Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Used product for
Less than 1 month

Visitors rate this review
3.00 of 5,
4 votes

Price Paid:  $145.00 from Future Shop

Summary:
Extremely versatile aside some minor quirks.
Does more than you'd expect for this price.
I have been using an HP M517 and it gives really good pictures but I needed manual control and like the other fellow wrote, to try some real creativity for a change.
It's like playing an acoustic guitar or have the computer doing it for you.
I love it and it works perfect.
The only complaint would be is the viewfinder info and the lack of true remote
control.But for the prize I just live with it.As for the digital ones in the same class I don't think they worth the money since the resolution gets clubbered when you do a transfer to a printed media.
Still today with all the advances in the CCD field, it's very hard to beat a good film.

Strengths:
Look up its info and you'll know.
lens interchangeability means all kinds of diff. makes will do. I don't thing you'll find that in the 150 bucks digital range.

Weaknesses:
the remote and the viewfinder info and the plastic body.
and it really should keep the manual settings in memory.

Similar Products Used:
leica,zenith,olympus

newbsterv2

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
1 to 3 months

Visitors rate this review
3.75 of 5,
12 votes

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
My first foray into photography started out with the Canon A60 digital camera and while I grew to love it's sharp pictures as well as ease of use I wanted to have a little more control over the picture taking process as well as have pictures more faithful to what I saw with my eye opposed to what Canon would think customers would like. Then I found the Canon Rebel K2 coupled with the 28-90 III USM lens at circuit city for $200. Let me say that I love this camera. The one thing I really hated about digital was all the menus and the dreaded LCD screen for focusing. Sure I could've bought a digital SLR but I wanted to learn with film. I must've snapped thousands of useless images with my digicam but not I feel more of the need to compose the shot and get the keeper. My next purchase will be an all manual dinosaur. :)

Strengths:
- Fast and accurate autofocus - Simple navigation of controls - Solid build despite being plastic - Fully automatic film load and rewind - Adjustable DX coding - Great value all around

Weaknesses:
- Viewfinder could be bigger - Switching control dial to automatic or pre-programmed mode such as portrait resets manual settings in the manual mode such as aperture and shutter speed - No DOF preview but who uses that anymore? - No aperture markings on lens for controlling depth of field.

Similar Products Used:
Canon A60 Pentax P5 Film SLR

Customer Service:
Never used it!

truck

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
3 Months to 1 year

Price Paid:  $300.00 from hungary (Photo Hall)

Summary:
this is a decent entri-level slr camera. my first af slr (i've been using a zenit xp 12 (classic russian), fully manual), and im really satisfied with it. includes "stupid-secure" modes, that i've never used, like fully automatic ("green"), or portrait, etc. it's pretty small without the bp-220 battery-pack (includes additional shutter button), but that's not so annoying. BIG mistake: there's no jack for wired remote switch, and the wireless remote controller only communicates with the QD modell...

Strengths:
small, compact, light-weight, easy to use. big lcd panell on the back. works absolutely perfect after about a year. prize (even in hungary with its 300$).

Weaknesses:
lack of any remote controlling (non-QD models) plastic body and bayonet little slow (1.5 fps)

Similar Products Used:
none

Customer Service:
haven't used xet. (hope won't have to.)

mitzaciobanu

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Used product for
3 Months to 1 year

Visitors rate this review
2.31 of 5,
16 votes

Price Paid:  $200.00 from in France

Summary:
Good starting point for beginners in SLR photography. If you want something more than point-and-shoot, here's a camera for you. The "full-auto" modes perform pretty well in case your experience is limited. The "creative" modes on the other hand only let you choose exposure parameters (shutter speed, aperture, compensation), the metering mode is set by default on partial in P, Tv and Av and central weighed in M. However, the auto-focus mode is set automatically (One shot, AI Focus and AI servo) in all modes.

Strengths:
Pretty cheap for its features: 7 point Auto-Focus, evalative 35-zones light metering

Weaknesses:
no custom functions, a bit slow (only 1.5 fps)