Canon EOS Rebel XS Digital SLR Camera Review

When you're ready to graduate to a Single-Lens-Reflex camera, the Canon Rebel XS 10.1Mp Digital SLR Camera might be what you're looking for. When you're looking at the DSLR lines, it's a good entry level to this line.

All of the cameras at this price level are incredible, of course. They'll give you distinct huge photographs that rival anything that a professional might shoot.

However, this Canon is very affordable, being only a little above the price of the high-end point-and-shoot cameras. If people are afraid to pay those big bucks for the big SLR cameras, this might be a good choice.

Here are some of the features of the Canon Rebel XS:

1. When the LCD screen gets up to this camera's 2.5 inch size, that helps keep the camera compact, yet allow the user to have a good view of what they're going to be taking a photo of. The menus of these cameras are very important, because they're how you'll be navigating when you're looking to turn on the special features.

2. Since you can purchase the body separate from the lens, this is good because it's so low priced that you can get a better quality lens to go with it, yet end up with a very reasonable camera for the price.

There are so many features, it will take you weeks before you're completely knowledgeable about the unit, but most people won't use all those features. Being a successor to the XSI, it's quality and overall design is very similar.

Here are some more of the features of the Canon Rebel XS 10.1MP Digital SLR Camera:

1. Ten megapixel is about as much as you want to go when you're going to manipulate the photos on a computer. Anything above that will have unreasonably large load times when they're brought into Photoshop. Since the DigicIII sensor in the camera allows the image quality to be better than normal, that ten megapixel will definitely be an advantage.

2. Although, the camera comes with its own software, most people are going to just use Photoshop, if they're at this level of expertise.

3. One really important feature that the camera offers, which few SLRs offer, is Live View. Some Olympus SLRs offer this. It means that you can see what's coming through the lens can be seen on the LCD display.

In all fairness, I must mention the cons of the Canon Rebel XS:

1. The Live View takes some getting used to with a digital camera. It means that you're seeing what's coming through the lens, not what's coming through the CCD. That's a very distinct difference which has to be experienced to understand. The CCD is the integrated circuit which grabs the image. The CCD image might be drastically different than what's coming through the lens, particularly if you're shooting into the sun. Many can't get used to that huge leap of difference, and others love the feature.

2. Also, because there is no spot metering while in live view, that greatly impedes its function.

3. The plastic case makes it look poorer quality than some other cameras of its price range. However, you might appreciate that plastic case; it greatly reduces the camera's weight. That might be a disadvantage, though, because having less momentum, the camera will shake more.

All-in-all, despite its flaws, the Canon Rebel XS 10.1Mp Digital SLR Camera is a great low-end SLR camera.