Canon EOS Digital Rebel 300D

by Canon

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• ASIN: B0007YEOA6
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,822 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 6, 2005

Product Description

The EOS Digital Rebel is for everyone, offering SLR excitement and quality, digital convenience and unlimited EOS system creativity. High performance is ensured with Canon's "Digital Trinity" - 6.3 MP CMOS sensor, DIGIC Image Processor, and compatibility with dozens of EF lenses and EOS system accessories. Novice photographers can quickly become expert with easy, enticing SLR functions like high-speed, 7-point wide area AF with superimposed focusing points, 3 AF modes, 12 shooting modes, automatic and enhanced exposure controls, highly adaptive white balance controls and intelligent pop-up flash with automatic red-eye reduction. The EOS Digital Rebel has a host of other great features including a full resolution 2.5 fps continuous shooting mode and expanded color space settings and multiple processing parameter options. The big, clear LCD screen can be adjusted for brightness, menus are plainly written, and playback zooms all the way to 10x with a flexible view. All this in a lightweight, high-style, go-anywhere camera that's comfortable to hold and easy to use. EOS is the new standard in premium-quality digital SLRs.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EOS Rebel 300D (Canon Digital Rebel) is almost perfect!!!, October 25, 2007

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Darren W. Brown "fromshadowlands" (Houston, Texas USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Canon EOS Digital Rebel 300D (Electronics)

I sold my Canon D30 in favor of this more modern and lighter 300D. It's got 6.3MP compared to the 3.3MP I had with my Canon D30. I picked up my Digital Rebel for roughly $327 lightly used. NOT A SCRATCH!!! I'm in love with this camera. It does what I need it to do. Photos are coming out in vivid kindness, even with my econo lenses. It's very light compared to my Canon D30. Yes, it's "plastic", but the build quality is sold and you wont even complain about it.
The only reason I mentioned that it's almost perfect is due to the 1.8" LCD. I wish it had the 2.5" LCD like the Rebel XTi. But I'll say this.. the 1.8" LCD is way more bright when compared to the early Canon 1.8" screens. So pound for pound, this camera is a jewel to sparkle. If you land a great deal like I did. You won't regret it.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Canon EOS 300D Digital Rebel, February 3, 2009

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M. Amagna "Suzie_Place" (Lafayette,CA.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Canon EOS Digital Rebel 300D (Electronics)

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The Canon EOS 300D Digital Rebel is low-priced and easy to operate. I bought the body for $350 and the 1.8 50mm lens for $80. Within moments of turning it on I was taking fantastic photos. The flash is strong (see photos).

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The old god of enthusiast photography, July 14, 2009

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I. Ginev (Sofia, Bulgaria) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Canon EOS Digital Rebel 300D (Electronics)

After almost 5 years with this camera, I'm finally inclined to upgrade... But nothing below 40D is a real option. Here's why I like it so much:

1. It has upgradeable firmware. Doing this will allow you to use the hidden features of the camera and basically turn your 300D into 10D.
2. It has 2 separate screens - one LCD for viewing images and one LED for system information which is really useful . This feature is missing in 350, 400, etc. models.
3. It's big and feels very solid in your hands, not like its successors. Equipped with a battery grip, you'll have a wonderful tool at your disposal.
4. It has 6 megapixel matrix, which means silky smooth images up to 400 ISO and very nice noise at 800 ISO. 6 MP lets you capture lots of detail but it doesn't mean you'll have unnecessarily big files even when shooting in RAW.

Some concerns:
1. It's USB 1.1 but that's normal considering it was made in 2003.
2. The flash is ugly.
3. The DIGIC processor is slow. Previewing images and startup times are slow.
4. It has a small screen by todays standards.

All in all, if you can find it for a good price, take it :)