Canon EOS 300D Rebel: 21 years later! RETRO review
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- Опубликовано: 8 июл 2024
- Trying out the best-selling Canon EOS 300D Digital Rebel DSLR from 2003, 21 years later!
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00:00 - Canon EOS 300D Rebel introduction and rivals
03:10 - Canon EOS 300D Rebel design and controls
07:21 - Canon EOS 300D Rebel viewfinder
09:13 - Canon EOS 300D Rebel memory card
09:43 - Canon EOS 300D Rebel battery
10:43 - Canon EOS 300D Rebel sensor and mount
11:55 - Canon EOS 300D Rebel vs Sony F828 quality
18:46 - Canon EOS 300D Rebel samples and verdict
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This channel is on my top 5 list of best camera Chanels on the internet. Please don't stop making these wonderful episodes.
Thanks! That means a LOT to me, and don't worry, I have loads more I want to do! And I can reveal my next two videos will be the Nikkor 50mm f1.4 A-s , then the Canon EOS 10D.
@@DinoBytesWould that 21 year old Canon produce better stills image Qaulity than the Latest iPhone 15 Pro Smartphone.
Agreed. And Gordon seems like one of the nicest people in the camera review game.
@@shaananwalsh7513 thanks!
Canon 350D was my first DSLR. It's still in use now with my 8 year old daughter taking better photos than I ever did with it haha
Nice one! I may make a video about the 350D as well for completeness as that then continues with my first video on RUclips about the 400D!
Really enjoyed watching this and some amazing holiday pictures at the end!
Thanks Chris, yes I was travelling a lot then (and now!) so have a few varied locations given the 18 months or so that it was my main camera!
@@DinoBytes I remember the same being the case with my old 550D and 60D when I lived and worked in South Korea. It's an unforgettable experience to cut your photographic teeth in a beautiful, new, foreign land, with a cutting-edge (at the time) camera.
@@christopherfrost You guys are the British Avengers of camera reviews.
A nice review, what is the best method for removing those out rubber coating that go sticky
I have tried a number of solutions but often ending up scrapping it off with alcohol or label remover to soften it
What i hate is there seems to be a revival of this coating coming back, hoping the new OM-1.2 ruberised dials do not go sticky over time
@@marklaurendet1861 as far as I know, you just have to rub it off with the liquids you're suggesting.
My first real dslr in 2004. Took it on a holiday to UK, Spain and Italy - great camera, easy to use. Lenses are just okay - plenty of fringing at the edges.
Canon 550D. It'll always have a soft spot in my heart.
Was my first interchangeable lens camera and the images do still hold up today (as long as it is not low light or pushing up the shadows)
550D is still a popular choice even today, reliable and cheap
Still using it daily 😁 mostly with EF 85 1.8 to take photos of my kids and random things on the street. Quick focus and beautiful color.
Such an amazing little camera.
My first DSLR was the Canon 600D which I bought of eBay UK in 2012 and it had the Rebel T3i written on it (might have been an import from the US). Still have it where it sits next to my Canon R6 nowadays 😊
Those DSLR cameras days always bring good memories.
Yep the T3i would have been a N American version...
My first was 450d, then few years later got a 600d, starting to use it again now and looking at these retro reviews 😅
@@RexNathanChan glad you're using it again!
@@DinoBytes Yep! Just used it last night on my niece, still makes beautiful images (with EF 50/1.4), and even can enable back button AF (AE lock button) in the Custom Functions.
I'd always used the Portrait Picture Style, but switched to Standard and colours also look great.
I also tried ALO vs HTP (auto lighting optimiser vs highlight tone priority) and found I prefer ALO (brings up shadows, a bit like DR200 on my Fuji XE1) rather than HTP (keeps shadows too dark).
Next thing is to try custom Picture Styles.... there is a Fuji Pro Neg HI one I want to try :D
I wanted to switch to digital earlier, but waited for the 20D - the right combination of features and price for me. Interesting to see today how you need 20-30 fps and AF with machine learning and bird mode to do BIF when the 20D could do it 20 years ago. Of course, with a much lower hit rate, but lots of good birding and sports images were produced with a 20D.
