Any fans out there for lowly Canon Rebel cameras of various vintages?

alanrockwood · Sep 12, 2010

I have several Canon Rebel cameras of various vintages, Rebel X, Rebel 2000, Rebel Ti, and Rebel T2. I don't recall what the Japanese or the International model designations are for these. I quite like the Canon Rebel line of cameras. I think they give a lot of bang for the buck... good feature sets and relatively easy to use.

Are there any other fans out there for the lowly Canon Rebel line of cameras?

flatulent1 · Sep 12, 2010

Not a fan, but I have an EOS 850 that I bought as kind of a joke a few years ago, and I find myself unwilling to part with it. I laughed out loud when I saw photos of it: one knob for Program, Battery, Lock, and Depth mode, plus a shutter button. No shutter speed control, no aperture control, no film ISO control, no exposure compensation, no LCD, no pop-up flash, no hot shoe, no view finder display... Essentially a point & shoot camera that takes L-series lenses.

pincushionllama · Sep 12, 2010

I personally own a rebel 2000. I love it! Its always given me no trouble (I found that I wasn't holding the shutter button right to lock focuses...thats my fault)

and extremely light! and it fits beautifully in my hands (some bodies are too big for my hands)

paulie · Sep 12, 2010

i have a 3000 and its light and reliable, only drawback is the unusual battery size

film_man · Sep 12, 2010

I have a Rebel 2000. I like it and use it mainly as an alternative to the EOS 3 when I know I won't need low light AF. It is a bit too small for my hands and my main "complaint" is the dim viewfinder but apart from that it is a great little camera that has worked for 10 years now with no issues (touch wood). I'll slap a Tamron 28-75 on it and the results are as good as anything. I'm thinking of getting a 35/2 just for use with it, it will make a great P&S.

daveandiputra · Sep 12, 2010

my first camera was a EOS kiss, Japan version of the rebel. it was light and very capable. use the battery pack with it, only to improve the handling. sold it when i upgraded to an EOS 3

j-dogg · Sep 12, 2010

I don't have one yet but I've wanted a 35mm Rebel and an EOS 1 for a while so I can use my Digital Rebel glass on a better medium.

The only problem is the Tamon 18-270 VC I am about to purchase may not work with 35mm because it is formatted for cameras with smaller image sensors like my Digital Rebel and it may not work on 35mm, the end result is some massive vignetting. But I have been curious to see how an image stabilized lens performs on a 35mm. I know there are people shooting 28-135 IS's on 35mm Rebels.

Vaughn · Sep 12, 2010

We have a couple Rebel G's and a Rebel 2000 that we check out to students. The auto focus is out on one of the G's, but that does not decrease its usefulness. The students like them. Their assignments usually require manual controls, so most of our cameras are capable of manual control. We have a Rebel GII that I bought off someone, but the shutter button falls of -- the negative side of plastics. I'll use it if one of the other Rebel bodies dies -- the students will just have to keep a piece of tape over the shutter button!

We also have a Minolta X-700, a couple Pentax ME-Supers, a Pentax ZX-M, and a few Nikons (EM - auto, FE, FG, N2000, a F2 somewhere. We also have a F3 that stays in my desk drawer for students I can trust with it -- especially after our then-new FM3a disappeared for awhile and finally came back damaged a few years back.

A couple Rolleicords, a Fuji 6x7, a studio Fuji 6x8, a Kiev, and a large assortment of 4x5 cameras round out what I have for the students to use. (Oh, and an 8x10 of mine I sometimes let someone use.)

And boxes of dead cameras that we can't afford to have fixed -- several Pentax K-1000's with non-operating meters, for example, and the FM3a, a few Nikkormats, etc. I should take a course in camera repair!

ntenny · Sep 12, 2010

I have a Rebel X on the way, which is about as low-end as it gets. I've long had a Canon DSLR and hence a few EOS lenses, and at the startling price of six bucks from KEH, I just couldn't resist having a film body that could take the lenses, even though I'm not that big on SLRs generally.

It's actually kind of unclear to me what to expect---in particular, I find conflicting information on whether the Rebel X (contra the XS and EOS 500) has a manual mode or not. (It'd be nice if it did, but even if not, at this price point who's complaining?)

-NT

daveandiputra · Sep 13, 2010

ntenny said:
It's actually kind of unclear to me what to expect---in particular, I find conflicting information on whether the Rebel X (contra the XS and EOS 500) has a manual mode or not. (It'd be nice if it did, but even if not, at this price point who's complaining?)

-NT

if i'm not mistaken, the only difference between the X and Xs are only the built in flash.

Regards,

Dave

Chris Nielsen · Sep 13, 2010

ntenny said:
I have a Rebel X on the way, which is about as low-end as it gets. I've long had a Canon DSLR and hence a few EOS lenses, and at the startling price of six bucks from KEH, I just couldn't resist having a film body that could take the lenses, even though I'm not that big on SLRs generally.

It's actually kind of unclear to me what to expect---in particular, I find conflicting information on whether the Rebel X (contra the XS and EOS 500) has a manual mode or not. (It'd be nice if it did, but even if not, at this price point who's complaining?)

-NT

All the Canons have a manual mode, my only complaint with the EOS 500 I had was limited options on metering and not being in real control of which mode it used. The low end Nikons were the same AFAIK

spacer · Jun 16, 2011

I picked up a Rebel X back in the mid '90s, and took quite a few photos with it through the rest of that decade, along with a K1000 I found on eBay (which some %&*#$ stole outta my van...). I still have the X, though, and have been using its kit lens some, mostly to keep it exercised, on my XSi.

