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Digital Rebel 300D vs Rebel XT
Hi, I'm new to the group, am having sort of an "argument" with a friend and
wanted to ask the pros (or at least peopel who know mroe about the topic than myself and my friend) we are running an Ebay business and up until recently were shooting with a 20D (great camera) but a little overkill in my opinion. we would take the pics then do some lite photo shop work to them before putting them on-line. we are now looking for a new camera because we no longer have access to the 20D. and don't want to spend the 20D's price tag considering we are both pretty amature and didn't use a lto fo the features it had to offer. We are looking at buying a Digital rebel 300D or getting the newer rebel XT. there is a decent megapixel difference (6.3-8.0) between the two of them. is this a difference we will notice when putting them on-line? (we would take all pics at full quality, then photoshop them at full before compressing them to put on the web) the fact that it's about a 200 dollar difference between the two fo them (can get a rebel for about 600 bucks and an XT is around 800 or so) what would you recommend for shooting stuff that will go on the web? thanks! -Nick |
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Digital Rebel 300D vs Rebel XT
"Dr Nick" wrote: We are looking at buying a Digital rebel 300D or getting the newer rebel XT. there is a decent megapixel difference (6.3-8.0) between the two of them. is this a difference we will notice when putting them on-line? (we would take all pics at full quality, then photoshop them at full before compressing them to put on the web) You won't see any difference after downsampling to web size. None, nada, zip. the fact that it's about a 200 dollar difference between the two fo them (can get a rebel for about 600 bucks and an XT is around 800 or so) what would you recommend for shooting stuff that will go on the web? thanks! The XT improves on the 300D in a lot of minor ways (see the list at the link below) that, I think, add up (for example, the better flash control (E-TTL II and FEC) could make your work easier). So my recommendation would be to go for the XT if possible financially. http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos350d/ David J. Littleboy Tokyo, Japan |
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Digital Rebel 300D vs Rebel XT
Dr Nick wrote:
Hi, I'm new to the group, am having sort of an "argument" with a friend and wanted to ask the pros (or at least peopel who know mroe about the topic than myself and my friend) we are running an Ebay business and up until recently were shooting with a 20D (great camera) but a little overkill in my opinion. we would take the pics then do some lite photo shop work to them before putting them on-line. we are now looking for a new camera because we no longer have access to the 20D. and don't want to spend the 20D's price tag considering we are both pretty amature and didn't use a lto fo the features it had to offer. We are looking at buying a Digital rebel 300D or getting the newer rebel XT. there is a decent megapixel difference (6.3-8.0) between the two of them. is this a difference we will notice when putting them on-line? (we would take all pics at full quality, then photoshop them at full before compressing them to put on the web) the fact that it's about a 200 dollar difference between the two fo them (can get a rebel for about 600 bucks and an XT is around 800 or so) what would you recommend for shooting stuff that will go on the web? thanks! -Nick I'd find a good Nikon CP995 and be happy and richer ever after. -- Frank ess |
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Digital Rebel 300D vs Rebel XT
The XT improves on the 300D in a lot of minor ways (see the list at the link below) that, I think, add up (for example, the better flash control (E-TTL II and FEC) could make your work easier). So my recommendation would be to go for the XT if possible financially. http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos350d/ looked at the link but form what I see most of it is greek to me, lol. we woudl mainly use the dial on the top of the 20D but didn't use too many of it's features, I imagine we will do the same with the rebel so I don't think the fact it has extra features is gonna matter too mch. any ideas on cheap places to buy a rebel? possibly new (I know it's hard to find a new rebel, I'm mostly finding refurbs) thanks! |
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Digital Rebel 300D vs Rebel XT
ok Decided to go with the XT found it brand new in box with a lens for 720
shipped. looking for a 1GB card for it. my question, are all cards created equil? I see some "ultra" cards and other just normal? are all brands created equil? what card should I get for this to maxamize it's speed? thanks! -Nick |
