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.
@@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.
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
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.
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. 😊
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!
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.
@@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'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.
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!
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.
Sadly I sold it, BUT I do want to get one back again to see just how good it really was. I think people assume it's better than it actually was! But still an important model as the first affordable full-frame. I did make a few videos about it in the early days of my main cameralabs channel if you fancy looking back at how I made them 18 years ago!
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!
This was my first camera, had just finished a photography course at college. I remember my teacher was against digital cameras, however I knew what I wanted and I ordered it from B&H. I shot everything from weddings and government events to kids and landscapes, including one that I printed 4ft that's sitting in my living room. This 6mp camera started me on my journey, I have so much respect for this camera ❤
I hear similar stories about other teachers back then - they hated dealing with things they don't know, so inevitably concentrate on cameras they're familiar with. Same for computers and programming languages.
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! ❤
I started watching your channel in 2008 because you did a review of the Nikon D80. I purchased that camera to go with my first DSLR camera , the D70, based on your review. I have been shooting ever since. Thanks.
Glad to help! I remember the D80 very fondly. Did you see my recent retro review of it on my main channel? PS - thanks for being a long-time supporter, it's very much appreciated!
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!
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!
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
The EOS Digital Rebel was my first DSLR. In fact, my first SLR and interchangeable lens camera. Early lens upgrades included the EF 85mm f/1.8 USM and EF 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 USM. I also added the vertical battery grip.
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.
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!
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.
I skipped the 10D when I started collecting Canon a few years ago, and bought this instead. I love it. I recently added a second 20D as a backup in case anything ever happens to the first one! I love this series, thanks for the great content.
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...
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.
The 350D was my first proper camera when it was brand new. I wish I’d learned to use it properly at the time. Oh well, I’m learning now haha. I recently bought a copy of the 350 for old times sake and still amazed at the images it can produce
It was the camera I bought for my father for his 60th.1 year later I bought myself a Nikon D50 as my wife had an analog Nikon with some lenses. Although my father was happy with the gift as he has always been a Canon guy, I never regretted to go the Nikon path...
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.)
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.
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
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.
Nice video! I handled one of these back in the day when a friend and I compared cameras. I was surprised how bad the viewfinder of the Rebel was compared to the Pentax *ist DS I had. Though, the grip was more comfortable on the Canon.
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.
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 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!
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 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!
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.
Canon D30 was my first DSLR (for photo-jounalism), followed by the D60 and the 10D. Was sooo glad to get rid of all the chemicals needed to develop b&w and color.
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).
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!
I plan to move up to a 5D MkIII from my MkII, but having the body already for the MkII still allows me to swap out different glass to get better results. I’m happy with it right now though. I still have an old 20D that I tried out a few times to use like I employ my full frame canon, but it’s just too wide of a divide to be worth carrying around.
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!
I bought a 300d as my first dslr a few years ago sadly the rubber doors fell apart and the internals started to go with errors being more and more common so I ended upgrading to a D80 instead and had no issues
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
@@DinoBytes It works, you need a good and thorough rub-down, but it is worth the effort. Cleaned my Panasonic G1 and D70S. A bit of the gum might stick still, but with enough time you will get rid of it.
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.
@@DinoBytes I know what you mean. At the time I was working in the States and earning good money but it does give a perspective on the price of today's kit. Back home for Christmas 2000 I paid around £2,250 for it with a lens, at today's prices according to Goole that would be £5,096 ! Yikes I could buy an R3 !!!
My first DSLR, easy to upgrade from an EOS300 film camera. Followed up to 400D, then to 40D, 50D, and finally to 5D mkII. And after all those years have been buying those earlier models, 10D, 20D etc., still looking for 30D. And still have every one of them in perfect order.
@@DinoBytes Nope, local prices here in Finland are usually much lower than at ebay. That is if the seller does not think he is selling a piece of gold.
It is so interesting to look at the last 2 x 300 series Eos film bodies which came out in 2002 and 2004 I think it was. The 300v then the 300x. The design style was definitely taken over into the digital Rebel series and this one in particular is so similar to the 300v. I am just waiting for a copy of that film camera to come from eBay as they are dirt cheap right now. I shoot Canon DSLRs so have plenty of EF lenses to use on it. I think it's an interesting bit of history in that change over period from film to digital
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
@@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.
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.
@@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!
My first one was the 20D which I still have! I bought my son who was still at school back in 2004 a 300D. He replaced it with a 600D a few years later which he passed on to me last Christmas!
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.
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...
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.
