Canon EOS 500D

[Chris Sokol]

I believe that I have narrowed down my search for a new camera to the Canon 500D, and was wondering if any of you have used this camera and could offer up your opinions.

 

[Chris Allington]

I believe that I have narrowed down my search for a new camera to the Canon 500D, and was wondering if any of you have used this camera and could offer up your opinions.

Chris,

I just bought one myself a couple of weeks ago after owning an XT and XTi. I will say if your wanting to shoot alot of video with it I would look for a video camera and a still camera, it will shoot hd but wont do well while moving around alot with the selective focus of an slr lens and limited space on the card. (Even with a 16gb card my 500d says it can only hold about 50 minutes of video.) That being said the Rebel series has never let me done and I'm pleased with it so far. Ill have some shots up soon that were taken with it on my site from documenting the NW Iowa ice storm.