Canon Digital Rebel XSi 12.2 MP Digital SLR Camera with EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens

by best digital camera review on November 4, 2009

518hw%2BJn2WL. SL160  Canon Digital Rebel XSi 12.2 MP Digital SLR Camera with EF S 18 55mm f/3.5 5.6 IS Lens

  • 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)

Product Description
For stunning photography with point and shoot ease, look no further than Canons EOS Rebel XSi. The EOS Rebel XSi brings staggering technological innovation to the masses. It features Canons EOS Integrated Cleaning System, Live View Function, a powerful DIGIC III Image Processor, plus a new 12.2-megapixel CMOS sensor and is available in a kit with the new EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens with Optical Image Stabilizer. The EOS Rebel XSis refined, ergonomic design includ… More >>

Canon Digital Rebel XSi 12.2 MP Digital SLR Camera with EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens

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1 A. Odenweller November 4, 2009 at 12:23 am

I’d love to write a review for this camera, but it was shipped broken so I haven’t had a chance to use it. Don’t order this camera online, and especially don’t buy it from Pavilion Electronics.
Rating: 15 / 5

2 Joel F. Smith November 4, 2009 at 1:13 am

As An Artist I want to spend my energy on composing the picture rather than fool around with technical settings so this piece of work just gets in my way. Silly to spend all that money and the camera cannot even make movies!!
Rating: 25 / 5

3 Renee F. Hurteau November 4, 2009 at 2:35 am

Anyone looking at cameras, don’t buy one until you check out the Rebel XSi Its deffenately the best camer on the market

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0012YA85A?ie=UTF8&tag=burtoa-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B0012YA85A

And dont buy anywhere but Amazon, they are the best!!
Rating: 15 / 5

4 William Baker November 4, 2009 at 4:30 am

Hello everyone! Well I got the Canon XSI the other day and i wanted to let you all know how the live view work. Not good!!! Let me explain how it works and why it will not work underwater.

1.You Have two choices in Auto Focus in Live View.

Quick View: Samples a Focus points

Live View: Samples in center

Both are slow.

2.When you think how live view should work it doesn’t. You would think to focus you would press the Shutter botton down 1/2 way and it would Focus. Well in Live view it doesn’t. Strange? How you do it is.You press the AE Lock Botton. Then after it focuses you press the Shutter Botton. The biggest problem it take 1 to3 Sec. just to Focus. Good by fish!!! Man i had high hopes for this camera but i am going to send it back. If someone else has seen a better way of doing this let us know. But i don’t think so. Man this camera Sucks!!!!!
Rating: 15 / 5

5 Wendy L. Ortwerth November 4, 2009 at 5:04 am

I recently purchased this SLR with standard lens through Amazon, and have been massively disappointed. I previously owned a Powershot A540, and this SLR is no better than it, for five or six times the money.

1)The camera will regularly not take pictures. Despite the fact that the subject is in focus, the shutter will not release. You press the shutter button, and nothing happens. You press it again, nothing happens, etc. At times, the camera will simply not function.

2) The delay between pictures is ridiculous. The delay on the point and shoot camera was already bad enough. But it’s worse on this SLR. It regularly says it is busy and won’t do anything. I miss all kinds of pictures waiting for this camera to let me take another picture again.

3) The image stabilization system is a joke. I have just as many blurry pictures on this camera as the point and shoot.

4) The 9-point automatic focus sytem is also useless. This camera is just as bad as the point and shoot at focusing on only one thing and leaving everything else out of focus.

5) This camera will not take closeup pictures. The closeup setting on this camera is meaningless. I can take pictures closer to the subject with my point and shoot than with this camera.

6) The continuous shooting feature of this camera is worthless. Why is it that it only works on the Portrait mode? What good is that? Why not just admit you don’t have a continuous shooting feature?

7) Unlike other SLR’s, you have to look through the viewfinder to frame a shot, because the LCD screen does not show you what you are shooting. While the LCD may not be a completely accurate depiction of the picture being taken, in most cases it is a sufficient and convenient guide, rather than having to squint throug a small viewfinder.

I have increasingly come to the conclusion that Canon is an inferior camera manufacturer. I only wish I had known that before I spent over $700 on this piece of junk.
Rating: 15 / 5

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