#canon digital rebel xt

[alleyesandears]

Behind Johnnie's Tavern

... No idea. But apparently, they've got the best burgers in town, so if I stop by for one, I will ask.

Columbus, Ohio

Photo by Dania Hurley

[goldeyesblackheart]

anyway, here's a terrible quality phone photo of the horribly beat up little thing with the rebranded Ricoh Rikenon lens that's on it. For being a total (including the price of charger, lens adapter, card and card reader) it was about 60$, which is dirt cheap for a semipro DSLR...

Even if it is 20 years old.

[imgs-of-old]

IMG_3031 and 3029 from December 2010

[lewiswhatshisname]

I suppose I ought to introduce myself

I like taking photos with odd cameras. I am by no means a professional. I just have loads of cameras I've picked up second hand from various places, and like mucking about with them in different ways.

Right off the bat, I don't care about taking the perfect shot. That's boring to me. While I don't go out with the goal of intentionally taking wonky shots – I do actually try to make sure each shot is focused and exposed properly – quite a lot of my cameras are broken or weird in some way. My main film camera technically works, in that the lens attached to it is in good nick, and when I push the shutter button, it goes click. But the shutter fires inconsistently, and will often misfire at the lightest touch, it doesn't really fire at the speeds it's set to, the ISO dial is loose as hell and is always changing itself, and even if it wasn't doing that, the light meter really has no idea what light is in the first place.

It really only gets better from here. All of my cameras have some sort of physical malady by dint of being second hand, and in many cases, straight up antique, or because they're Holgas and have a deliberately imperfect design. I've got a couple of "toy cameras" as well, with cheap plastic lenses that make any given shot look a bit weird. None of these categories are mutually exclusive either.

But I also just like to do terrible things to both my cameras and the film I shoot on. My favourite thing to do is shove the wrong format film into the cameras. Sometimes I don't feel like cutting down film to fit into my 127 cameras, so I'll cram a 35mm roll in there. Or I'll stick one into one of my 120 or 620 cameras just for the hell of it. I like to redscale film, soup it, and just generally fuck it up before and after shooting. When I develop the film here at home, I don't put a lot of attention into making sure everything is perfect down to the tenth of a degree and to the second. I am not that fussed about any of it, frankly. As long as the roll comes out of the tank with photos on it, I'm happy. If they're messed up, whatever. That's part of the fun.

Right now, I'm slowly working through uploading my backlog over here. I've got even more photos on deviantART, and I post them to Patreon a month before I put them anywhere else. I also try to remember to put prints up, but that's a whole process on its own. In addition to uploading my backlog, I've been spending much of my time just working on scanning and editing a whole other backlog of negatives.

And according to Lightroom, right now that comes down to nearly 400 photos that I've yet to post, and a further 5,000-odd that I've not even looked at for editing. Plus the five or six rolls sitting on my printer waiting to be scanned.

You'll find a mix of birdwatching and urban photography, along with some random other things. I have favourite subjects I like to go back to again and again, and you'll get used to seeing them through a variety of lenses.

TL;DR, I take a lot of photos, many of them odd or wonky, and I'm never going to be done with this backlog. And the photos I have in Lightroom are only from the last few years. Multiple hard drive crashes have caused me to lose all of my digital photos a few times over.

Current Gear:

Canon EOS Elan II E (35mm)

Canon EOS Rebel XT (dSLR)

Fujifilm Instax Mini 90 (instant film)

Holga 135BC (35mm)

Holga 120 WPC Panoramic Pinhole (120)

Kodak Jiffy Six-20 (620)

Kodak Brownie Target Six-20 (620)

Kodak Brownie Starmatic II (127)

Kodak Brownie Starflex (127)

Kodak Ektar H35 (35mm)

Kodak Ektar H35N (35mm)

Minolta Maxxum 3000i (35mm)

Minolta Maxxum 8000i (35mm)

Pentax MG (35mm)

Ricoh KR-5 Super II (35mm)

Sawyer's Nomad 620 (120/620)

Super Ricohflex (120/127/35mm)

Plus photos from a variety of iPhones

[ma5ey]

Shopping Around for DSLR's

// AUGUST 8TH, 2006

In response to a couple of my mates writing to me in the past day or so (Brett and Dave) requesting information about digital SLR cameras and photography, if I may I'd like to cover a few points that will hopefully help ANYONE make the right decision when it comes to upgrading to the wonderful world of SLR photography.

