Canon EOS Rebel T3 Digital SLR Camera with EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens (discontinued by manufacturer)

I received this camera from Amazon in early January 2013. Since then I have shot nearly 4000 photos with it. Are there better cameras? Of course there are but they cost a lot more money. With regard to the quality of photos, I doubt you would be able to actually see the difference between this and a much more expensive camera unless you made an enlargement over 20 X 30 inches. I owned a Minolta SLR, completely manual, from around 1975 till I traded it in for my first digital camera around the late 1990s. I should have kept the SLR longer but I jumped into digital too early and the first camera was expensive and really not very good. My second digital camera was about the same money but much better. The Rebel T3 has met and exceeded my expectations. I truly enjoy every aspect of using it. Really the first thing I noticed was how well this camera fit my hands. I have about average man sized hands and the fit was excellent. This camera is lighter than my nearly 40 year old Minolta because the T3 is made of plastic. Being lighter is a good thing. I dont think the camera looks or feels cheap. One of my friends, when he first saw the camera, thought I must have spent a fortune on it. I like to get all the bang for my buck I can get and that was the principle reason I bought the T3. The rebel T3 does everything I needed a DSLR to do and does it well. When I bought it, I knew it could only shot about 3 shots a second and some cameras can shoot more. I havent found this to be much of a loss. 3 shots a second is adequate. It doesnt have a built in GPS. My son has this on his Sony camera and says it takes time to locate itself and really doesnt work as advertised. That might have been a feature I would have liked. This camera can take excellent photos up to 6400 ISO. Considering my background in SLR cameras, where the film you used set the ISO and only went to about 800, 6400 allows me to shot in really low light even using the kit lens. By the ways, I found the kit lens very usable and I am able to get great shots with it. I plan to buy the 50 mm f1.8 prime lens in the near future and I am sure it will give me added ability combined with the T3. With regard to ISO, some of my shots at concerts with low and odd lighting have turned out excellent even using an ISO of 6400. Other shots, taken at this same ISO, have had camera noise that diminished them, but they were still usable. Some other cameras have the ability to shoot at higher ISOs and this would be useful, but not really necessary other than in really extreme low light situations. Many DSLRs shoot a larger number than the 12.2 MP the T3 has. More MP is needed only if you want to produce a print that is truly huge or do very severe cropping. Otherwise, 12.2 MP can make an up to 20 X 30 inch print that is excellent. More MP do not make a better picture other than the instances above. They do, however, take up more hard drive space. I can crop a T3 exposure in a severe manner and still have a good 8 X 10" print. I have taken shots outside when the temperature was below zero, and the camera functioned fine. It could take it as long as I could take it. Using the AEB setting (auto bracketing) I can take 3 different exposures of up to two stops apart in an instant. This is really useful for HDR photography. The T3 is easy to learn even if you dont have an extensive background in ISO, F-stop, and shutter speeds. The best way to learn with any camera is to take many, many shots. If some important shot is coming up, take a couple hundred shots with the T3, to get to know it a little, and you will do well. Ive read some reviews that didnt think the T3 took good pictures. It is the photographers fault, not the camera. You have to learn to use enough shutter speed, combined with the right ISO and aperture, and then you can get nearly perfect pictures every time. This camera will help you with that but it still takes practice and a little skill to get it right. Even being an experienced user of an SLR, I still makes mistakes and am continuing to learn. Sometimes I make really dumb mistakes but even making mistakes makes you a better photographer. I have only taken maybe 3 videos with this camera. I didnt buy it to be a video camera. The videos I did take were adequate, not exceptional, and the sound quality was ok but not excellent. Get a good and large capacity sd card to use with the camera. The camera needs a good sd card to do all it can do. The first SD I purchased really didnt cut the mustard because it couldnt keep up with the camera on rapid shots. If you want excellent pictures shoot a large, fine jpeg or RAW or combine the two. Then the large SD card will pay for itself. While I plan to buy extra batteries, this camera can shot hundreds of shots on a single charge. It has a superb battery life. If you purchase a T3, Ill probably see your photos on Flickr. I like to look at the photos taken witha T3. Good luck and good shooting.