I still have my 300D with the 2 kit lenses. I have travelled all over the world with it. I have several other cameras now, but the 300D still give me a extra heartbeat whenever I look at it. 😊
Take it out for old time's sake!
I've been waiting for this review for so long. Essentially, the budget DSLR market enabled manufacturers to coax consumers into a much more lucrative ecosystem of lenses and accessories that we take granted today.
Exactly!
You have to love these older cameras. Did and still do the job just fine .And unlike the newest models a lot less that can go wrong.
... and a lot less that can be done
Bought mine in 2004 and I still have the very same camera! This has promoted me to take it out again. I just have a Sigma 50mm f1.4 in EF mount now
Hope you enjoy shooting with it again!
My wife and I used a 20D and 350D for years, they were so much fun to use!
Nice combo!
Not my first - I started with the 350D - but it's scary how old this thing is now.
I may well be making a video about the 350D!
I love the history lesson Gordon!
You do such a good job of in-depth information. I find myself asking a question in my head and then you immediately answer it.
You should advocate this channel more!
I will be.
Thankyou! I'd love for this channel to have more subs and views, but hopefully it will get there! I do mention it on my main one whenever I have a new video!
Bought the Canon Digital Rebel back when it first came out. Before I even took a picture with it, I downloaded the 'modified firmware' that helped unlocked features that were available from the Canon 10D. The features that I used the most was the AF One Shot and the mirror lockup modes. Took many photos with that camera from studio portraits to weddings, til I bought a Canon 5D a few years later.
Nice video. It was the 350D for me that got me into Canon (and the nifty fifty, one of the greatest lenses ever). I still have the 350D and it's a great reminder that, when moaning about current cameras not having good low light performance or whatever, just what good images I managed to get from the 350D, so stop complaining!! We've never had it so good.
Exactly!
This was my intro to photography! I waited for the 350D and never looked back! Great vid!
Eos450d was my first DSLR and was in use for 11 years before jumping into the R-System
My first DSLR was a Digital Rebel XT that I bought in 2006.
It has gone largely unused in recent years.. but it's still perfectly functional.. with the original battery.
I may make a video about the XT / 350D
I started with a Sony MAVICA FD97, then the Sony F707, followed by the Sony F717 and finally moved to Canon, with the Canon 20D, 30D, 40D, 50D, 5D Mk2, 5DMk3, 5D Mk4, EOS R, R5, and now the R3.
Nice progression! Hope you've seen my Sony videos!
@@DinoBytes - Yes I have! Love this channel!
My DSLR journey started with a 300D too, followed by the 30D, felt like a big step up, then started the 5D journey up to todays R5
I came back to Canon with the 350D. Great camera at the time. Still with Canon now, with the 800D.
I love these videos, i really like to know about technology that i was too young to use or to even know of. I always watch your reviews of current tech and other reviewers, and i find fascinating this modality of reviewing old technology like if it was made today, great idea!
Thanks! I also find it fun to review them the same way I would modern gear.
The EOS 300D was the first DSLR I used but it was my brother's and not my own. I then got myself the 500D in 2009 as my first own DSLR, upgrading to the 5D Mark III in 2012. I used both of them for a long time until I upgraded the 500D to the 90D as my main APS-C and the 5D Mark III to the R6 Mark II as my main full frame model. But I still have quite a lot of shots I did with the 300D back then and they're definitely not bad to look at. :)
This was the firsr dslr I ever experienced. The only digital cameras I used before were point & shoot compacts as I learned and mainly shot 35mm film. A friends father bought the digital rebel and I tried it out and immediately saw it was the future. Shortly after I received a Nikon D70s as a graduation present and loved the liberation a dslr brought to my photography by not being bound to fixed iso, buying film, buying darkroom supplies, development fees, etc. I took my d70s everywhere and it still sits on my shelf and sees occasional use when I feel nostalgic.
The D70s was a real classic, loved that camera!