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Digital Rebel 300D vs Rebel XT
"Dr Nick" wrote in message news:cFE7f.21832$OM4.17470@dukeread06... ok Decided to go with the XT found it brand new in box with a lens for 720 shipped. looking for a 1GB card for it. my question, are all cards created equil? I see some "ultra" cards and other just normal? are all brands created equil? what card should I get for this to maxamize it's speed? thanks! http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/mul...?cid=6007-7699 David J. Littleboy Tokyo, Japan |
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Digital Rebel 300D vs Rebel XT
"David J. Littleboy" wrote in message ... "Dr Nick" wrote in message news:cFE7f.21832$OM4.17470@dukeread06... ok Decided to go with the XT found it brand new in box with a lens for 720 shipped. looking for a 1GB card for it. my question, are all cards created equil? I see some "ultra" cards and other just normal? are all brands created equil? what card should I get for this to maxamize it's speed? thanks! http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/mul...?cid=6007-7699 thanks for the great info, just one last question, does the memory card have anything to do with how fast or slow the pictures are transfered from the camrea to the computer? |
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Digital Rebel 300D vs Rebel XT
"Dr Nick" wrote: "David J. Littleboy" wrote: "Dr Nick" wrote in message news:cFE7f.21832$OM4.17470@dukeread06... ok Decided to go with the XT found it brand new in box with a lens for 720 shipped. looking for a 1GB card for it. my question, are all cards created equil? I see some "ultra" cards and other just normal? are all brands created equil? what card should I get for this to maxamize it's speed? thanks! http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/mul...?cid=6007-7699 thanks for the great info, just one last question, does the memory card have anything to do with how fast or slow the pictures are transfered from the camrea to the computer? Hmm. I'd guess not a lot. Even though the XT is USB 2.0, and worlds faster at downloading than the 300D, I saw a benchmark somewhere that showed that it was still a lot slower than a USB2.0 card reader, so that would probably be the limiting factor. David J. Littleboy Tokyo, Japan |
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Digital Rebel 300D vs Rebel XT
Either Rebel is overkill for eBay use. They reduce the sizes of photos
on auctions anyway. I've used 1.3MP and 3.3MP point and shoot digital cameras to shoot eBay auctions, seemed to work great. I now have both the Rebel 300 and the Rebel XT 350, but haven't had any auctions for a while to use them with. If you're buying the camera just for eBay, most of the point and shoot cameras these days should work just fine. Save yourself a bunch. Bob Boudreau |
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Digital Rebel 300D vs Rebel XT
"Dr Nick" wrote in message
news:AxD7f.21828$OM4.8641@dukeread06... Hi, I'm new to the group, am having sort of an "argument" with a friend and wanted to ask the pros (or at least peopel who know mroe about the topic than myself and my friend) we are running an Ebay business and up until recently were shooting with a 20D (great camera) but a little overkill in my opinion. we would take the pics then do some lite photo shop work to them before putting them on-line. we are now looking for a new camera because we no longer have access to the 20D. and don't want to spend the 20D's price tag considering we are both pretty amature and didn't use a lto fo the features it had to offer. We are looking at buying a Digital rebel 300D or getting the newer rebel XT. there is a decent megapixel difference (6.3-8.0) between the two of them. is this a difference we will notice when putting them on-line? (we would take all pics at full quality, then photoshop them at full before compressing them to put on the web) the fact that it's about a 200 dollar difference between the two fo them (can get a rebel for about 600 bucks and an XT is around 800 or so) what would you recommend for shooting stuff that will go on the web? thanks! -Nick If cost is the issue, I'd say you don't need the Rebel at all. I shoot my ebay pix with a 3MP camera and use flood lights on each side. The pix look very good. The sub VGA resolution images that ebay uses that are strongly compressed just don't need the resolution the Rebel gives. If you can find a 1 MP camera (on ebay!) it should be all you need. Of course, you can host your own images, but I see auctions where they put up multiple huge images that are not compressed enough and take forever to load. I'm on dialup at home, so I click out of these auctions. -S |
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