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 :)
Rebels caused me camera envy. I was using (from 2001) Olympus Camedia 2.1 mp compact. I was not well aware yet of the implications of sensor size. For example as when I got the Zuiko 50 f/2 for it. But thinking the rationale of 4/3 DSLR system made a lot of sense as for how it handle light path down 'straighter down' to sensor I went for an Olympus E500 2 lends kit, in December 2005.
Yep, the straighter light path of FT did give it some corner benefits versus larger sensors. It took some time for the companies to adapt and optimise larger sensor designs.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 UA-cam about the 400D!
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.
@@Localtraveler2376 thanks!
Hello great vid. Can I ask how you managed to pick off the sticky leather on the sides of the camera?? Bests Sebastian @@DinoBytes
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.
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!
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.
My wife and I used a 20D and 350D for years, they were so much fun to use!
Nice combo!
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!
Please never ever stop this channel I love you Gordon :( you’re the best
Thankyou! I hope to keep making more and more of these! Look out for my EOS 10D retro review in a couple of weeks!
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'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!
Thanks!
Thankyou! Much appreciated!
This was my intro to photography! I waited for the 350D and never looked back! Great vid!
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!
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
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!
Do you still have the 5D? That would be a super cool review
Sadly I sold it, BUT I do want to get one back again to see just how good it really was. I think people assume it's better than it actually was! But still an important model as the first affordable full-frame. I did make a few videos about it in the early days of my main cameralabs channel if you fancy looking back at how I made them 18 years ago!
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!
This was my first camera, had just finished a photography course at college. I remember my teacher was against digital cameras, however I knew what I wanted and I ordered it from B&H.
I shot everything from weddings and government events to kids and landscapes, including one that I printed 4ft that's sitting in my living room.
This 6mp camera started me on my journey, I have so much respect for this camera ❤
I hear similar stories about other teachers back then - they hated dealing with things they don't know, so inevitably concentrate on cameras they're familiar with. Same for computers and programming languages.
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!
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!
I started watching your channel in 2008 because you did a review of the Nikon D80. I purchased that camera to go with my first DSLR camera , the D70, based on your review. I have been shooting ever since. Thanks.
Glad to help! I remember the D80 very fondly. Did you see my recent retro review of it on my main channel? PS - thanks for being a long-time supporter, it's very much appreciated!
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.
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
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
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!!
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!
The EOS Digital Rebel was my first DSLR. In fact, my first SLR and interchangeable lens camera. Early lens upgrades included the EF 85mm f/1.8 USM and EF 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 USM. I also added the vertical battery grip.
I still have my 85 1.8! But originally from my EOS 5 film SLR bought in the mid 90s!
Very good retro review. You covered everything you need to know about cameras. Well done
Thanks!
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!
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!
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!
I skipped the 10D when I started collecting Canon a few years ago, and bought this instead. I love it. I recently added a second 20D as a backup in case anything ever happens to the first one! I love this series, thanks for the great content.
You're welcome!
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...
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!
The 350D was my first proper camera when it was brand new. I wish I’d learned to use it properly at the time. Oh well, I’m learning now haha. I recently bought a copy of the 350 for old times sake and still amazed at the images it can produce
It is still a solid camera and such a bargain now. I'll be making a video about it here soon.
@@DinoBytes awesome can’t wait!
It was the camera I bought for my father for his 60th.1 year later I bought myself a Nikon D50 as my wife had an analog Nikon with some lenses. Although my father was happy with the gift as he has always been a Canon guy, I never regretted to go the Nikon path...
I have a D100 waiting for me to review soon!
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!
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...
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
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.
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
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.
Nice video! I handled one of these back in the day when a friend and I compared cameras. I was surprised how bad the viewfinder of the Rebel was compared to the Pentax *ist DS I had. Though, the grip was more comfortable on the Canon.
I remember reviewing the *ist and I still wonder how to pronounce that today!
@@DinoBytes Haha, true. What I heard back then was "star i-s-t DS" 😄 It's possible I had seen your work on the camera.
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!
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!
Where can I get that awesome shirt? 😩
I was given it by Canon a LONG time ago. Not sure if they still sell it, or even if they ever sold it!
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 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!
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!
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
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 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.
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
4:36 i feel like canon nailed the buttons n switches on their cameras
even today, my a6700 doesn't feel as satisfying to manipulate as my 650d
Yep, they got a lot right a long time ago. Especially on the 10D onwards.
The 300D was my first DSLR! I was able to shoot events and fine art with it. I donated it years later, however may look into another!
Canon D30 was my first DSLR (for photo-jounalism), followed by the D60 and the 10D. Was sooo glad to get rid of all the chemicals needed to develop b&w and color.
Nice! Hope you've seen my D30 video! Plus I have one on the 10D soon!
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.
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
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!!!
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!
