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Rebel Xsi Xti

Xsi Rebel - Dll File Missing!

I bought this Canon because I've had a small one for years and love the ZoomBrowser software that comes with it. AND it took great photos. This is a great camera, and as a nearly total novice, it took me awhile to figure out how to use it, but now I'm satisfied with the quality. However, I installed the software with the discs provided, excitedly connected the camera to my computer to download and found that the software did not include a required .dll file. I have to say I was pretty proud of myself that I went online, found the file on a free download site and got it all going. BUT WHY DID I HAVE TO DO THIS??? Also, I wish the website had a way to inform a buyer off additional items I would need to operate the camera. I did not have the correct memory card and living out in the middle of nowhere, I spent another week ordering and waiting for the memory card to arrive. OH, well - live and learn!

XSi Rebel – Pretty Good, Haven't Gone Back to Film Yet

There are a lot of things I dislike about digital SLRs.

I've been a big fan of 35mm black and white and color slide film for years. With film, I get very graceful degradation (grain). With digital, low light noise is not as pleasing as pushed 400-speed film. I also seem to get more chromatic aberration with digital. Finally, I really dislike the smaller sensor on digital SLRs. It makes all my lenses more telephoto, and increases my depth of field quite a bit. I miss how my 50mm/1.8 EF lens looked wide open; the ability to really blur the immediate background came in handy.

It takes an impressive digital SLR to make up for these issues. The XTi has been my first digital SLR, and I haven't yet gone back to film. Besides the convenience of processing (with Lightroom), the XTi performs well. Its low-light sensitivity, on-camera JPG processing, form factor, and interface all work well for me. The biggest feature I'm missing is a decent spot metering mode. I still break out my Pentax spotmeter (1 degree) occasionally--although with digital, it is just not as much fun as using the zone system and waiting for the negatives.

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Should I buy a canon rebel xTi or wait unitl the xSi comes out?

Will it be worth the wait and the extra money? I like the idea of a live view feature.

Get an XTi. The only reason to wait for the XSi is if you've been duped by the manufacturers or other (so-called) experts into the "mega-pixel wars" or if you actually need the higher resolution (are you making any prints larger than 30" across on the short side?). The fact is this: if you don't make any prints larger than 16" x 20", you really don't need more than 5 - 6 mega-pixels. I am a professional photographer and our studio cameras are between 5 and 8 mega-pixels and we have made prints up to 24" x 30" without any problems at all. Another thing to remember is that the "per pixel" sharpness is much higher on a lower resolution camera due to the physically larger size of the pixel. Also, if you think of a pixel as a "light bucket," the pixel saturation point ( the point at which the bucket is filled to capacity) is also higher (although some manufacturers try to compensate for this via software). My personal DSLR is still a 6 mega-pixel and I see no reason to upgrade, as it still produces great images and still works fine. When I am ready to buy a new one, I'll shop for the lowest mega-pixel one available; it usually is the "best bang for the buck."

Regarding the "live view" feature, I think that it is a purely amateurish feature. As has already been pointed out, you cannot hold the camera properly when using it and if you put the camera on a tripod, it becomes an irrelevant feature. Not to mention that it does significantly increase the battery consumption. I already carry 3 charged batteries on every shoot. I can't imagine have to pack another 3 or 4 just to accommodate "live viewing."

Hope that helps! Good luck in your photography!

Canon EOS - Erin Manning about the Rebel XSi / EOS 450D Managing the light 12/30