daveh6700
16th of March 2005 (Wed), 18:18
My new Digital Rebel XT arrived about two hours ago. Here is my first impression. I was expecting small, but it was fine! I was using a Minolta A2 which is about the same size - so the Xt felt just fine. The lens I bought is the 17-85mm and it dominates the camera. It took me about five minutes to get used to it (smile). Its nice to have a lens that says actual focal length rather than the Minolta's pretend 28 - 200mm. The battery is tiny. It charged in about an hour or so. The battery charger is small too, so I won't mind packing it.
The camera fits snugly in a LowePro Top Load Zoom (TLZ) mini. I like using a minimalist camera case that slips into my backpack. The Xt comes with a compact manual that is handy to take to the field. It measures about 3" x 4" and is 8 little pages long - with an accordian fold.
Looking through the finder after my Minolta was amazing. The Minolta has an electronic viewfinder and it is supposed to be really good. The difference is night and day - the XT is MUCH better.
I left most of the setting where they were from the factory and walked around the yard snapping anything that looked interesting. After 44 pictures I put the CF card into the card reader and took a look. I bought a Lexar 1G for cheap. It says 4x on it. While in the camera I didn't notice any lag, but uploading to the PC the card is definately slower than I am used to. It takes maybe a second per picture to upload.
The pictures were ALL sharp and perfectly focused. I am amazed at how fast it is. The Minolta was zooom, zooom, zooom, beep. The XT is zpbp. The pictures are much sharper than I am used to. I am very pleased.
The camera fits snugly in a LowePro Top Load Zoom (TLZ) mini. I like using a minimalist camera case that slips into my backpack. The Xt comes with a compact manual that is handy to take to the field. It measures about 3" x 4" and is 8 little pages long - with an accordian fold.
Looking through the finder after my Minolta was amazing. The Minolta has an electronic viewfinder and it is supposed to be really good. The difference is night and day - the XT is MUCH better.
I left most of the setting where they were from the factory and walked around the yard snapping anything that looked interesting. After 44 pictures I put the CF card into the card reader and took a look. I bought a Lexar 1G for cheap. It says 4x on it. While in the camera I didn't notice any lag, but uploading to the PC the card is definately slower than I am used to. It takes maybe a second per picture to upload.
The pictures were ALL sharp and perfectly focused. I am amazed at how fast it is. The Minolta was zooom, zooom, zooom, beep. The XT is zpbp. The pictures are much sharper than I am used to. I am very pleased.