Canon Digital Rebel: a low-light point and shoot?

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Hi,

I'm a big fan of the P&S mode of photography, but I'm not a big fan of
P&S cameras. I own a Canon S400 which is great for carrying everywhere,
but like all cameras with small sensors, it doesn't do too well in low
light conditions.

I understand the Rebel/300D takes excellent shots at ISO1600. Does
anybody have any comments about the viability of shooting handheld, at
night, with this camera? What lens would you recommend (presumably a
fast prime?)?

Sam

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You can certainly use it as a point-and-shoot camera if you get a fast lens
for it. Something like a 28/2 or 35/2 would be ideal. The Canon 50/1.8 is
very low-priced but is narrower than a "normal" lens for that sensor size
(it's a good portrait lens).

"Sammiel" <lowrysam@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I'm a big fan of the P&S mode of photography, but I'm not a big fan of
> P&S cameras. I own a Canon S400 which is great for carrying everywhere,
> but like all cameras with small sensors, it doesn't do too well in low
> light conditions.
>
> I understand the Rebel/300D takes excellent shots at ISO1600. Does
> anybody have any comments about the viability of shooting handheld, at
> night, with this camera? What lens would you recommend (presumably a
> fast prime?)?
>
> Sam
>

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"Sammiel" <lowrysam@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I'm a big fan of the P&S mode of photography, but I'm not a big fan of
> P&S cameras. I own a Canon S400 which is great for carrying everywhere,
> but like all cameras with small sensors, it doesn't do too well in low
> light conditions.
>
> I understand the Rebel/300D takes excellent shots at ISO1600. Does
> anybody have any comments about the viability of shooting handheld, at
> night, with this camera? What lens would you recommend (presumably a
> fast prime?)?

I've recently had very good luck shooting at night at ISO 16000 with a
REbel and a 100-300 IS lens taking shots of cityscapes and individual
buildings hand held from a moving dinner cruise vessel!

Their optical image stabilization really friggin works. I was
impressed.

So, go for it, and get some glass that is both fast and features image
stabilization.

Best Regards,
--
Todd H.
http://www.toddh.net/

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>I understand the Rebel/300D takes excellent shots at ISO1600. Does
>anybody have any comments about the viability of shooting handheld, at
>night, with this camera? What lens would you recommend (presumably a
>fast prime?)?

The DRebel makes a great P&S camera (in "Greek box" mode), and an even
better almost-P&S camera in its Program mode.

Choose a fast lens, and leave open the option of MF. MF at night will
be much faster, and if you're shooting objects reasonably far away,
you can leave the lens focused to near infinity, and everything will
be in focus.

-Joel

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