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This camera is an amazing product. It is extremely light weight but very durable. The quality of the picture is amazing the 18-55mm is a great starter lens. I am a complete dSLR novice. I also bought the additional 50mm lens for 104.00 and it is absolutely perfect. It has a lot of option but you can figure out the basics of it without the guide but I did purchase an additional guide by David Bausch for the t3 it has been very helpful I read a little bit before my purchase in a sample on the kindle to see how comfortable I would be with the camera based on the guide. Together the guide and this camera is really amazing. I felt so comfortable with it as a novice. I also got the photoshop elements 10 and it is absolutely great. The camera does come with photo editing software but I prefer a different setting of software but you get everything you need for a basic set up it is amazing for an entry level and you can just do so much! I have to say I havent been this excited about a purchase in a while. My dog is now running away since he is my favorite test subject.

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WHAT I LIKE: - Quality image, good colors and contrast. - Camera setting allow for more creativity and you can experiment with depth of field (as opposed to auto point-and-shoots where you have little creative control over shots). - Built-in flash is nice to have, lights well for medium-range shots (but you cant be too close to the subject). - Comes with USB cable and EOS utility software CD that allows you to easily import photos to a PC/Mac. - Comes with battery and charger; battery life is very good. WHAT I DISLIKE: - Sometimes Autofocus does not always work properly, even though its very obvious what the subject should be (this only happens a small percentage of the time, and its not a huge issue because manual focus is the way to go in my opinion). - I remember that I thought the camera was a bit noisy when you snap a photo - Ive since gotten used to it. The one thing I would recommend is to invest in a telephoto lens, you will want to have it so you can zoom in on subjects that are farther away. Amazon often has discounts or offers if you purchase a telephoto lens with the camera. Heres a bundle, this seems to be the best deal currently (but Amazons prices are always changing): Canon EOS Rebel T3 12.2 MP CMOS Digital SLR and 18-55mm IS II Lens and EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III Telephoto Zoom Lens Bundle

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I havent tested this product out but I just got it in the mail! It is more than I expected. It came with a neck strap, charger, battery and USB cable all for 229$ from TEXTBOOKRUSH! NO this is not sponsored and Im not getting paid for this opinion. Although I was expecting a T3i not a T3... but thats my fault for not reading the name correctly. Other than that Im happy with this product! IT DOESNT COME WITH A MEMORY CARD. Oh and I just ordered this 5 days ago and it barely came in the mail!

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First thing to get out of the way is that if you need a DSLR mainly for photography (not videography) then you cant go wrong with this one. The thing that will make any difference in your photos/results is NOT the camera body; its your skills/vision/compositions AND the lenses you have. Save money on body, buy this cheaper unit and use your saving to buy a second lens (the 50mm f1.8 is a MUST HAVE). Now onto why i really like this camera: 1. Obviously the price! Espacially when paying more does not get you much more. This is espacially true for people who are looking for their first DSLR. These camera and their accessories WILL get expensive. As i said, the camera body is where you can cut some corners without impacting your end-results much. Buying it during holidays saves you more with deals and packages floating around. 2. Battery life: My first DSLR was a Rebel XSi. It was very good but the best part was battery life - outstanding! Later i upgraded to T1i and sold my XSi. The T1i offers higher resolution LCD screen BUT that also causes the battery to drain much faster. This T3 is infact sort of a clone of XSi - same resolution, same kind of LCD and yes, same great battery life! 3. Light weight: Its also very light and wont cause any trouble even after a whole day of shooting/wearing this on your neck. If you pair it with a light-weight prime lens like 50mm 1.8 or 35mm 2.0 (i would highly recommend both) - the whole package becomes a light-weight amazing photos machine. 4. Easy to use: Perfect for beginners and offers much room to grow/get serious with your stuff. If you are coming from a point-and-shoot, it can act like one where you dont have to worry about any settings at all. This is my 2nd body along with my T1i - notice that i did not call it a "backup camera" - it is infact one of my primary camera. I grab either one depending on which one has the lens mounted that i need at the moment. Final note: I was a Canon-guy and Canon was first to bring the affordable DSLR to market so i went with their product. If you are just starting, it might be worth looking at Nikon D3100 as ive heard that is a better entry-level camera. But if you already have a collection of Canon lenses (or like them more), this is your camera.

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I wasn’t sure about buying a used DSLR without putting my hands in it first. There had to be dozens of used Canon T3 from an equal number of vendors. I chose one from Phototronics because of their description, the photo they provided of the gear, and the 100-day Hassle Free Return Policy. I paid for expedited delivery and it arrived a day earlier than promised! I was excited to get it, so arriving early was a great surprise. It was packed well, the gear clean and 100% functional. Promise made, promise delivered. The T3 itself is a great camera for entry into the art, and functional enough to backup your higher-end cameras. I learned photography long before digital cameras; my first working camera was a Canon F1 SLR - the camera used by US Navy photographers before digital. Even though there are better cameras out there, I am not disappointed with the Canon Rebel T3.

