Throwback Review: Canon Rebel 300D

[Richard-CN]

I remember this camera, I picked it up from somewhere back when it was great to be wheeling and dealing on eBay and whatnot. I took it out to the park in Scarborough Bluffs and at least 2 of the shots from that day ended up as 20×30 prints on my wall. It's amazing what

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[AlanF]

I still have mine! It really was a breakthrough.

 

[Canon Rumors]

I still have mine! It really was a breakthrough.

That's one of the cameras I wish I had never sold.

 

[koenkooi]

My wife and I used a 20D + 350D combo for years and years, those cameras were a lot of fun! We sold the 350D, but kept the kit lens, not sure why

 

[DhlcadR6]

My wife and I used a 20D + 350D combo for years and years, those cameras were a lot of fun! We sold the 350D, but kept the kit lens, not sure why

That kit lens is for the mighty R100 to frighten Richard

 

[bbasiaga]

My wife and I bought one in 2004. I have a large print from it up in my house still. Eventually bought a 40D and passed this one on to a grad student my wife worked with at the time.

The weird thing is, I remember buying it before a trip we were taking, and we justified to ourselves the cost of film and development would eventually pay off the high price of the camera. I suppose that turned out to be true! I have no idea how many frames we took with it, but our previous trip to Yosemite with a Film Rebel camera we had at least a couple hundred dollars in film and development.

Brian

 

[Canon Rumors]

My wife and I bought one in 2004. I have a large print from it up in my house still. Eventually bought a 40D and passed this one on to a grad student my wife worked with at the time.

The weird thing is, I remember buying it before a trip we were taking, and we justified to ourselves the cost of film and development would eventually pay off the high price of the camera. I suppose that turned out to be true! I have no idea how many frames we took with it, but our previous trip to Yosemite with a Film Rebel camera we had at least a couple hundred dollars in film and development.

Brian

The 40D changed everything for me, what a camera.

 

[masterpix]

I remember this camera, I picked it up from somewhere back when it was great to be wheeling and dealing on eBay and whatnot. I took it out to the park in Scarborough Bluffs and at least 2 of the shots from that day ended up as 20×30 prints on my wall. It's amazing what

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This was my fisrt digital camera (digital rebel) at 2003, when the price went down under 1K$. at 6M image it was enough to make prints should I want to. Used it for over 9 years until it broke down and I bought the 7D.

 

[erader]

I still have mine! It really was a breakthrough.

it was the camera that opened the floodgates for digital photography, and a few years later the 5d became the first affordable FF camera and set the bar for IQ. i owned both!

 

[bbasiaga]

The 40D changed everything for me, what a camera.

It was the only camera I ever shot enough to need to replace the shutter.

 

[AJ]

This was my second digital camera and my first dslr. I had a lot of fun with this thing and I acquired some of my most cherished images with it. When I bought it I had full intent of shooting slide film alongside. That never happened of course.
Eventually I sold my 300d after upgrading, but I think I still have a batch of expired slide film somewhere in basement.

 

[Quack]

My first digital camera when it was just known as the Digital Rebel. Used it for 10 years until I bought the 6D. What I learned was that you needed to more than double the MPs to really make a difference, as I thought I would replace this camera with the 12.2 MP 450D, but then didn't. (Yes, I know there are exceptions if you need to crop a lot). Also learned that crop cameras did certain things better for me when I bought the 6D, and then bought a crop camera to supplement the full frame, which I still do to this day (and shoot the crop cameras far more often than the FF).