ie f2.8, etc)? Thanks. Looking forward to my membership on this forum!

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Originally posted by SlickWill1977
What other options/features does this camera have that makes it worth buying? I am thinking about purchasing this to begin photography. Another question I have concerns lenses. Can you buy lenses for regular film cameras and still use them on this camera? What do the numbers mean when people describe lenses (ie f2.8, etc)? Thanks. Looking forward to my membership on this forum!

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Thanks Lamont. That helped a lot! A follow up question for you....what does EF mean? And I am assuming the mount is what connects to the camera body? If you can please post any websites you know of about lenses...Thanks! Can't wait to start taking some pictures!

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what are EF mount lenses:

http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/...ef/m_14-45.html

http://members.aol.com/photoquack/bayonet.htm

http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a...g?msg_id=002TRd

http://www.usa.canon.com/eflenses/t.../lensmount.html

What is F stop for:

http://www.dpreview.com/learn/Gloss...Aperture_01.htm

http://www.dpreview.com/learn/glossary/Exposure/

I hope that this will help Happy reading...............Lamont :> )

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Thanks again Lamont...those sites have really helped. Another question is do most digital cameras have a black and white option and is this better/worse than b&w film? Thanks

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B&W yes and no!

The Canon D Rebel does not shoot in "B&W" only color! However you can take any picture and bring it up in a program like Adobe Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro and make that color picture "gray scale" then you will have a B&W picture! As for other digital camers I dont know? On my old Nikon CP5700 it did have a setting for that to shoot in B&W. But changing color to B&W is easy and works well. Now......... as far as printing out your B&W I was using a HP7150 to print all my pictures and it was "so-so" on B&W's but now I have a HP 7960 it does a Great job with B&W's and both printers do a great job on color! I hope this helps take care and have fun. BTW Happy New Year to everyone!!!!!!!!!!!Happy New Year to everyone!!!!!!!!!!!
Lamont :> )

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I was hoping for advice on this package I found on Ebay....could anyone please give me some advice on the other components that come with the Digital Rebel? Is this Sigma lens any good? Is the tripod and flash any good?

I found this to be very cheap being that I saw a Canon telephoto lens for over $300 and the camera for $899. That is already almost as much as this package! Any input is much appreciated.

Will

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forgot the URL

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...;category=43454

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My wife & I just got the Rebel "kit" last month. I'm very pleased so far with the camera. We got a 75-300mm lens also. It was $240.00 US. I found a macro lens $200.0 US.

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Yes the DRebel is a very good camera as far as lenes go I myself have only Canon lenes. But to have the 75-300mm would be nice. As far as the tripod goes I dont know about that one also Sorry not much help here! But if you dont have a tripod well your doing good then! Also on the filters by Hoya very very good! If you are bidding on this camera looks like it might be close to street pricing I think it was buy now for around $1300.00 for all that stuff. Keep in mind the camera kit runs around $999.00. Have fun.................Lamont :> )

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Hi guys
As a new user/owner of the 300D the EF is a fitting denotation and as far as I know the AF lenses will fit and work fine on the EF fitting. The basic difference is that the EF incorporates a belt drive system to operate the auto focus whilst the AF uses a servo. From what I have been told the EF system is supposed to be quicker than the AF.

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