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I spent weeks looking through Amazon to find a replacement for my point & shoot camera that finally quit working. I looked specifically for a camera that was under $500 and had quality auto focus abilities, as I do not like to fiddle around with camera settings (because I usually screw them up), rapid fire picture taking so I dont have to wait while photographing the grandkids, superior picture quality, HD video setting, excellent battery life (a must), easy to upload to my computer and was overall reliable. I spent hours reading the comments about a number of cameras, (Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic) but kept coming back to this Canon EOS Rebel T3 because it met all of my above requirements whereas the other cameras for one reason or another (usually not good battery life or slow picture taking), did not. As a side note, one person who bought this Canon through an Amazon vendor, was not happy with the package condition upon arrival at his home, and he had to return the damaged goods. The day I decided to purchase this camera, it was actually $5 cheaper and on Prime through a vendor, however, I opted to pay the extra $5 and have it fulfilled and shipped by Amazon (whom I have never had a problem with packaging or customer service). Package arrived is excellent condition BTW. Anyway, I LOVE this camera!!!! For me, who is not a camera whiz, it does everything I want or need it to do. The button functions are easily found, the pictures are superior and the lens fits just about every need I have. However, I love this camera so much that I will probably spring for another zoom lens to experiment with more photography. I also purchased the Transcend 16 GB SDHC smart card from Amazon and that works just fine. I will have to purchase another camera case as the lens is a little too big to fit into my modestly sized old point & shoot camera case. I am very glad I purchased this Canon EOS Rebel T3!

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Ive had this camera for four years now and it has been an absolute pleasure to work with in all that time. It was given to me by family as a present and was my first DSLR camera. Its a great entry level camera, and can produce wonderful images if you know how to work the system! Video quality is nice, although I wish it had included automatic focusing while filming. Colors are captured nicely, and there are a lot of prefigured settings as well as manual settings you can use to achieve your desired results. The focusing system was tack sharp in the beginning, though the camera always had difficulty in shooting evening/night scenes. More recently the focus has not been so sharp, and it takes a while to "hunt" for the focus point, which is why I prefer manual focusing. But, it has been through four years of continuous use, so Ill allow it that! Again, while it is an entry level camera, if you play around with it and are willing to get creative, it can yield fantastic photos! Only half of the images success is in the camera after all- the other half lies with you the photographer!

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I know that this is an entry level dslr, I know that it doesnt have some of the features of higher end cameras, but you know what...you dont need as many features as you think you do. Let me break it down: ISO max: 6400. If you need to shoot 6400 or higher, you need more light. Photos in most higher end cameras have too much noise at this level anyway. I dont shoot above 1600. Frame rate: 3 per second. I dont shoot sports, so this doesnt bother me. If I did shoot sports, I could still make this work. You dont necessarily need 10 frames per second to shoot fast moving things, you just have to think a little more about what you are doing. 12.2 mega pixels. If you have done any research on MPs, then you should know that more MPs doesnt mean better quality. The lens has much more to do with quality. I get amazing picture quality with this. I had some 8 x 10s printed and they are crystal clear. I wouldnt hesitate to get larger prints either. Some people have complained that it "feels" cheap in your hands. Canon sacrificed some of the rubbery feel of the grip to get the price down. There is still rubber on the grip, though. I have been shooting with this for a year, I have no problem with how it feels. Fact of the matter is, you would get used to how a camera feels regardless, so unless you have had super rubbery grips before and just cant imagine anything less, than you wont have a problem. Screen doesnt tilt out. Sure, that would have been nice, but I got used to it and dont care. Screen is only 2.7", instead of 3" like the next model up. Big deal. Screen looks great. Max shutter speed: 1/4000 sec. This is plenty fast, trust me. I couldnt afford f1.2 lens to shoot with in the full brightness of the sun anyway. I rarely have to shoot that fast anyway, even with my f2 50mm lens, I still dont often get above 1/3200 sec. 9 autofocus points, center is cross type. If you dont know what that means, dont worry. More cross type would be nice, but whatever. I trust my eyes, and I dont often use autofocus anyway. But when I do, its great. No dedicated DOF button. Again, if you dont know what that is, dont worry. If you do, you can customize one of the other buttons to do this, but I rarely if at all use it anyway. The battery life on this is amazing. I use my camera at least a little everyday, and when I really go out to use it heavily, the battery just goes and goes. I go weeks between charges. Additional batteries for this camera are only about $12 bucks anyway. Its not weather sealed. Big deal, I dont like walking around in the rain anyway. I have been out in light rain with no problems, but if I had spent a lot more money on a weather sealed camera, I would probably hesitate more to get it wet. Being out in the extreme cold in a dry bag hasnt bothered it either. This is a fantastic camera. I primarily shoot full manual in raw, adjustments are quick and intuitive, picture quality is amazing, build quality is great. I tend to take care of my things anyway. I carry this around in a neoprene case in my timbuk2 bag pretty much everywhere I go and it gives me no problems. The menues are easy to navigate, buttons are comfortable. I use it with a speedlight, works great. Heres a tip. If you are like me and dont have oodles of money, this is a great camera at a great price. The kits lens is fine, not great. I have the 55-250 zoom lens (less than $200 bucks), and I love it. Will it shoot in a very dimly lit room? Not very well, again, not a big deal. It actually has really great shallow depth of field at 55mm f4. Since I shoot in manual, I purchased an old nikon 50mm f2 lens, with an adapter (adapter on amazon for about $10), and it is awesome. Manual lenses on ebay are super cheap compared to their newer fully auto siblings. If you can shoot manual (which you should learn to do anyway), then this is an inexpensive way to get great quality lenses for a fraction of the price. My old nikon lens is 38 years old but shoots like its brand new. I also purchased a step up ring on amazon (about $7), which adapts the nikon 52mm thread to canon 58mm, so I can use my canon sized filters and caps. Dont think that you have to spend more money on a dslr to get better pictures. This really is a great camera.

