Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT 8MP Digital SLR

Post by **-SKID-** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 9:25 am

Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT 8MP Digital SLR Camera Body for $539 shipped after rebate.

http://dealnews.com/deals/Canon-EOS-Dig ... 17362.html

What are your opinions on this camera photographers? Dave, Im looking in your direction. :icon26:

Post by **Doombrain** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 9:29 am

I have one. it's a great first time DSLR. My only moan is it's a little small for my big hands so i got the grip.

The cmos is the same as the 20D which is used by the pros.

Post by **Dave** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 4:00 pm

Don't forget you need a lens, so add $100 min to that price, which will get you the 50mm cheap plastic prime lens... You also have to get the rebate, which can be a challenge. I just got my $600 rebate in the mail yesterday after waiting for 5 months and resubmitting twice.

Post by **Don Carlos** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 4:03 pm

Dave wrote:Don't forget you need a lens, so add $100 min to that price, which will get you the 50mm cheap plastic prime lens... You also have to get the rebate, which can be a challenge. I just got my $600 rebate in the mail yesterday after waiting for 5 months and resubmitting twice.

bloody hell thats hard work

Post by **Dave** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 4:05 pm

tru.

Also, the cam is silver... Only morons buy the silver one as far as I can tell :>

Post by **Doombrain** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 4:09 pm

Silver..... there's your $8

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 6:52 pm

Doombrain wrote:The cmos is the same as the 20D which is used by the pros.

no its not

Rebel XT

20D

Post by **teriba** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 9:23 pm

And the 20D is rarely used by pros too.

Post by **Doombrain** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 10:14 am

ToxicBug wrote:
Doombrain wrote:The cmos is the same as the 20D which is used by the pros.
no its not

Rebel XT

20D

edit: OK, i'm wrong :P

and i've worked with over 20 pros who still use a 20d, that's 20 more pros than you know

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 5:33 pm

Doombrain wrote:
ToxicBug wrote:
Doombrain wrote:The cmos is the same as the 20D which is used by the pros.
no its not

Rebel XT

20D
and i've worked with over 20 pros who still use a 20d, that's 20 more pros than you know

If you're talking to me, I never said that the 20D wasn't used by pro's. If you're talking to teriba, he probably knows more pro's than you.

Post by **losCHUNK** » Mon May 01, 2006 1:17 am

but can it take stills of mohammed ali's christmas party ?

Post by **Dave** » Mon May 01, 2006 2:11 am

Sure, if you get a lens too

Post by **teriba** » Mon May 01, 2006 5:46 am

Why would a pro use a crap ass 20D? What does it offer the photographer?

Post by **Dave** » Mon May 01, 2006 6:41 am

Maybe because it works as advertised? You won't be using it long in the rain, of course, but if you can get paid with it because of your skills (which are more important) without having to blow 6+ grand on a 1Ds, you've done more with less.

I prefer to sit in the middle with a 5D.

Try taking photos without anything at all and see how far you get.

Post by **Doombrain** » Mon May 01, 2006 9:26 am

teriba wrote:Why would a pro use a crap ass 20D? What does it offer the photographer?

Lol who would spend £1000s on a camera just to have it smashed up on a shoot by some wanker celeb. Sorry mate but it’s a fact. Almost all the pros I’ve worked with have used or still use a 20D in there kit because it just works. Being a “pro” yourself (lol) you should know it’s not the camera that makes the picture.

Jesus, he sells a few landscapes over the internet and he now the man….

BTW, the pros I work with are “Pros” as in not making $50 here and there. I’ve been spending a lot of time in Cardiff over the last month with a chap called Simon who owns the rights to Jack Cardiff’s negs. I’ve been designing a workflow to reproduce the negs, touch and print large format in neutral black and white for the New York museum of Photography on canvas, framed at $8000 each. I’ve also been colour calibrating his limited runs art to ensure it stays the same. The last number is about to be sold for £10’000.
Simon also has a £150’000 studio, frame shop and new darkroom setup for his photography. The last wedding he did cost the customer £15’000 which I had to ensure the prints were to the best the printer could do.
This is just one of my accounts I look after and work with almost everyday TB, so don’t even think about talking to me about pros, because you really don’t have a fucking clue.

BTW, he has three 20Ds that are still used for head shots.

PS, shut up.

Post by **Dave** » Mon May 01, 2006 9:59 am

What do you know Doombrain? It takes phat mad equipment to take pictures of people rowing boats

Post by **Doombrain** » Mon May 01, 2006 10:08 am

Yeah, when I use a hassleblad h2d I sell shots of dog shit for £1000

Post by **Dave** » Mon May 01, 2006 10:18 am

Of course you'd need to sell a lot of shit to pay for your 39MP miracle worker

Post by **Doombrain** » Mon May 01, 2006 10:24 am

it's pays for itself

Post by **teriba** » Mon May 01, 2006 2:28 pm

Okay, he uses them like a disposable camera. You answered my question.

Post by **Oeloe** » Mon May 01, 2006 2:51 pm

Doombrain wrote:hassleblad

Post by **Doombrain** » Mon May 01, 2006 6:32 pm

what's funny?

Post by **plained** » Mon May 01, 2006 11:07 pm

[quote="ToxicBug [/quote]
If you're talking to me, I never said that the 20D wasn't used by pro's. If you're talking to teriba, he probably knows more pro's than you.[/quote]

i have no idea how you came to actualy think that tb

Post by **Dave** » Mon May 01, 2006 11:16 pm

They put something in the water in Canada

Post by **plained** » Tue May 02, 2006 2:08 pm

Oeloe wrote:
Doombrain wrote:hassleblad

Doombrain wrote:what's funny?

i think its you picking on yergramps agin :icon19:

hehe