Canon Rebel G vs 2000 -Help again!
Keelo
Again, the query was whether should I pony up the extra $50 for the 2000 vs the
G. What I did not make quite clear is that the camera is for my wife who will
90% of the time use it as a simple point and shoot. (I will borrow it for an
SLR!). Is the Rebel a good step up from a point and shoot or should I just
stick to a P&S for her? Is either the G or 2000 preferable from a P&S
standpoint (automation, ease, picture quality, etc.)?
Thanks again for all the great advice. Any help is greatly appreciated.
keelo
ArtMika
It has full manual control, also full auto, if it is prefferable...
shutter priority, f-stop priority, depth of field preview!
and so on..
hope this helps for your decision
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Lisa Horton
rather than the typical P&S power zoom, but I see that as an
advantage. With the kit lenses, picture quality would likely be
similar to a P&S (based on my own experience).
The big advantage of a Rebel over a P&S is that if she (or you) ever
want to do more with the camera, it can accept different lenses and
can use a variety of useful accessories. The Rebel has a growth path,
the P&S doesn't.
Lisa
Thomas Tran
it's better to get it. The Rebel 2K have 35 zones evaluative metering,
it probably works better in tricky lighting condition.
If you can affordt a litle more, the new Rebel Ti, I think, it's the best,
because of its metal lens mount,
illuminated active focus point, easier to select the focus point, etc...
Don't get the kit lens, get the 50mm F1.8 instead, you will get amazing
picture with it.
Good luck
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Stephen M. Dunn
$Again, the query was whether should I pony up the extra $50 for the 2000 vs the
$G. What I did not make quite clear is that the camera is for my wife who will
$90% of the time use it as a simple point and shoot. (I will borrow it for an
$SLR!). Is the Rebel a good step up from a point and shoot or should I just
$stick to a P&S for her? Is either the G or 2000 preferable from a P&S
$standpoint (automation, ease, picture quality, etc.)?
Compared to many P&S cameras with similar zoom ranges to the lenses
you mentioned in your first article (35-80 and 28-90), I think you'll
find that the SLR lenses are much faster. Advantage SLR.
If your wife wants to move beyond this range, you can buy an
additional lens (e.g. a 75-300) and continue to use the same camera.
To do something similar with a P&S would require you to buy a new
P&S - and the selection of focal lengths is much more limited with
P&S cameras (how many P&Ses do you know that are available with a
zoom lens that goes out to 300mm?). Advantage SLR.
The P&S will be significantly smaller and lighter, though. Advantage
P&S.
If you want to use one of those Rebels as a P&S, either one will do;
they both have several idiot modes in which you select a program (e.g.
you want to shoot a landscape so you put it into landscape mode, or
you want to shoot a portrait so you put it into portrait mode) and
that's all the thinking you have to do. The extra focus points on
the 2000 are an advantage.
If you want to look at the 10% of the time when it won't be just a
glorified P&S, the 2000 takes more of a lead on the G. You get a
display in the viewfinder showing which AF point the camera has
selected; on the G, you have to take your eye away from the viewfinder
and look at the LCD on the top if you want to see what the camera is
doing. Also, if you're in one of the more serious modes (as opposed
to the idiot modes), the 2000 gives you the option of selecting a
specific focus point if you want; the G does not (you can force it
to use the center point if you want, but cannot force it to use
either of the others).
If you go with a Rebel, I think it's worth getting the 2000
for the relatively modest extra cost. Since you said you're looking
at the 2000 with the 28-90 vs. the G with the 35-80, you're also
getting a more versatile lens with the 2000.
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Daniel Rose
(Stephen M. Dunn) wrote:
> Also, if you're in one of the more serious modes (as opposed
>to the idiot modes), the 2000 gives you the option of selecting a
>specific focus point if you want; the G does not (you can force it
>to use the center point if you want, but cannot force it to use
>either of the others).
I had the 500N (aka Rebel G) and you can choose which of three focus
points you want to use.
Daniel Rose
Lisa Horton
"Stephen M. Dunn" wrote:
>
>
> If you want to look at the 10% of the time when it won't be just a
> glorified P&S, the 2000 takes more of a lead on the G. You get a
> display in the viewfinder showing which AF point the camera has
> selected; on the G, you have to take your eye away from the viewfinder
> and look at the LCD on the top if you want to see what the camera is
> doing. Also, if you're in one of the more serious modes (as opposed
> to the idiot modes), the 2000 gives you the option of selecting a
> specific focus point if you want; the G does not (you can force it
> to use the center point if you want, but cannot force it to use
> either of the others).
Although it's unusual, I believe you are in error Stephen. IIRC, in
the Rebel G, the selected AF point is displayed, but in the
info/status bar at the bottom of the viewfinder. And you can
definitely select the AF point. This is important, since in any
non-ECF camera, I tend to use just the center AF point.
Lisa
Stephen M. Dunn
$Although it's unusual, I believe you are in error Stephen.
Thanks for the kind words :-) I believe I was thinking Rebel X,
not Rebel G. Sorry if I misled anyone.