Same here Gordon - this is what got me into photography. I too coupled this with a 50mm f1.8 and I became accustomed to the roughly 85mm focal length for all my portraits. For me going from the 300d to the 550d was a decision of video capabilities and a much bigger and better screen, along with teh processing of raw files. The 300d really struggled with the raws!
Yeah, that combo with the 50 was great for portraits
The US Digital Rebel was my first DSLR, very fun to see this here!
Coming from a /very/ basic point-and-shoot (2MP Fujifilm) and then film SLR, it was fun to have a "real camera" that was digital, and worked with all of my old Canon lenses. Never cared for the 18-55, though - I had a couple of lenses from the film days, all of which worked well but left me without anything shorter than 24mm which is not really all that wide at the crop factor.
Interestingly, I still have it - I gave it to a friend, and then a couple of years later, passed on the XTi/400D I'd gotten to replace it. I encouraged the friend in question to just pass the Rebel on, but they didn't have anyone obvious to give it to, so it's been sitting in storage ever since. :) And yes, the contact areas getting gummy is gross. Thanks for the tip that you can just remove it :)
I hope you get a chance to take it for a spin again!
This made me almost buy a copy of my first camera. I started with the 450D. I kinda want one just for the nostalgia.
They are fun to have, but as I mention at the end, a 10D to 30D is a better choice
My first DSLR 😊
I came late to the photography game, so my first DSLR was a Canon t3i (600D), which I purchased brand-new (and on sale) in 2011. I gifted it to my great-niece some years ago. I'll always have a soft spot for it. I took some of my favourite photos with it and it's "absurdly noisy" 18-55 kit zoom with its buzzy micro motor. I still get a little smile when I hear that noise in videos like this one!
Being into bird photography, I quickly stepped up to the 7D about 6 months after purchasing my T3i, but the little Rebel remained my "general purpose" camera of choice and I would stalk the trails of Ontario Provincial Parks with two cameras around my neck, with the 7D and the 100-400 (Mark 1) for birds and wildlife and my little T3i with the 15-85 lens for landscapes and wide shots. It was tremendous fun!!!! That little T3i was a wonder and I will never forget its gift to me - JOY.
Sometimes we take our best or most memorable photos with the more basic gear... the noises were fun, I made a short on my other channel just with the sounds of the 300D!
My first DSLR was the Nikon D5100 bought way back in 2021. I still have it and use it regularly :)
Glad you're still using it!
The Rebel XT was the entry into the digital SLR world for me. Nice flashback! Thanks so much 🙂
You're very welcome! I may do a video on the 350D / XT in the future...
Like others the Digital Rebel was my first DSLR. BOUGHT it when it was first available.
Great video as usual Gordon! I feel like I am an expert of the 300D now after watching this video❤
You're very welcome - and it's the Nikkor this time next week!
@@DinoBytes awesome can't wait!!
I love these videos man, even if they are a little niche. I am a huge digital camera collector and history fanatic so this content is right up my alley.
Thanks, I love making them!
For me, the Nikon D70 was my first introduction to the world of DSLRs. I stuck with Canons 'Ixy' models for a compact cameras, though, graduating to the G9 before making the move to M43. Still my main modus operandi, with my Nikon Z camera, Olympus Pen F and my Canon G9X filling the gap as a tiny 1" compact. The early 2000s came to define my digital life. As always a fascinating and thorough review, Gordon.
Thanks! The D70 was a classic. Did you see my D80 video on my main cameralabs channel?
@@DinoBytes Will check it out. Now that I hacked my D70 for full spectrum by removing the IR filter for the sensor, maybe there's an argument for adding another old APS-C Nikon to the collection, if I'm not too tempted by the 300D!
@@patternsinsand how about the D200, as it'll give you a semi-pro look and feel.
@@DinoBytes Haha, now you're just tempting me!
I would love to see a video on how this entire line evolved. or at least a gallery of making the same picture with all EOS XXXD cameras
My first DSLR was a gently used Canon D60 at 6.3MP it came with a 1GB IBM MicroDrive. I was over the moon about it in early 2007.
