Customer Reviews

CANON EOS Rebel 2000

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I am new to photography. After I purchased my first SLR (Rebel 2000), I was unhappy with the user manual that came with my camera. The user manual does not explain what each setting does in detail, rather it explains it in one or two sentences. I knew I need more information. I am glad I purchased this book and would recommend it highly to anyone who is new to photography. I also bought the Magic Lantern Guides to Canon Lens. I DON'T feel that it was worth buying it since it was published in 1995 and is missing some of the newer lenses. The Magic Lantern Guides Canon EOS Rebel 2000 explains a lot of Canon's newer lenses.

After years of using a point and shoot camera, I decided that I wanted more control over my picture-taking and the quality of my prints. I chose the Canon Rebel 2000 because of its features. While the instruction manual that came with the camera was helpful as a starting point, I wanted a book that went into a little more depth without being overly technical. This book is it! It explains all the features of the camera very well, and it provides examples of pictures taken using all of the various modes. There are suggestions as well for how to get great photos from each setting. The section on lenses will be extremely helpful to me when I go to choose another lens as I am new to the SLR camera experience. I am glad I didn't seriously follow the previous reviews of this book. If I had, I would have missed a very helpful and informative guide.

This book is very helpful in understanding all the details for the Rebel 2000. If you want to move beyond simple point and shoot use, you will want to read this book. Like all the books in the Magic Lantern series this book has valuable information for all levels of photographers.

I found this guide extremely useful! I have been taking photographs for years with a "point and shoot" camera, but have recently purchased a Canon Rebel 2000 and needed additional information other than the basic information the manual that came with the camera provided me. This guide is great for getting more in depth about the cameras features, different lenses, filters, when to use the "auto" focus, etc. and just how to take better photos. I highly recommend it to all!

This is a great replacement for the original manual. It goes into much more detail than the original manual, and I was impressed with the one that came with the camera, as it was similarly well-written, and Canon seems to have taken more care in producing it than most manuals, as if they really want you to learn the basic and technical features of the camera to make you a better photographer. I would recommend you read the original manual first, and then buy this book if you want more information.

Since we're on the subject of the EOS Rebel 2000, I thought I would make a few comments about the camera too. I bought my EOS Rebel 2000 several months ago and already am extremely satisfied with it. I've taken a couple of short trips in that time and have run several rolls of film through it, and the photos came back nice and sharp. The only thing I could have done better in the photos was to use some exposure compensation. On one of the trips I was shooting wildlife at a beach on an overcast day, and even then, the sand was reflective enough so that the some of the subjects were a little dark and looked somewhat silhouetted. I was aware of many situations where you need to use backlight compensation--for example, I remembered to use it when shooting a stream at Yosemite with the sun shining from the side and glinting off the waters--but I didn't think that on a very overcast day I needed to worry about it, even shooting against fairly light-colored sand. Well, I admit I am still learning technically and I learned something there.

Happily, this little camera gives you manual control over shutter speed and aperture, as well as many other nice features, such as depth of field preview (which even the ELAN II lacks), and a respectable 1/2000th of a second top shutter speed. If you've been mostly a point and shoot camera owner until now, your fastest shutter speed will only have been about 1/500th of a second, unless you own one of the Contax point and shoots such as the T2, which go up to 1/700th of a second, but cost about 5 times as much as even the more expensive and capable point-and-shoot cameras. Then at the extreme high end there's the Rollei QZ 35W, which, although a superb "cadillac point and shoot," weighs in at 22 ounces, and at about twice the price of even the T2, will truly cost you a pile of green stuff. But it's a great camera too and has an amazing 1/8000th of a second top shutter speed.

I'm getting used to the controls, which are a little different from my Rollei QZ35W. The jog wheel feature, for adjusting ASA settings and so forth, I find an interesting feature which I'm more used to seeing on Palm PDA clones such as the Sony CLIE, but I find I like it here, too.

In addition to the lens that came with it, I found a Tokina ATX 25-70 mm constant F2.8 Pro Series lens used at a great price, and decided to buy it for the little EOS Rebel. The camera fits comfortably in my hand, if I have one complaint, it's that the grip on the right side is a little small for me with the much bigger Tokina lens mounted, but it's okay.

To give another plug here for this great little camera, a friend at local camera shop says he knows a pro photographer at a large newspaper who uses nothing but EOS Rebel 2000 bodies, and he just puts his $3000 pro lenses on it. He says they're capable enough to do anything he wants, but cheap enough so he doesn't worry about hurting them. He carries 3 of them at a time with him, and if one has a problem, they're cheap enough so he just throws away the malfunctioning one and grabs a new one out of his bag.

One final thing, as I mentioned above, the original manual is really well written, very clear and concise. They seem to really want you to learn and make use of the camera's features to make you a better, more technically aware, photographer. So be sure to read the manual. Then follow it up with this book.

I've found this to be an exellent little camera at a very reasonable price given all the features Canon has packed into it. Canon has produced an outstanding value and a very capable camera in this little package. I can recommend this camera without reservation, especially if you're considering moving up from the point-and-shoot category to a camera with more advanced features.

I think this is a good book for the price for novice photographers toying with the world's best selling SLR.

I discovered my rebel after reading the book. It is very helpful in knowing more about advanced features like spot metering, depth of field preview.

A beginner must get this book.

This book is realy useful for people who find it tough to grasp effective knowledge about the camera from the cryptic technical descriptions described in the manual that came along with the camera. This book doesnt teach you tips and tricks on using the camera. But at the same time it gives you a solid base to start understanding the various funtions of this camera and use them efficiently for taking better pictures.

The book also has an introduction on the EOS camera line, an expanded version of the manual that came with the camera , lots of color pictures and how those pictures were taken and what settings will help us take pictures like those, and 80 something pages on the various lenses available for this camera.

The section on lenses is good, particularly if you are planning to upgrade the 28-80 / 28-90 lens that came along with the camera, or if you are on the lookout for macro and zoom lenses for closeups and long shots.

Go for the book with the knowledge that it is a tutorial on the camera, not for photography. Then you will not be disappointed.

Being new to the SLR-world, I bought this book because the owner's manual was horrible. I was absolutely clueless with the SLR lingo (aperture, shutter speed, f-stop, etc.)

Although this manual was a great help, I would still recommend the novice user to sign up for a course at the local community college or through the county, if such programs are available in their area. I took a 10-week class through my county's recreation center that was very helpful. Nevertheless, I still reference this handy booklet from time to time and the compact size makes it easy to carry around; mine lives in my camera bag.

I never wanted to get it, someone gave it to me and while the manual was with someone else I had to read up this book to find some information and along the way browse it.

Surprise surprise! there's information on how the auto pic modes actually work (technically) and how the creative zones modes differ. I have no way to test out the theories behind these modes but if it can be published it must be accurate and correct. Another nice addition is info on all current EF lenses and some flash info on 550EX, you can easily find them on the internet but bedside readers like me would very much prefer to read on real paper stock.

If you think you need it, get it. You won't lose anything for not getting it but any additional info will certainly made you look at the amazing Canon technologies from another point of view. Surprisingly the Nikon guides are more comprehensive and hence, more value for money.

If you want a book about EOS 2000 and its features and things you can buy for it, this is your book. Don't buy it for help on being a photographer.