rebel vs rebel xt

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Atherton213

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im going to be buying an slr in the next few weeks and i want to know pro's con's of the 2.. and is it really worth the price for the xt vs the old rebel? its almost $300... 1000 for xt 700 or so for rebel?... i would say im a little above an amature photographer... i know my way around a camera... i enjoy taking pictures but my A80 isnt enough for what i want... i want to upgrade to an slr (and i have used the dslr's at school before)
 
XT vs Rebel
8 mp vs 6mp
almost instant startup vs 3 seconds (sometimes its really annoying)
smaller vs bigger
smaller battery vs bigger battery (im not sure on how many shots you get out of each, the XT i think is more power frugal, but i still think you get slightly less from the xt).
Slightly smaller viewfinder in the XT
Mirror lockup by default vs have to use hacked firmware to get MLU (mirror swings out of the way, then wait a couple seconds for vibrations to die down, then take a picture, used for certain long telephoto, astrophotography, long exposures, etc).

with certain dell coupons you can get the rebel with lens for $650 or so, which i think is a fantastic deal.
 
I think u forgot to mention must faster save time using raw, etc. and also less noise at higher iso's if i remember correctly! :p Oh i believe also the camera takes ALOT more shots when using burst. I think it was like 3x as fast or something scary like that! :eek:
 
i saw that the xt is 3 shot burst... the old rebel is 2.5... i just dont know if its worth and extra $300... for that extra 300 i could get a nice 1gb flash card and new lense for the rebel
 
You might check out some Dell coupons, look around for them.

The Rebel XT with coupons and SLR 10% off is going for like $700+ something with lens included.
 
Lots of people are havin issues with the XT dying on them. Some of the people on the dpreview forum have been through 3+ cameras from what I've seen. The XT is a superior camera but it seems like there may be some QC issues as of now.
 
sgt said:
Lots of people are havin issues with the XT dying on them. Some of the people on the dpreview forum have been through 3+ cameras from what I've seen. The XT is a superior camera but it seems like there may be some QC issues as of now.
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I hae only heard complaints from the people who bought the black body model, none with the silver body (like mine, thank goodness). Wonder what is so different with the body that it would cause issues?
 
Interesting... I think you're right. Maybe they happen to be coming from two different plants and one is having some QC issues somewhere down the line.
 
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