The microdrive I show is from 2006, I remember it being quite fancy back then!
I had the 400d, which was a superb little dSLR.
In about 2000, I went from a Minolta film SLR to the Nikon 'Coolpix 900', followed by a Konica Minolta 'Dimage A200' and then the 400D in about 2006 -- it was the first time my finances had allowed me the benefit of an up-to-date interchangeable lens digital.
Loving these memories!
Thanks! I hope to do more of the 900 series soon.
Thank you for this RETRO review. Fun to see some photo samples from Norway;). I remember my dad borrowed this camera from his job. The only digital camera I had used before was a couple of compact cameras so this was a big upgrade. I still have the original jpeg images from this camera in my iCloud library. Summer 2004. Good times!
My first digital camera was the Canon 400D. I bought it with my first paycheck at my first internship. Many of my favorite travel photos were captured on the robust little brick of plastic using Canon’s nifty fifty. This might be my favorite review you have done! ❤
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
The other breakthrough of the early Rebel/3x0 was responsiveness. Many of us were coming from various compact digital cameras where shutter lag was a huge deal (particularly for kids and animals). The Rebel XT I got was an amazing breakthrough to get the 'now' effect of a film camera back.
Yes, that's very true, plus usable continuous AF
As a collector I also had to have the 300D, the pictures I took with it look really good.
There was also a black 300D.
Yeah, I'm hearing about the black 300D - I never saw one!
@@DinoBytes And there's a 18-55mm USM kit lens too.fr-academic.com/pictures/frwiki/67/Canon_EOS_300D_(1).jpg
My first DSLR was the 450D. 10 years ago I switched to Fujifilm. But recently I began aquiring a lot of Canon DSLRs which I got very cheap. The 5D and 6d, 1D Mark II, 30D and also the 300D. I like to have a variety of rather cheap lenses for the EF Mount and it is easy to adapt old manual lenses too. I am also delighted in the colours and natural look of the images which nearly need no PP.
The 300D was my first DSLR, bought with the 28-135mm zoom. The camera has now sadly moved on to a better place after its grip went all sticky. I still have a 40D, which still has a native ISO that caps out at 1600. Those were the days!
You may enjoy my early videos on my main channel about the 40D! In fact I show a few clips in an upcoming retro review of the 10D coming in a few weeks...
Amazing re-review as always! My first DSLR was the Nikon D90 which your video in 2009 helped pick out. I recently purchased a used D700 as that was the camera I really wanted in 2009. The purchase decision was thanks to your D80 video! I really enjoyed the slide show at the end with photos from 20+ years ago. It sure shows digital photos can withstand the test of time and of course so can our own Gordon Laing!
Thanks! Glad you watched some of my older videos too! I'm tracking down a used D200 at the moment - like the D80, but tougher!
Very good retro review. You covered everything you need to know about cameras. Well done
Thanks!
Canon 400D was my first DSLR. Good one. But it didn't last long with me - I was working in a camera store in the evening shifts after my uni mornings, and I traded that 400D for an almost new 40D - well, that was a revelation! That 40D was like a BMW next to a Lada, and it successfully launched me into realms of professional photography where I have been floating for the past 18 years ( fracking hell)
Gordon, thank you for the review and a taste of nostalgia in my eyes.
Yep, the 40D was ace - I have several videos about it on my Camera's channel from around 2008, so they're pretty ropey-looking, but might be fun nostalgia to check out! Also look out for my upcoming 10D review which includes some 40D mentions!
I have one.The 300D was my first DLSR.
Damn. I wish that the on-board battery were still this easy to replace in later cameras.
My first DSLR was a Nikon D60, good little camera.
I was a latecomer to DSLRs coming from film SLR to a couple of cheap point and shoot digitals in 2001 and 2005. In 2010 I bought my first one, Nikon D70. It was an amazing leap even then from my Toshiba and Kodak cheap digitals. More recently I picked up the 300D and found comparable to D70, although the D70 is more advanced but the color science and IQ both excellent.
