Canon EOS 350D - Expert Reviews

Award: Best Buy!

Review summary: It's a fact, not all professional photographers use professional-level cameras. Often there's sound commercial reasoning behind the choice: why risk an expensive digital SLR when one costing much less will do the job?

Pros: Small, light and fast handling, the new bargain-priced, entry-level EOS 350D provides class-leading resolution that will appeal to a broad spectrum of users.

Cons: Some idiosyncratic menu operation, as well as a small 1.8-inch monitor, do little to spoil the overall effect.

Verdict: Nevertheless, in spite of some minor idiosyncrasy, the EOS 350D is capable of delivering professional results with bags of detail and minimum noise up to ISO400. Prices for the body or with the EFS 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6II lens are already discounted and ...

Review summary: The Canon 350D and the Nikon D70s are both fine instruments for making excellent photos. Equipment with quality you could only dream of only a short time ago is now available at very reasonable prices. If you compare these two models with previous ...

Review summary: The summer stage of the heated race between Canon's Rebel XT (EOS350D outside the US) and Nikon's D70s for supremacy in the prosumer digital SLR category has arrived. Both are solid performers, and our extensive review shows where they each have their ...

Verdict: The Canon 350D and the Nikon D70s are both fine instruments for making excellent photos. Equipment with quality you could only dream of only a short time ago is now available at very reasonable prices. If you compare these two models with previous ...

Review summary: This new Rebel XT has set a new standard for consumer digital single lens reflex cameras.

Pros: One of the best and most affordable D-SLRs available

Cons: Smallish LCD screen tends to wipe out in strong sunlight

Review summary: It's a superb buy, although we urge you not to get the kit version with the 18-55mm EF-S lens; it's just not a very good optic for a camera of this quality. The only problem? Nikon has already responded with a competitor, the D50, which we'll be ...