Canon rebel t3 review

Marking a new entry point to the Rebel line, the Canon T3 offers good image quality, a friendly design, and excellent battery life. Although its burst-shooting capabilities don't match the best-in-class, and has a few omissions such as dust removal and spot metering, these are fairly easy to overlook given the entry-level pricetag. In all, a fairly easy recommendation for the first-time SLR buyer. Well-considered ergonomics and control layout; Canon rebel t3 review build; Good image quality; Great battery life; High-def movie capture.

The Canon EOS Rebel T3 produces images with near accurate saturation, particularly in the bright yellows, greens and cyans. Strong reds, oranges, dark brown, some greens and dark blues are pushed a little though. Overall saturation of Most consumer digital cameras produce color that's more highly saturated more intense than found in the original subjects. This is simply because most people like their color a bit brighter than life. Skin tones.

Canon rebel t3 review

Recommendations are independently chosen by Reviewed's editors. Purchases made through the links below may earn us and our publishing partners a commission. As such, it's evident that Canon has stooped to some feature gouging, both to make up the price difference and to refrain from eating into the higher-end sales. We're left with a rather plain DSLR, stripped of its pomp and frills. Hopefully, performance and image quality aren't as skimpy as this model's chintzy plastic chassis. Forward then, to the lab! Handling is really where the T3 suffers. It's a very lightweight camera, which is wonderful, but the shooting experience is hampered by some design choices that seem predicated by cost more than ergonomics. The camera just doesn't feel stable in the hand, and the grip is not the plush rubber we've seen on every other Canon DSLR. Instead, it's a solid material that has some resistance to it, but has none of the texture or give that we expect from a camera of this variety.

But there's nothing particularly interesting or inspiring in its feature set.

This review suffered an early setback - I lost the battery charger. Never before have I lost a charger or power supply - for anything. And I have no idea where the charger went. After searching and thinking for a few days, I opted to replace it with a new one. Have you ever tried to replace a battery charger for a brand new camera battery model just after a disaster has occurred in Japan? I usually recommend reading the Canon press release at the beginning of Canon DSLR reviews as they usually do a nice job of summarizing the new or updated camera features.

Recommendations are independently chosen by Reviewed's editors. Purchases made through the links below may earn us and our publishing partners a commission. As such, it's evident that Canon has stooped to some feature gouging, both to make up the price difference and to refrain from eating into the higher-end sales. We're left with a rather plain DSLR, stripped of its pomp and frills. Hopefully, performance and image quality aren't as skimpy as this model's chintzy plastic chassis. Forward then, to the lab!

Canon rebel t3 review

This review suffered an early setback - I lost the battery charger. Never before have I lost a charger or power supply - for anything. And I have no idea where the charger went. After searching and thinking for a few days, I opted to replace it with a new one. Have you ever tried to replace a battery charger for a brand new camera battery model just after a disaster has occurred in Japan?

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Another positive consequence of the Canon T3's video exposure curve is that the camera will generally be using a very small aperture, so the greater depth of field will compensate quite a bit for the lack of live autofocus. We like this location a lot, as it's very easy to drop your index finger back to pop up the flash, and then back forward again to trip the shutter, all without taking your eye away from the viewfinder. The one area where the Canon T3 comes up noticeably short is in the area of continuous shooting speed and buffer depth. This, of course, is a very subjective matter, and will vary with the application and even the subject matter in question. DSLRs are not, however, a perfect-for-everyone video package. Mouse over the links above to see the effect of the presets on our Still Life target. Canon M6 Mark II. Hue is "what color" the color is. White balance was generally fairly good, other than indoors where it tended to be on the warm side, as shown in our testing. Whites and grays were shifted slightly toward magenta as well. For many consumers, the savings in cost compared to the T3i could bring a second lens within reach, providing an alternative to the kit lens.

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For complete information, I recommend the owner's manual. Please share this page! Not bad at all. Rolling shutter can be obvious in fast-pans of vertical lines. In Quick AF mode, the camera briefly drops the mirror to set focus using its normal phase-detect AF system. ISO is not boosted for ALO so increased noise is not an issue, though it may be slightly more visible in shadows that have been boosted significantly. But that noise suppression fairly destroys the detail in our very difficult-to-render red leaf swatch. I've also volunteered with a cat rescue for over 15 years doing adoptions, designing marketing materials, managing volunteers and, of course, photographing cats. It feels cheap. Canon SL2. That prevented blown highlights but produced some pretty dark shadows in the trees. While it's entry-level buyers who're most likely to feel out of their depth with sensor cleaning, they're also more likely than most to leave the kit lens on their camera at all times, buying a DSLR for its handling and large-sensor image quality, rather than for the ability to change lenses. My wife Marti had no such trouble, and found the Canon T3's grip quite comfortable.