The Rebel 2,000 300 and 2,000 300v married and the 300D came out.
I got into photography with the Rebel 2,000 300. Got the V version and now have the 300D. Love them all!
A true milestone in photography chronicles, that made lots of film photographers ditched their film cameras.... A paragon of pivotal era is brought by the 300d...
Yes, I should have mentioned film more...
My first DSLR: Canon EOS 10D in 2004 with EF 28-135mm IS
Look out for my 10D retro review at the end of July!
@@DinoBytes can't wait for it. It will bring back good memories.
Hello, GordonI this is the first time I have noticed this new channel. Liked, and subscribed. I caught the bug for interchangeable-lens DSLRs while handling my wife’s employer’s D300s, then started shooting on my own with a Canon XTi (400D) that she had bought, earlier, pre-owned, from a co-worker. I then bought my own pre-owned XTi/400D, in August or September 2010, almost immediately followed by a pre-owned 40D, about October. The 40D was first DSLR I owned, that fit my hands well enough for it to be really fun to shoot. I/we still have the Tokina AT-X 100mm EF-mount macro lens, that I used to truly fall in love with photography, and I still have that 40D camera, though a progression of DSLRs and lenses have followed. Now and then, I still like to shoot a few frame with the 40D.
The factor that firmly established Canon as my first primary system was the truly wonderful all-weather EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS, which I first used on my 40D.
The chronologically oldest DSLR that I still own is a Nikon D2hs, a model released more than 20 years ago, though I bought it about 2018, to replace a drowned D1x, that I had used for long-exposure Infrared. (A flood in 2017 ruined several of our older cameras.) Sourcing batteries for the D1-series Nikons had become problematic, whereas it remained possible to find new batteries for the D2-series until quite recently. I had bought the D1x to use for forensic photography training in 2014. Some older Nikon DSLRs were an inexpensive way to shoot long-exposure IR, without having to convert a newer camera body. The D1x did allow a substantial amount of IR to pass. I never got around to trying IR shooting with the D2hs, because I retired, and no longer had a need to train in that particular “genre.” As I understand it, it was with the later D2x that Nikon finally used an OLPF that truly shut-down IR transmission.
My first full-35mm-frame DSLR was a Canon 5D, bought pre-owned in 2011. I still have it, though it coughed-up its mirror some time ago, a problem among aging 5D cameras that were manufactured before a specific serial number. Some day, for nostalgic reasons, I may try to source a replacement mirror, cannibalized from a defunct 5D, but, I solved the immediate problem, long ago, by simply acquiring a second pre-owned 5D, made after the mirror issue had been solved, at the manufacturing level. Now and then, I like to shoot a few images, with an old 5D.
The first DSLR that I bought new is a Canon 7D, which I still have. I upgraded to a pair of the 7D Mark II in 2014, and added the 5Ds R in 2016, then the 5D IV in 2018. This “team” of cameras remains useful, especially for macro, or when I want to shoot with Image-Stabilized 28mm or 35mm lenses. I did largely shift to Nikon DSLRs, however, for much shooting, in 2018, because my wife remains dedicated to the Nikon. It did not make financial sense to keep building a full set of Canon EF lenses, especially expensive lenses for the wildlife and nature photography that we started doing, more seriously, after we retired.
My personal Canon DSLR “peak” seems to be the 5D Mark IV. The R-Series mirror-deprived ILCs are not appealing. If I learn that a particular RF lens is truly worth the effort of making the leap, perhaps the RF 100mm Macro lens, well, I might. No rush. (On the Nikon side, I still dream, now and then, of adding a D6, so, may not have yet “peaked.” The integral GPS would be useful, in our “citizen scientist” volunteer work, to more-affirmatively document the location of the sighting of a species.)
Thanks for your detailed comment and I'm glad you found this channel! Look out for my upcoming 10D review which includes some 40D mentions!
My first DSLR was the Canon 20D. Enjoyed it for four years, then moved back to Nikon with the D200
The D200 was so good, and today can be bought for about $100 or pounds - an amazingly solid camera with one of the last big CCD sensors.