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Im no expert or anything. Just a standard guy who decided he didnt have enough pictures of things and wasnt satisfied with documenting his life with a cell phone camera. I read up on cameras for a while I came down to this one or the T3i. My parents both have a T3 themselves and I was pretty happy with the results I got playing around with those. Looking at the main differences between the two, (The ones I concerned myself with were primarily the large difference in resolution (12.2 MP on the T3 and 18 MP on the T3i) , the self-cleaning sensor (T3i), the 1080p (T3i) vs 720p (T3) video recording, and the external microphone jack (T3i)) Obviously, I ended up going with the T3. Why, you ask? Well, I did some research and found that, when printing photos at 300 dpi (very high quality) you can get prints up to 14x9"! I cant imagine a scenario in which an amateur like myself would need to print anywhere near that, so that eliminated my desire for the very high 18 MP count. Heres an illustration to explain it:[...] I heard great stories about the self-cleaning sensor, however, after looking up instruction on how to clean your sensor, it became clear that this feature would be handy on very rare occasions. Not to mention, keeping the autocleaning feature on increases the time it takes to go from "camera off" to "taking photos." If I want to take a picture of something, I dont want to wait for my camera to groom itself; I want it now. The big drawback to this camera is its reduced functionality in taking video compared with its overachieving cousin. Dont get me wrong, it would be great to shoot video in 1080p and be able to use an external mic for sound versatility, but I bought this camera to take photographs. The fact that it takes video at all is just a bonus. By buying this camera instead of the T3i, I was able to get a nice zoom lens bundled with it for the same total price I would have paid for just the T3i kit. (Via the little offer a few sections under the price on the product page.) MY IMPRESSIONS: This is my first DSLR. Its a huge step up from my phone. With the included lens, I was almost immediately able to take the best pictures Ive ever taken of my dog, my cats, my girlfriend, and anything I felt like shooting. I havent tried all of the features because I like shooting in manual mode (Occasionally using autofocus when Im feeling lazy) but I can say this thing is great. In good light, pictures come out crisp, clean, and vibrant. In bad light, with some adjustments and a steady hand, pictures come out crisp, clear, and vibrant! The HUD in the viewfinder makes the LCD unnecessary except for viewing pictures. When using autofocus or when holding the shutter button halfway while focusing, little red lights come up on a grid in the viewfinder to show you what youre focusing on. This feature really helps get a sharpness you cant even really perceive while youre shooting, only when reviewing photos later. When I flip the switch to turn the camera on, I can start shooting almost instantly. The time it takes to ready itself is less than what it takes for me to bring the camera up to my face. The video it takes, while not perfect, is way better than on my phone. I cant say anything about hearing the autofocus while shooting but you probably can. I just havent used it while messing with the video function. Overall, Id say this camera (the possibility of accidents aside) will last me more than long enough to master photography to the point that I can justify buying a professional level shooty picture machine. If youre a beginner, just wanting to take good pictures, look no further. The T3i is great and all, but for the extra money, you wouldnt be getting much more.

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