Canon EOS Rebel SL3 Digital SLR Camera with EF-S 18-55mm Lens kit, Built-in Wi-Fi, Dual Pixel CMOS AF and 3.0 Inch Vari-Angle Touch Screen, Black

Canon makes a lot of "Prosumer" level cameras and with the USA Vs. International branding it can get very confusing.For me it came down to the following "Have to have" points:24 MegaPixel resolution:24Mpx allows me to take one product picture and still have enough resolution to zoom in on a portion of the frame and still have Amazon spec (3k x 3k px) image size (resolution). I have an older Rebel (from the late 2000, plus a Rebel SL1 that I borrowed and an Equivalent Nikon from the mid-2010s. This is the only camera that allows me to take a single product picture and still have sufficient resolution to post on Amazon and other places. With the other cameras even the RAW version was not large enough to satisfy Amazon requirement for picture size (so I had to upsample my pictures) after allowing for a modicum of cropping. With the SL1 and the Nikon, I had to take 2 to 3 additional pictures to have a decent resolution sample of the product's smaller features. My old Rebel is about as useful as a hole in the head these days. A shame. This camera is amazing when it comes to that.Hinged Touchscreen:The older SL1 Rebel is a nice camera, but feels cheaper and it has a fixed LCD screen. Since I shoot many products on the floor, with the camera at 90 degrees, being able to tilt the LCD screen for framing saves me time and resolution. I can close in tighter than I can with the SL1 because I can see the product better.Even handheld shooting reminds me of the old days with my Rolleifles and Hasselblad. I don;pt kn ow how much fre hand photography I'll do, but being able to get a lower POV without thrashing on the floor is nice. I remember spending $500 many years ago just to have a periscope viewfinder on an old Minolta film camera I used at the time. This is better.Wi-Fi/Bluetooth connection:This is the first thing I tested when I activated the camera and it works great. It lets me name pictures with a handy YY-MM-DD-filename format, which keeps all my pictures in Chronological order and they go into a folder properly named directly on my computer. With the Nikon I could do the same thing using an Open Source program, but I had to connect with a USB cable and frankly having one less cable in the studio is a blessing. Especially a cable connecting my laptop to the camera since I am continuously moving from behind the computer to the stage to place new products on it. I don't know if I'll use the bluetooth to my phone, but my wife might and it's nice to have.BTW, another thing I bought is a 2 batteries charger so now I have 3 batteries ready to go at all times. It's must for serious shooting.18-55mm Lens:I almost didn't buy a camera with a lens, because I already have a legacy of Canon lenses, including one that at the time cost me about three times what I paid for the camera body.I wasn't thrilled about the 18-55mm lens because it is the same as the one on the borrowed SL1. It's actually useful for some of the shooting I am doing these days, but the lens feels cheap. The manual focusing ring on the SL1 lens felt like a cheap plastic toy that came with a happy meal.GOOD NEWS: when I received the new camera, sporting the exact same lens, I was thrilled to find that in this new lens the focusing ring behaves much better. While the other lens' focusing ring spins with almost no friction, the one that came with my camera is smooth and offers just enough resistance for proper manual focusing. I do wish it was a bit wider, but it's a lot wider than other lenses I have and it's very useful. I don't know if I got lucky or what, since as best I can tell, they are identical lenses, but the one that came with this camera has excellent manual focusing.All in all, I made a good choice because I can work with this lens for some of the shooting I do. I needed another 50mm equivalent lens like I need a third eye. I have a collection of them. Having this zoom is going to make my life easier and save me time when shooting many products one after the other.Stability Control:Sometimes I have to shoot hundreds of products in a short time. While I have a pretty good tripod setup, it's in a small, hot room with lots of cables, lights reflectors, etc. I always shoot at 200 ISO, maybe 400 on a bad day so the exposure tends to be wide open and shutter speed very long.Well, the stability control on all my lenses (of the digital generation) is very impressive. I had to shoot a number of T-shirts very quickly and given that it was 110 degrees inside the room, I simply could not bother to set up the tripod and do the usual "Leopard military walk" to change subject, align them, etc.I decided to shoot them handheld. I was always good at it, but in this case I need to do it with my arms extended and the camera pointing down. Shutter speed 1/15. Crazy. Anything below 1/60 looks like a drunk was behind the lens.I thought "no way I could end up with a sharp picture" with that setup, but I did. Even with the older SL1 (and no tilting LCD) I tested the handheld and tripod mounted version of the same picture side by side. Obviously, the tripod mounted one had better depth of field so it was as sharp as it could be, but I could only tell the difference if I enlarged things like the stitching of a coat. Once compressed and uploaded to a web site, the difference was not only negligible, it was invisible.I am adding more lights so I can use a faster shutter speed, but I know that push come to shove, I can handhold the camera at 1/15 and get very sharp pictures. The Smithsonian may not be calling me anytime soon, but these pictures are not for museums.Video:This is the only disappointment, but not really a critical problem since I will seldom use the video feature and if I do, it's certainly good enough for my purposes. Somehow, I thought the camera could shoot in 4K, but instead it only shoots in 1080p. I think one has to spend an extra $300 to get one that shoots in 4K. Bummer, but again, not a big concern for me and the video quality (on my 4K 32" monitor) is still excellent. 4K would have been better but whaat the hell. I was already $200 over budget with the camera.Software and Interface:The camera interface, while not winning any prizes, is serviceable. I have not explored every little crevice, but it's a lot better than my old Rebel and looks better organized than the SL1 I was using until my SL3 arrived.I had to shoot with a Nikon for about a year (provided by my client) and that camera had a pretty bad interface, plus Nikon did not include remote shooting software with it. Or, I should say, they didn't include it for free, which I think is criminal.My older Rebel did and I was happy to see that this SL3 does too. Installation was a breeze as was connecting it to my desktop.Now I am curious to see how it will handle connecting to my devices. I have a Desktop, a Laptop, a Music/Video production laptop, 2 ipads and a iPhone. I am slightly concerned about using my laptop as a remote control and repository for the pictures. I need it to easily switch from one computer to the other without too much fussing. I will update if this proves to be cumbersome, at which point I will slave the camera to my laptop instead of my desktop and save directly to my cloud drive, that way all computers will receive the same picture (I shoot with my laptop, I do post-production on my desktop and sometimes I master video on the other laptop attached to my music studio. It can be confusing)Other than the above, it all seems serviceable and I am really happy with this camera.It's a plastic body Rebel, so if you are a war correspondent, maybe it's not the camera for you. If you need 4K video, again, you want to spend a bit more for that.But if you need excellent pictures and the features I listed above, this camera will do the job.If you are thinking "Do I really need the tilting LCD?", only you can answer that question. If you are a tourist or need to be light product shooting, maybe not, but for me it was important enough to pick this camera over the T7, which has pretty much similar characteristics but no tilting LCD.I did a few shooting sessions with the SL1 and I missed the ability to tilt the LCD every single shot, and I am very experienced at shooting handheld, framing the photo in my mind. Someone with less experience (or not as steady hands) would have to take a lot of shots before ending up with a decent one.Final thoughts: It's a good camera for photographers. Videographers may want to look at the next camera up for 4K (assuming I am correct mine doesn't do 4K)

