Canon EOS 1000D user reviews

elihewitt 1 October 2011

Comment: I've had a canon 1000D for three years, and I love it! I received it as a birthday gift, and at the time knew nothing at all about photography. The camera was easy to use pretty much straight away and is perfect for amateurs. Images produced from the camera I have found reach their full
potential after being edited on photoshop..

I shoot only with a canon 1000D and have recently shot my first wedding with one! Click on my flickr link to see what type of images can be produced with said camera

http://www.flickr.com/photos/elihewitt/

17 March 2011

Good: Great image quality, Battery life is good, Body is solid and well designed, Great features, Interface is user-friendly and straightforward

Bad: Noisier auto focus, Sounds like grinding gears, Live view mode is way too hard to access

Comment: I've owned my Canon 1000D for about 3 weeks now and have given it a reasonable test drive. The one thing that strikes me most is the ease at which I can find my way around the camera instantly to find the correct settings (very intuitive). Everything is where it should be, and clearly well marked.

I did some research via 'Which' and the Canon 1000D came out tops as a 'best buy' in terms of picture quality and ease of use. In fact most of the digital SLR's came out with top ratings for ease of use so don't be put off as I was by the fact that it looks a 'serious' camera. Picture quality is excellent, the kit lens supplied takes great shots and there is a full auto set-up which makes it as easy to use straight out of the box as your compact digital 'point and shoot' camera, but the possibilities are endless and I can guarantee you will end up taking some really professional shots.

Another tip - buy the 'Dummies' guide specifically for this make/model by Julie Adair King - if shutter speed, exposure and ISO all sound FAR too technical this great book will help to make sense of it all in a very easy to follow, no-nonsense kind of way. Yes you can keep it on the 'auto' setting and take great pictures with it but as Julie says with this camera, that's like having a Porsche but never actually taking it on a road! Go for it, you'll be glad you did!

*** If you will buy this Canon EOS 1000D I suggest at: "amazon.co.uk/dp/B001TOD3YG/?tag=reviews.cnet.co.uk-21"