I got the 10D in September 2003, while my son got the 300D in 2004. Two great cameras for the time.
Hope you enjoy my upcoming 10D retro review!
They were great camers and with a 2.8 third party zooms took great images nice and clean images
My goodness that 10D you have looks absolutely mint!
It's certainly stood the test of time better than the 300D and Rebels I've seen! It's from MPB where they also cost about £30!
My first DSLR was the 10D. Thanks for the look back!
You're welcome, and look out for my 10D video at the end of July!
gosh i have one of these. its so slow and there's no focusing aid with manual lenses so I kept getting slightly out of focus shots. but its still fun to shoot as you work around those limitations
Fun review as always. Grab one? I say grab two or three, when you have some photography buddies come for a visit you can all use the same body on a photo walk. I have the 10D in triplicate and the same setup with Nikon in the D100 just incase... lol
That's a fun idea! PS - I just bought a D100, so hopefully it works ok...
@@DinoBytes Can't wait to see the review. I think the D60 and 10D are better options in terms of user experience but it's still surprisingly good especially if you're just viewing on a phone or tablet.
The Canon 350D was definitely tempting when I worked a summer job at an electronics store, but my hipster love for Minolta led me to choose a Konica Minolta 7D as my first DSLR. The anti-shake was truly awesome!
Yes, they were real innovators - I think that's what Sony found appealing when they acquired them.
The 300D Digital Rebel digital camera was my first digital Canon camera, purchased with the kit lens in late 2003. It came highly recommended by astrophotographers around the world, since Canon used the best low noise CMOS sensor available for this camera and its bigger brother the 10D. I've stuck with Canon since, with only a brief foray with the Sony a7 III in early 2018, when both Canon and Nikon were slow to move to mirrorless cameras.
My first Digital after a handful of film bodies. This was mind blowing when it came out! We should all cringe when people worry about printing anything under 20 megapixels.
I loved my 300D - i had an all-black one, but they were rarer than the standard silver one. It looked so much nicer, as the plastic really was cheap!
I didn't even know they did a black version!
My first DSLR-actually, my first SLR of any kind. I bought this in 2003 for a Journalism college course, which was the first year their photography program went digital. 15 years later, I traded it in for $500 off the EOS R, which I still have and use today.
Nice!
Awesome video! I have the 8MP Rebel XT from 2005. Still a great camera in my opinion!
The XT / 350D is a fine camera indeed, and I hope to make a video about it too!
That was my first digital camera also... After buying my last film camera Eos 3 (I still have it and kept it) nice seeing it again...
Happy memories!
@@DinoBytesthanks!!!
Wow was this really 21 years ago! I, like many others, started out with this camera. Upgraded to the 20D soon after which I loved. Felt like an extension of my arm. I stuck with the 20D for over 10 years before upgrading to the 5D3 and even that was because the 20D started to have issues. Then I bought the R when it first came out and almost instantly regretted it. I hated that camera so basically left it at home and carried on with the 5D3. Now on the R5 which is just the best
Nice progression! Yes, the 5D3 was a favourite of many for a long time!
My first DSLR was a Canon EOS 450D which replaced a Canon EOS 3 so I was still able to use my EF lenses.
In 2004 I went to circuit city display and looked at the Sony bridge camera on the right ($999), the Sony credit card camera on the left ($499) and picked the one in the middle, the Canon Powershot G5. ($499).
3:08 - Preikestolen/Pulpit Rock! That's where I work my day job, as a nature guide :D
Really?! That's a pretty cool place to work - one of the most terrifying places I've ever been! It was funny to see it at the end of one of the Mission Impossible films too, especially from the previous location in the film!
@@DinoBytes Yep yep, I'm doing a sunrise hike tonight, actually. Off to bed soon!
You certainly have to be mindful of where you step! Yes, weird to see it featured in a spy thriller XD
Those Canons definitely broke open the enthusiast digital SLR market. My gateways were the 20D and later 400D, both pretty awesome for the time and the cameras that convinced me that film was done for. Of course I was wrong on the latter point…😂
Yes, the comeback has been interesting!