Damn. I wish that the on-board battery were still this easy to replace in later cameras.
I plan to move up to a 5D MkIII from my MkII, but having the body already for the MkII still allows me to swap out different glass to get better results. I’m happy with it right now though. I still have an old 20D that I tried out a few times to use like I employ my full frame canon, but it’s just too wide of a divide to be worth carrying around.
I came back to Canon with the 350D. Great camera at the time. Still with Canon now, with the 800D.
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.
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!
I bought a 300d as my first dslr a few years ago sadly the rubber doors fell apart and the internals started to go with errors being more and more common so I ended upgrading to a D80 instead and had no issues
The D80 was ace - did you see my retro review of it on my main camera labs channel?
@@DinoBytes yep another excellent review
My first DSLR 😊
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!
Lovely, thanks.
you're welcome!
I put talc on the sticky mess
Does that actually work? Won't it become like paste?!
@@DinoBytes Try it. If your camera is much more sticky then it might be less successful. I bought a 5D today. Waiting for it to come in the mail.
@@DinoBytes It works, you need a good and thorough rub-down, but it is worth the effort. Cleaned my Panasonic G1 and D70S. A bit of the gum might stick still, but with enough time you will get rid of it.
Eos450d was my first DSLR and was in use for 11 years before jumping into the R-System
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 was the D30 followed by the 350D around 2005 :)
Ah, a D30! I don't know many people who had that one...
@@DinoBytes I know what you mean. At the time I was working in the States and earning good money but it does give a perspective on the price of today's kit. Back home for Christmas 2000 I paid around £2,250 for it with a lens, at today's prices according to Goole that would be £5,096 ! Yikes I could buy an R3 !!!
My first DSLR, easy to upgrade from an EOS300 film camera. Followed up to 400D, then to 40D, 50D, and finally to 5D mkII. And after all those years have been buying those earlier models, 10D, 20D etc., still looking for 30D. And still have every one of them in perfect order.
Yeah, I don't see many 30Ds. Have you set an ebay alert on one?
@@DinoBytes Nope, local prices here in Finland are usually much lower than at ebay. That is if the seller does not think he is selling a piece of gold.
It is so interesting to look at the last 2 x 300 series Eos film bodies which came out in 2002 and 2004 I think it was. The 300v then the 300x. The design style was definitely taken over into the digital Rebel series and this one in particular is so similar to the 300v. I am just waiting for a copy of that film camera to come from eBay as they are dirt cheap right now. I shoot Canon DSLRs so have plenty of EF lenses to use on it. I think it's an interesting bit of history in that change over period from film to digital
Good plan!
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
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.
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 had an early Canon D6. Believe they made a D30 also. D60 ok except exposure had to be tweaked. Got a 30D and loved that camera.
I have a separate video all about the D30!
My first one was the 20D which I still have! I bought my son who was still at school back in 2004 a 300D. He replaced it with a 600D a few years later which he passed on to me last Christmas!
You should take your 20d out for a spin
@@DinoBytes I do quite a lot these days!
They were great camers and with a 2.8 third party zooms took great images nice and clean images
I once had the 300D used for wedding photography and printed 16-24 inch photos.
It can certainly stretch to that
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
Hello great vid. Wow how did you get the sticky leather off by picking it? Please let me know.. Sebs!
To be honest, this one was supplied with the grip material removed, but I believe they used rubbing alcohol.
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...
My first DSLR is the XT. Still use it along with my T7
Hi Gordon, I love your video's! Would you ever do a review for the Olympus C7000?
I have some Olympus cameras coming up!
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!
Like others the Digital Rebel was my first DSLR. BOUGHT it when it was first available.
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!
Rebels caused me camera envy. I was using (from 2001) Olympus Camedia 2.1 mp compact.
I was not well aware yet of the implications of sensor size. For example as when I got the Zuiko 50 f/2 for it.
But thinking the rationale of 4/3 DSLR system made a lot of sense as for how it handle light path down 'straighter down' to sensor I went for an Olympus E500 2 lends kit, in December 2005.
Yep, the straighter light path of FT did give it some corner benefits versus larger sensors. It took some time for the companies to adapt and optimise larger sensor designs.
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 UA-cam back in 2006!
@@DinoBytes is that video still up?
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.
I hope you also get to make a video on the 5D Classic. The first moderate sized Body with a full frame sensor. Amazing quality for such cheapness
I will at some point, but it's getting to the era I already covered on my main channel
I have one.The 300D was my first DLSR.
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.
The 300D was my first DSLR. Had the Canon Pro90IS before it and I could use the same batteries from the earlier camera.
Hope you've seen my Pro90 video!
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.
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.