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Originally Posted by flitcroft,Apr 27 2005, 12:20 AM
There are two kit lenses for the 20D. The EF-S 18-55 is terrible (it's ~$20 on eBay) and the EF-S 17-55 IS isn't quite what I wanted for my first lens. I still may pick up the latter one. The EF 50 mm f1.4 is a near-pro lens (metal body, full time manual focus, etc) but is definitely softer than an L prime lens or possibly even the EF 17-40L zoom.
One of the things I missed with my last camera was that I couldn't crank open the aperature wide enough to get decent bokeh and small depth of field. With this camera, I made sure that I could do it. Otherwise, the EF 50mm f1.8 II is a great lens and about $100 less. Those single f-stops cost serious dough!
If you're getting the Rebel XT based on cost check out a used 10D for about $600. Other than pixel count it's likely better in every way (better white balance, autofocus, motor, magnesium body, flash, etc). The Rebel XT images don't really impress me. They're softer than the 10D from what I've seen. That said, I've seen plenty of gorgeous shots taken with Rebel XTs already. Check out the DPReview shots of the lady with the two cameras (links below). To me, the 10D is a much more pleasing image. Unfortunately, the two shots use different lenses.
10D: http://www.dpreview.com/gallery/?gallery=c...os10d_samples1/
Rebel XT: http://www.dpreview.com/gallery/?gallery=c...s350d_samples1/
One of the things I missed with my last camera was that I couldn't crank open the aperature wide enough to get decent bokeh and small depth of field. With this camera, I made sure that I could do it. Otherwise, the EF 50mm f1.8 II is a great lens and about $100 less. Those single f-stops cost serious dough!
If you're getting the Rebel XT based on cost check out a used 10D for about $600. Other than pixel count it's likely better in every way (better white balance, autofocus, motor, magnesium body, flash, etc). The Rebel XT images don't really impress me. They're softer than the 10D from what I've seen. That said, I've seen plenty of gorgeous shots taken with Rebel XTs already. Check out the DPReview shots of the lady with the two cameras (links below). To me, the 10D is a much more pleasing image. Unfortunately, the two shots use different lenses.
10D: http://www.dpreview.com/gallery/?gallery=c...os10d_samples1/
Rebel XT: http://www.dpreview.com/gallery/?gallery=c...s350d_samples1/
isn't the digital rebel xt almost similar to the canon 20d? from what i read on depreview.com, that's what they say.
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The Rebel XT uses completely different internals and the sensors share nothing in common. Hah, I guess I've become pretty picky then. Get the Rebel XT if you like the results 
With the current Canon dSLRs the lens makes more difference than the sensor anyway.
DPReview:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos350d/page23.asp
With the current Canon dSLRs the lens makes more difference than the sensor anyway.DPReview:
It's interesting that not only does the EOS 350D not use the same sensor as is used in the EOS 20D but that Canon deliberately designed the pixel count of the 350D to be less than its bigger brother.
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