This was my third digital camera (and I still have it!) I was using an Olympus C5050 and found it too slow to photograph anything moving, so when Jessops were offering the 300d at a reduced price with a bonus 256mb card I bought one! I never really liked the 300d so I bought a Pentax K100d ( I still have that one as well!) and the 300d when back in its box and into the attic. I did get it out a couple of years ago and it still works. My 300d didn't like cards greater than 2GB.
Yes, mine is fussy too, but it may be a brand issue
Thanks!
Thankyou! Much appreciated!
First DSLR: Canon 450D
Sold for the 70D, sold for the 80D, which I still own. Kept the 80D for nostalgia.
Do you still take out the 80D from time to time?
@@DinoBytes not really. Sometimes I check, if it is still working.
Used to borrow a 350D all the time, until finally saving up enough money years later to get a 50D. Learned most of the basics on the 350D but really go into photography with the 50D. Only upgraded to a D800 after really outgrowing the 50D, but still fondly remember that camera.
The xxD series is a very nice compromise in build quality, image quality, weight, price and size. Its a shame that a lot of features were deliberately undercut in xxD bodies after the 50D, to make more room for the 5D and 7D series.
A real game-changer as you say. I first got to use my old man's Nikon D70. But the quality of DSLR images until the D200 and the Canon 5D had me shooting film for anything serious. I still don't regret that. The colours and blown out highlights of those early DSLRs still look really bad to me - if way better than the compacts. And, of course, in that flush of DSLR mania, film was still cheap and pro film cameras - including medium format could be had for a song that young film shooters wouldn't believe. I bought a Pentax 67 in good working order for about 80 pounds.
But those early DSLRs were necessary as steps in the road. When my dad got a D200, I found myself borrowing it for dedicated photo expeditions - and that camera still stands up beautifully for image quality today.
I'd say for anyone looking back at DSLRs: avoid everything from before 2005. From then on they can stand up with anything today - only lacking video and convenience features.
Good advice, I'd also say around 2005 onwards ideally. I remember buying a Mamiya 7 II in the early 2000's. Out of reach now!
Have to disagree on that. Maybe for JPG. The 6MP sensor that was used in the D70 is also not that bad, although the 8MP sensor from the 20D better. I have still RAW files from back then, putting them into something like DXO Photolab produces very good results. That´s why always shooting in RAW is the best option. I don´t have any blownout highlights or other issues in there.
I've got a Digital Rebel a couple months ago basically for free (sold the lenses). The camera takes really nice photos in daylight (if you know what you're doing), even compared to the latest and greatest cameras. Use the pop up flash in dark environments to take point and shoot film camera like photos. The camera also works with the recent Canon EL-100 flash. Instead of using EF-S or EF lenses, you can also use M42 and even K-mount lenses by using an adapter while shooting in manual mode. Be aware though that focusing then is a hit and miss. If you lighten up the shadows in Photoshop Elements then you can see the limitation of the RAW files (=sensor) and the dynamic range is not great. That having said, if you can find a nice one for a few tenners or less: don't hesitate!
Nice!
A friend of mine got the 350d when it was released, and I got to borrow it for a weekend, I remember liking it as I was using a eos 500 film slr at that time and didn't have any major issues knowing the button layout between the two cameras.
It's unfortunate that the plastic coating dies with age, I had to get rid of a fully functional nikon film slr because of the sticky mess and unfortunately no amount of cleaning the camera helped and still left a sticky mess!
Keep up the good work!
Thanks for your support as always!
Hi Gordon, I love your video's! Would you ever do a review for the Olympus C7000?
I have some Olympus cameras coming up!
Good timing. I just dug out my EOS Rebel XTi (think its a 400D everywhere else?) and its tiny for a DSLR especially with the 40mm on it. Had to buy some batteries for it and it worked like a charm. The Xti does not have that sticky plastic like the 300D did I found this camera once at a thrift store for $35 and it was sticky. It took me hours to clean it off perfectly only to bend a pin a few days later and basically sell it for scrap after I could not straighten it out. Funny thing is I still remember the days on POTN message boards where people would complain about the Silver version. Glad that was only done for a few bodies.