Some of you are already scratching your heads saying, "what the hell does SLR stand for...?" It stands for "Single Lens Reflex" or in other words cameras that have detachable lenses. To assist in the rest of this dialogue, I will be frequently drawing information from, and linking to the wonderful site that is "Digital Photography Review" or more commonly referred to as "dpreview.com".

At the time of writing this, there are three main players in the "pro-sumer" range of SLR cameras - Canon, Nikon and Pentax. All three have entry level models at the moment:

Canon EOS 350D (known in the US and Canada as the Digital Rebel XT) - retails for USD $650 - $700

Nikon D70s - retails for USD $950 - $1,000

Pentax *ist DL2 - retails for USD $400 - $500

Click here for a side-by-side review of these models.

The question has been asked of me, "why should I not look beyond the entry level models towards a more professional outfit...?"

The answer to that one is simple and probably covers the most important point I want to make in this post today. If you aren't already right into your photography and already have your head around the concepts of shutter speeds, apertures, bracketing, ISO speeds etc, then you are best advised to save your money on the camera body this time around and instead invest the money you will save in lenses.

While awesome photos have a lot to do with the person taking them, the understanding of good composition and light and the capabilities of the camera body itself, the thing that really makes the magic happen is the lens. It is rare that you will ever have ONE lens that will "do it all" for you in terms of capturing your shots in any one situation, so expect to be shopping around for 4-5 lenses by the time you will have enough to satisfy your needs. My four currently consists of:

Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM (all-purpose)

Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III (telephoto)

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II (portraits)

Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM (wide angle)

There's no two ways about it these are expensive little buggers, but they will hopefully outlive your camera body due to either wear and tear or upgrading so it makes sense to initially invest in your lenses as opposed to a whiz-bang pro body.

For example (I will use Canon as an example here as they are the cameras that I use and believe in) you could be tossing up between a Canon Rebel XT Digital (350D) and the flashier Canon 30D. First of all, a comparison between the two models shows that besides the obvious price tag difference (the 30D is almost twice the price of the 350D) the 30D has the following feature benefits:

slightly greater maximum resolution

greater sensor size

9 focal points as opposed to 7 on the Rebel

greater metering choices

can shoot many more frames-per-second

larger LCD screen

These may appear to be minor differences for a doubled price-tag, but the focal point, metering and frames-per-second improvements are major and are primarily responsible for the added bucks.

The point I am trying to make here is that with the $600 or so dollars you would save by going with the Rebel XT (350D), you could get yourself an additional telephoto lens AND a portrait lens. Then in a few years time when you have a bit of a feel for the more technical aspects of the craft, you can splurge all you want on the higher end models.

Make sense?

The only thing to be mindful of, and this is very important, is that once you have started investing in Canon or Nikon lenses (which are not interchangeable across the brands), you are more or less stuck with that brand for good unless you have the urge to sell EVERYTHING you have and start from scratch again. So do your homework, check out "dpreview.com" for all the camera technical features, reviews and comparisons with other models, and make a decision that you think will be right for you in the long term. Personally I don't think you can go wrong with Canon, but there are plenty of Nikon punters out there who will offer their two bucks worth on the matter too I am sure!

Either way, if you have any further questions, leave a comment below and I'll take care of them for you...

Links & credits:

Digital Photography Review // dpreview.com

Masey on Instagram // instagram.com

[pamb]

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS

Subject: Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Location: Central Alabama Camera Model: Canon EOS 350D (EOS Digital Rebel XT) Focal Length: 28 mm Aperture: f/3.5 Exposure: 8 sec ISO: 800 It has been a while since I have used my old Canon camera. All the camera needed was a new battery, a little dusting off, and she was good to go again. I wasn’t able to see the comet with my eye so it took a little trial and…

[girlbeans]

photos from my 20 year-old DSLR :)

Shot with a Canon Digital Rebel XT and a 60mm Holga lens.

[just-some-guy-ya-know]

I was gifted a Canon Rebel XT, EOS 350D by my father tonight. It’s from 2005 but it’s still a seriously awesome camera. Thank you, so much.

