Canon EOS a EF S 18 55mm II Kit

This is a great little camera, and would be a fantastic choice for someone who is new to DSLR. I learned how to use 35mm SLR first, so it was an easy transition to digital.

Exposure (f-stop/aperture) ISO, focus, shutter speed, and white balance are all able to be controlled manually on manual mode. At 18 megapixels, it shoots very pretty stills, and even with the included lens I can achieve a soft background.

I bought this camera specifically to shoot video, and it does make a sharp and pretty image. That having been said, there are some drawbacks as this is primarily a still camera. It can only write files as large as 4gb before automatically stopping recording. I haven’t found any way to make it continue without manually restarting. This is only a minor irritation and easily enough corrected. I use it as the main camera for the close-up when I video my dad’s church services (www.godtel.org, any of the recent videos will have HD footage shot by this camera). Since I know when I’m going to be cutting to another angle, I just reset this one while it won’t be up and problem solved.

I soon hope to get better lenses to go with it, but as far as I can tell, this is the best bang for your buck for a starter DSLR with full manual controls.

This camera is my first DSLR, and is the perfect camera for that scenario! It has been great for introducing me into the whole photography world, and I cannot believe how far I have come with two years of use. Yes, It is not as good as the T5i but for most beginners spending that much money may not be the best idea. I didn’t like the camera the strap, but I ordered a more stylish one and it has been great.

So, overall, if you are just getting introduced into the camera world a Canon EOS Rebel is the best idea. Of course, it may be a better idea to go with the T6 or T7 now, and a T6i or T7i if you are more interested in videography. I am thinking of moving on in another year or two, but this camera has been amazing!

All the photos were taken with the lense that comes in the box.

I’m from the old manual camera days. I thought this took great pics it’s just heavy and wieldy to go on vacation using but pics are SO much better than most point-n-shoot. Please Canon. Release the download software.

So far I have really enjoyed the camera. The basic lens that comes with the camera does just about anything you want. The added software allows for some great control if you have a laptop (and I’ve heard an android tablet) to do live view and some custom settings.

I have been taking pictures of the stars/milky way with the camera, which have turned out very beautiful. If I had to do it all over again, I may have spent the extra money on the T5i. I have mostly figured out the short cut buttons to make quick changes in manual mode, but it would have been nice to just touch to make changes.

The T5 does not have auto focus when you make videos, so if you are interested in using this to shoot videos, either be ready to not move the camera, or get good at manually changing the focus. The T5i does do auto focus. I have not had any issues with battery life, appears to hold up well to live view and taking long exposures, which come with night sky shooting.

I did, some time ago, pick up a Santin 256Gig U10 Micro SD card and the camera has no issue with writing to such a large card. RAW files around about 18meg, and the .jpg files are around 4.5meg each. So 265,000 megs of memory is plenty, like 14,000 RAW photos!

I also had an old external flash from a project that I didn’t need it for. Interestingly the camera say it’s not a supported device, but still fires the flash. This only works in manual mode, since the camera assumes that the flash is not there and will not compensate for it.

This is a great camera for an amateur user. If you take the time to learn how to work it, it can take some excellent high quality pictures.

This camera is just plain awesome!

We upgraded from the cheaper point-and-shoot pocket cameras and I was wondering which DSLR camera to get. I mainly compared Nikon to Cannon and asked several Best Buy employees pros and cons. Basically it comes down to this:

Cannon has slightly better electronics to the camera and the interface/menus seem to be a little more intuitive.
Nikon has slightly better lenses.

So we purchased the Rebel T5 and the battery life is excellent and has been a great entry level DSLR camera. the only downside that I have ever noticed is that this has 3 pictures continuous speed. But that was only a slight disappointment coming from an iPhone 5s that has about 10 frames per second for rapid speed pictures. But I’m completely satisfied with this camera and it takes great pictures for how we use it. As always the camera doesn’t just MAKE good pictures, you have to obviously use it correctly and on the proper settings (meaning you can still get some blurry pictures if you don’t pay attention)… For just coming into the DSLR camera scene myself I found the Cannon Rebel T5 to be just a great product and I will be more inclined to get another Cannon next time.