Yep, the XTi was the 400D here. The first camera I reviewed on RUclips back in 2006!
@@DinoBytes is that video still up?
My first DSLR was the Canon 400D and I loved it! I paired it with a Sigma 17-50 f2.8 and took it everywhere! I really learned a lot using that camera and was heartbroken when it died following a dunking in the sea in 2012 (amazingly the lens survived!). I wasn't without a camera for long and soon had my hands on a 50D, then a 70D, then going full frame with a 5DmkIII, before jumping to mirrorless in 2020.
I might have to pick myself up a cheap used 400D for nostalgia sake 🙂
You should be able to find one at a low price! Hopefully not sea-damaged though!
My first DSLR, although I was a bit late to the party. I picked one up in 2014 for next to nothing since I was broke at the time and just looking for the absolute cheapest way into a DSLR. Loved the camera. Only real issues I had were the slow image buffer and very slow boot time. I pretty quickly moved on to a 20D and enjoyed that for a while until I needed something with a higher burst speed for action photography.
The 300D is still plenty usable if you're okay with being slower and more deliberate with your photos. Plus people are coming back around to enjoy the quality of cameras from this time period since they were still trying to be like film cameras rather than the color accurate resolution powerhouses we have now. Sometimes too good is too good.
In my opinion they started to be realy good around 550D or even 650D when this camera already had a touch screen that made it super easy to use
I see you've been to Norway. Hope you enjoyed it.
Anyway, my first DSLR was the 1000D, bought July 15th 2009. Still have it and take it out occasionally, usually around anniversaries, so I guess I'll be taking it out again in exactly two weeks.
I loved Norway, although I haven't been for years - would love to return!
still very capable image quality even today if you only post on instagram or facebook 😁 It also has the best ergonomics among all the xxxD camera released, shooting on 300D always remind me the touch and feel of the old Canon film SLRs from the 90's
As a long time owner of a Canon 10D, I would recommend getting 20D or later if you are buying today. The prices are similar. 10D takes nice photos but is slow to boot up and write files and not compatible with EF-S lenses.
Exactly right, and I mention this in my upcoming 10D review!
My first DSLR was the 20D, followed by 40D, 7D and 5D III which I still use today
My first proper camera was Nikon d300 and I enjoyed it thoroughly.
Classic camera!
indeed
The 300d was my first dslr since I already had some eos lenses. I then went on to a 20D and then a 5 D so I guess we followed the same path.
Nice!
I could not afford it back then, had to wait til the 550d came out😂
Nice on as always! My first one was a D30 when it was already older and could be had for $300. I was not impressed and quickly upgraded to a 10D which was not much more money at that time.
Great retro review as usual. I like the mix of new and old pics. Maybe next time you could add the dates or sort them, just an idea 😁Odd that your own 300D vanished, but this can happen, when moving or even when having a lot of things 😁
I never owned a 300D myself, my first EOS of the xxxD series I owned for a while was the 500D. Still, I´m curious. Even if you say one should better grab a newer model...sure, but I´m curios and think about getting a cheap 300D for playing around. Still have some CF cards here. And a Nikon D70s sitting for some years in my shelf(unfortunately also with the rubber issue - but a rub down with talcum solves it mostly).
Inspired by you I got me some older cameras you showed, the Sony F505 and F707 for not too much money. Still looking for a good F828, the prices are unfortunately pretty high. Tried a untested R1 for 30 bucks but unfortunately the one I got was totally broken inside(thankfully I got a refund).
I think I may have sold it! Yes, dates could be fun, although my holiday snaps were only until the 350D came out as I swapped them.
Greetings from Brazil!
Hello!
300D was also the first that supported EF-S lenses. 10D supported only EF which made finding wide angle lenses hard or expensive.
Yes, I mention EF-S in this video!
My first dslr! I'm having trouble tossing it away.
You should proudly display it!
My first DLSR was a Canon 450D