[lahziesmann]

Projeto final de fotografia 🖤 📷 Canon EOS 1000D Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT © Lara Ziesmann (em Portugal) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnSgbTwLFyG/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[livesonloop]

Transit Center

shot on Canon Digital Rebel XT

[alleyesandears]

Johnnie's Tavern

3503 Trabue Rd Columbus, Ohio

Photo by Dania Hurley

[goldeyesblackheart]

Ordered a digital camera recently -- a canon EOS rebel XT -- still unsure if it's fully functional, even though the ebay listing said it should be since I only just got the lens adapter and charger for it in the mail today. Still waiting on the CF card and the card reader to attach to my laptop.

It won't have the quality of film photography and doesn't have the resolution of modern phone cameras but I'm hoping that the flatness in cellphone photos that I hate so much isn't an inherent aspect of digital but rather, an aspect of how the lens for the phone camera works since I've seen some digital photography taken with vintage lenses that's closer to what I like.

Not to mention I haven't had the chance to work with a manual lens before so maybe the Sears KS Super II that I got the lens from (which sadly seems to have broken in shipping or else the ebay seller lied but I'm not going to accuse them of that in the review) isn't the best choice since it's film and film is...

A little cost prohibitive for me being disabled and on a very limited income at the moment. Only managed to get my cameras and the gear to go with them because of some very generous friends and some art commissions.

So learning to shoot on a digital camera will probably be better for my wallet in the long run, even if I plan on shooting in film when I can just because it's so much better in every way except for budget.

Also had a friend gift me a vintage Polaroid OneStep that we got from a local antique mall for 15$ which is of...dubious working order since the film that was still in it had the battery die long, long ago.Once I can get some 600 film I'll be testing it out, though. If not, it'll be a fun display piece since it's such a specific looking camera. Might end up being what happens with the KS Super II if I can't figure out what's wrong with the film advance lever and how to fix it.

Anyway, it's still going to be a bit before I can actually use the camera since God only knows how long I have to wait before the CF card and reader show up in the mail.

[imgs-of-old]

IMG_0982, 0909, 0922, 0916 and 0915 from August 2007

[mrify]

Digital Camera Rating Guide

Many of us use digital cameras to take our pictures for a variety of functions and events. We need a good digital camera to take these fantastic pictures. To help us with choosing a good digital camera we can use digital camera ratings. These ratings will enable us to select the camera that will be suited for our photographic abilities.

To see if we have found a reliable way to choose a digital camera we can look at digital camera buyer’s guides, or photography magazines to select the criteria that will help us. These various digital camera ratings will let us see how the different digital cameras perform in value for money, the handling of the camera, the performance of the camera and the various features that can be found.

When we look at the digital camera ratings for cameras like Minolta, Nikon and Pentax we need to see the performance of these types of digital cameras in different digital camera ratings. The ratings will briefly cover the aspects of how good the optics in the digital camera of your choice is.

The rating should state if you have a digital camera that will provide you with pictures that are clear and sharp. You will also need to know if you are selecting a digital camera that is good for an absolute beginner to digital photography, a semi-serious photographer, an individual who is taking pictures for as a hobby.

Additionally the different digital cameras must be useable by the professional photographer. With the digital camera ratings you can also investigate how the camera’s handling is. You will need to what your selected digital cameras, like the Canon Rebel Digital XT, feels like as you take pictures in different situations.

This means that you should see if there is any way to hold the camera comfortably. The digital camera ratings will inform you about the control layout. You should be able to read and understand what is on the control layout. With a digital camera rating you can also see what types of features are found on the digital camera.

These various features will let you see if there is a menu system that will let you navigate through the different items that you have on your selection of digital cameras. When you look through the different digital camera ratings you should note how the exposure and the metering modes are for the various digital cameras.

With this newfound knowledge of the digital camera ratings tucked under your belt, it will become easy enough for you to choose a new digital camera.

[astralleon]

Eastern Sierras, California, 7:00 PM. Taken on the Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT. Hope you like :P

[kreddibletrout]

The Big Shuffle *or* Why I Finally Stopped Waiting For Canon To Catch Up and Decided To Embrace Sexy FujiFilm and Get Me My ‘KT1000′...