I just ordered a BP-8 battery grip for the X, though it's in storage until we finish this move. It was partially a symptom of my growing GAS, and I'm just tickled at mounting a BG on the lowest-end Canon out there.

I will say, though, even as "cheap" as it is, I was well pleased with the camera's ability to take photos, and I enjoyed how easy it was to carry around all day. I daresay I still took more photos with it on any outing than I do with my digital EOS. I look forward to putting it back to work.

getalifeagain · Jun 16, 2011

I have Rebel X's and they can take excellent pictures. I think these cameras are very underrated. Any way, it's the one taking the picture.

MattKing · Jun 16, 2011

Two Rebel 2000s here, each with the matching grips. They work well, and boy are they light.

They were respectively a thrift store find, and a Craigslist find.

I should sell one, because I recently obtained an Elan IIe (also from Craigslist), which I like a bit better.

But only a bit

2F/2F · Jun 16, 2011

I think the digital ones are a great bang for the buck for those who can deal with a slower-to-use and more weakly built camera. When it comes to the film ones, there are much better cameras for not much more money IMHO. When you can get a near-perfect EOS 3 for under $200, or an EOS A2 (AKA EOS 5) for even less, I don't see a whole lot of point in monkeying with the Rebels. Though as long as they work, they will do the job just fine, and if you find one for super cheap (maybe $40 or $50), I'd go for it.

spacer · Jun 16, 2011

I just picked up an A2E for $42, and they threw the vertical grip in for another 12. I've had the X for years, and I think I'll just keep using it 'til I can't anymore. I'd like a 3, but on this side of my photographic endeavors, that's still a little rich for me at the moment.

Newt_on_Swings · Jun 16, 2011

=[ sorry but I'm not a fan of them. They feel so fragile, the menus and buttons aren't intuitive, and the viewfinder is small! The one I teach with also has a weird quirk that winds the film out before reeling it in 1 shot at a time. though that system may be a safe way to store exposed film, you never get any extra shots out of a 135 roll! It always stops on 36!! And you have to sort your negatives backwards. And it never tells you when there is no film in it (I have a habit of taping windows just in case) and It will let you shoot away without any warning icons (though I cant really count that against the camera, but when you are rushing this sucks)

Though the rebel digitals I do like (i know blasphemy) for event work I do on the side.

Matthew Rusbarsky · Jun 16, 2011

The Rebel G was my first camera. I ran it into the ground. I'm still printing negatives from that thing. The only thing I didn't like about it was the cost of EOS lenses.

spacer · Jun 16, 2011

Matthew Rusbarsky said:
The Rebel G was my first camera. I ran it into the ground. I'm still printing negatives from that thing. The only thing I didn't like about it was the cost of EOS lenses.

Yeah, that factor occasionally has me flipping through the FD Canons on eBay and the better know used camera outlets. But... gotta keep the GAS under control, at least for a little while...
:munch:

Dennis S · Jun 17, 2011

I have several and they lasted through a lot of punishment. You definitely get what you pay for The first camera I ever bought NEW was a Rebel G (Had it for 2 mnths then was stolen). Always keep a few around for spares. And what's this about different kinds of batteries for different Rebel Canon cameras ? (3X) You did the brain storming for that idea ?
In fact most of the Canons have the weird battery thing with their cameras. I bought battery packs for most of mine but it still bothers me.... ;o)

won't cause me to lose any sleep though

sandermarijn · Jun 17, 2011

If only one could change the focusing screen on those lowly EOS's!

That's the one thing that really annoys me about the EOS line: there is not one truly light-weight body that allows serious use of manual focus lenses. Beep-blink AF confirmation doesn't cut it for me, not at all.

baachitraka · Jun 17, 2011

EOS 650 - The beginning.

spacer · Jun 17, 2011

I almost have to laugh at the folks trying to sell those cheap fraud-cams for anywhere between 50-100 bucks (some really do have $499 printed on the box)
when you can get an X or Xs for between 15 and 20 dollars even at KEH.
Well, except that the poor saps buying those cameras are probably completely new to the hobby and are being ripped off something fierce... :confused::

j-dogg · Jun 17, 2011

My first digital was a Rebel XTi.

My film setup consists of an EOS 650, the Genesis of the EOS line and an Elan 7e but I've wanted a Rebel T2 for a while, the one with the LCD on the back, just to slap some L lenses on it. The 650 is the loudest camera I have ever shot, my father told me my Canon 5D digital had a loud shutter and I took his picture with the 650 / 50 1.8 and he has since changed his mind lol.

Some of the early Canon film cameras are quite interesting. The EOS 750 takes the entire film out all the way onto the take up spool and as you shoot, it rewinds each frame back into the cartridge to prevent spoiled images if you accidentally opened the film door. Even if you opened the film door by accident, the rest of your roll was wasted, but everything you had shot was still good.

TaoPhoto · Jun 17, 2011

I recently picked up an EOS Rebel K2 for about $40. Light, small, autofocus is a bit pokey, but otherwise it takes good pictures with a 28-80 zoom. The small viewfinder, though, is a distant second to my OM-1/2/4. Still, it makes a good camera to leave in the car for opportunity shots, or take to the beach or on the boat. These cameras are famous for taking a beating, and even if it failed I wouldn't cry over $40.

Overall, though, I prefer Olympus cameras and Zuiko glass.

Any fans out there for lowly Canon Rebel cameras of various vintages?

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