Canon EOS 450D / Digital Rebel XSi Digital Camera with 18-55mm lens

Pros: Great image quality, takes SD cards, lots of convenient features, reasonable price
Cons: There’s a bit of a learning curve

I’ve always loved computers and taking pictures, making my love for digital photography a natural progression. My first digital camera was a 2 megapixel, alkaline battery-operated Kodak with no zoom. Luckily, technologies have advanced, and ...

Pros: excellent image quality, good array of Canon lenses, solid build quality
Cons: price, bulky size compared to a point and shoot.

About 3 years back, I finally got my first digital camera, a Canon Powershot A540. The Powershot was a very good camera capable of producing beautiful outdoor images with a good range of automatic settings and a manual mode, as well. As I got more ...

Pros: Great quality, decent price, sharp pictures, beautiful color, decent price.  Wife happy with it!
Cons: Some features a bit complicated at first.

Bought the kit which included a carry bag for the camera and lenses, 18-55 mm lens, extra battery, charger, sd card and uv filter.  Camera is relatively easy and intuitive to use, however the more complex features take lots of time to figure out. ...

Pros: Large and very clear viewing screen.
Cons: The down time between shots.

I received this for a gift. I had a Nikon that seemed great but with in 6 months it started to slowly break ( battery door broke off paint started to chip off). So i received this one and have had no problems at all with it in the last year that i have ...

Pros: Price, Advanced Features/Technology, Excellent Image Quality, Ease of Use
Cons: Lack of integrated LCD protection...but no DSLR's offer this. 

I'd been considering going from point-and-shoot to DSLR for a long time before buying my Canon EOS Rebel XSi. I tried cameras in stores and I talked to people (I know people with entry level [less than $1000 with a basic lens] ...

Pros: Instructions are good, and it's fairly easy to use.
Cons: CF pins break for no reason, thus rendering the camera useless.

I bought this camera for my husband in December of 2007 at Costco in Warrenton, Oregon. He never had a chance to use it, so I started using it occasionally about a year later. Probably took less than 50 photos with the camera, and then about 10 of the CF ...