(cough cough... woah... it’s dusty in here... here, just let me pull this old tarp off the blog and clear a spot for us to sit... it’s been a while... cobwebs on the interwebs... cough... last post 2 years ago... I’ve been... elsewhere...) A few days before xmas I bought me a new camera. Moving brands from a feet-dragging Canon to Fuji. Got me a Fuji X-T20. LOVIN’ IT! Finally. After a number of years, possibly the entire time I’ve been digital, but most certainly the last five or so I’ve been aching for a change. Really, all I’ve ever wanted was a digital version of my Pentax K1000. Back in early 2006 when I 'sold out and went digital' the first thing I told the salesperson was "I'm looking for a digital version of my K1000. A simple workhorse. That's it." The guy sold me a Canon Rebel XT and my journey began. I've since been through two more DSLRs and I've never really been... satisfied. In '08 I moved up to a Canon 40D as more of a status piece to play the part of a 'photographer' to impress people who are impressed by big, complex looking things. Shortly after that move I realized I hated shooting weddings and was not interested in commercial photography and I was lugging around this enormous hunk of camera and 'gear' for nothing. I wanted to 'pare down'. In 2012, right before moving into a Canon T2i (a mostly linear move at the time, spec wise, from my...shudder... 'prosumer' 40D) I wrote a treatise, a plea, a rant about 'wanting my KT1000'. At the time the major companies were inching into mirrorless and more 'retro' styles, Olympus at the time had some nice looking ideas, but nothing mirrorless, at the time, came close to the actual SLR. Mirrorless was still dancing in the realm of 'point and shoots'. As much as I liked the aesthetics and feel of some of them, they were mostly too 'automatic' and mostly without viewfinders. The rangefinder models were nice, but.. again, I want the viewfinder above the lens. I wanted that feel. Really, I wanted a smaller bodied SLR noting that technology must finally be able to accomplish it. That is still yet to be and lo, back in those bygone days of 2011-2012 was nothing but a pipe dream. I was considering mirrorless back then, but nothing had the specs I wanted. So, I got the T2i. Got some eye-rolls at one of the local camera chains here in Toronto as my wanting to move sideways instead of up in the ‘gear’ department meant I was an amateur hobbiest in their eyes and the guy seemed more interested in making a 3 grand sale rather than a $700 one. “How could this guy want to go from a 40D to a T2i? Especially when the T3i is out and has that tilty screen??? He must not know what he’s talking about.” I did. And I do. And I never returned to that store, bringing my linear move to it’s competitor who was cool and not all photog-snobby. It was SO much smaller! Adding it to the monstrous 15-85mm and 'fantastic plastic' 50mm & 75-300mm in my kit I was... still bulky. Still too damn much stuff. But I made do and had some good times with T2i. But I pined for the old days of jamming my K1000 in a jacket pocket to get it out of the rain and plopping it into a small bag. The treatise was written and I had actually sent it to Pentax in hopes that they'd run with it. That my, absolute non-influential photographic self could move a corporation to make ME a camera. Just for me.

Needless to say, Pentax didn't do anything with my idea or any other good idea since... oh 1983 or so... and I had to wait... now seven years for the technology to catch up to my desire (and my bankbook to catch up to that) to have a digital version of my K1000.

I just bought a Fuji X-T20 (X-tra Trout, baby, and STILL don't forget it) and so far I am in heaven. I can't afford the top line fare and, again, I don't really need it. Specs between the X-T20 and the X-T2 are negligible for the cost and my purpose in my opinion. I now have a small, fairly sturdy, SLR-like mirrorless camera that, when I dumb it down enough, has the manual functionality and feel of my old precious. I'm still working on customizing it (may take a couple months to get it exactly where I want it as there are WAY too many bells-and-whistles inside this thing for me to ever need) but it feels SO good. It's got an aperture ring on the lens! On the LENS! You don't know how good that feels to me having shot with EOS camera systems for 13 years now... so good.

Anyway. I'm in heaven. An old friend Nick encouraged me a number of years ago to consider going to Fuji. He had just got the X100 and understood what I was looking for. As I really respect his work and opinion, that has always sat in my mind. But I wasn't ready then. I'm glad I decided to look into it recently and I'm glad to have found that Fuji decided to make me my camera. JUST FOR ME.

These are the first few shots taken (very first, of course, my wiener hound Idgie) and a vanity shot from my phone of my spankin’ new XtraTrout 20 next to my teacher, my mentor, my K1000.

shot 1:

and the obligatory ‘selfie’ the way selfies were done in the last century:

and this pooper guarding the apartment:

and the first couple of outings: