Get me a camera, the Canon Rebel T3i 18MP CMOS Digital SLR Camera

I went over to the store to check out some cameras, and I did the browsing (checking out stuff so you don't have to); and aside from there being many amazing cameras (from which I liked a lot, and probably be reviewing; once I get a guy at the store to let me "try" them we'll have a very big list over at the camera's section), there was one that took my eyes; the Canon EOS Rebel T3i 18 MP CMOS Digital SLR Camera.

I'm not much of a professional photographer, but I enjoy taking pictures and playing around with cameras. For months I was planing on getting a pro camera, but I wanted a decent one nearly professional so that I could get into the hobby like it's meant to be.

Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not much of a photographer because I don't take my camera everywhere; but I do know about photos (I'm one of those guys that could be posting pictures on gizmodo's photo challenges or posting on tmblr) so techniques, hardware and proper software for photos are fields I feel comfortable in.

Aside from having all of that, my current camera was just a phone and a Asus Transformer EEE tablet, so you might guess how I was feeling every time I took a picture on a wedding or birthday (in fact.. I've been missing for a week now because of those same reasons, birthdays and weddings; and guess who took bad pictures thanks to poor equipment? yeah..). Don't get me wrong, they take pretty darn nice pictures; but not That nice.
Canon did an amazing job with this baby, amazon's selling them for $749.00 with the 18-55mm lens (it cost me $820 bucks on my local store... I didn't want to wait) or $849.00 if you want the body plus the 18-55mm and 75-300 lens (there's an even more expensive body with 18-55mm + 55-250mm lens for $899.00 and a body with 18-135mm lens for $949.00 the design's amazing, the picture quality is superb; and of course if you're buying something like this you should already know what lens serves your purpose. But, since we are all lazy here, and you're just browsing for a camera and just want to know what those numbers and lenses mean; here's a small table (taken from www.cambridgeincolour.com which also have a very start up to understanding camera lenses right here) to get you up to speed.

Lens Focal Length^*	Terminology	Typical Photography
Less than 21 mm	Extreme Wide Angle	Architecture
21-35 mm	Wide Angle	Landscape
35-70 mm	Normal	Street & Documentary
70-135 mm	Medium Telephoto	Portraiture
135-300+ mm	Telephoto	Sports, Bird & Wildlife

As you can see, the camera itself already has the power to provide great satisfaction on any type of photo if you select the lens or need a lens after buying it. The thing's powerful, in many different points; you'll see the sample photos people took with it in a bit, before that lets take a look at what it offers.

The camera has an amazing 3.0-inch Vari-Angle Clear View LCD; Built-in flash; Full HD movie mode at 1920 x 1080 resolution. DIGIC 4 Image Processor; Scene Intelligent Auto mode and Picture Style Auto incorporate EOS Scene Detection System. It's compatible with full line of Canon EF and EF-S lenses so you have even more compatibility (or if you own the lenses you'll save money).

Talking about compatibility the camera has a USB 2.0 terminal; Video out terminal: NTSC/PAL selectable; SD/SDHC/SDXC memory card slot (card is not included). It also features a 18.0 megapixel CMOS sensor; Eye-level SLR viewfinder (if you want some neat surprise... google that viewfinder). The camera itself already has a lot of coverage; you can find a great preview right here. But aside from reading all of that, you have to try it to fall in love with it.

You get amazing results no matter the light, little to no lag, scene analysis for great resolution and exposure, it can even shoot 3.7 frames per second so you won't miss anything in those crazy parties. I could stay here all night writing about how great it is; but I'm lazy. There are things I don't like about it though, the battery's not that great, it lasts awhile but it's below average for these cameras. Aside from that I could troll about the size, but really... it's a pro camera; it should be like that. I fell in love with it, and it sure is a great buy if you can afford it (if you're looking at pro cameras; this one is a great choice). Just look at quality of these photos (great samples, you can find them here on cameralabs.com);

and this one;

or a more shady one;

You could stay looking at the photos or take some of those yourself; it is a great toy, for big boys/girls.

Abdiel Rodz

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