I've always wanted to get into photography outside of my phone and after a lot of research this was the camera most pros pointed to. Yes it doesn't have "everything" but you won't miss it if you don't know about it. This kit has really got me excited about photography. I would spend extra on getting a 50mm lens for your sl3. The camera is easy to use and has a rotating screen that most high budget cameras don't have. I think it rotates 270°. The colors from this camera are incredible! I rarely have to do any post editing from the pictures. It takes great video and had fast transfers of photos to your phone. If you're serious about wanting to learn photography this camera is perfect because it does a lot of great things for a budget. If I did it again though, I would have just bought the body and purchased a nice lens because the kit lenses aren't top notch but good enough. One thing to know is that the flash hot shoe for the sl3 only accepts canon flashes so you can't skimp on cheap aftermarket flashes. I don't care about that. This camera will accept tons of lens options though! Don't hesitate! Do it!

This is my first camera, and I love it! It is definitely a great beginner camera, I’m not sure about if you’re getting more advanced, though.

This camera is really great even though I returned it. For the time I used this I paired it with a 50mm f1.8 lens and I was getting great portraits with it.My favorite parts of this camera is the flip out touch screen, Easy to use menu system (I miss it), small light comfortable build, and the touch to focus. Touch to focus is really nice. You don't have to rely on the camera to find focus for you, you can just tap the screen. If you come from a camera that you use a joystick to move focus then this touch screen focus will spoil you. Also there's wifi/Bluetooth connection so you can save photos directly to your phone quickly.Things I don't like. This camera is not so forgiving in low light. You get noise pretty quickly in dark situation. Also there's no in body image stabilization. This means hand held shots will need to be shot with a higher shutter speed to avoid blur. But these things can be fixed with a tripod, remote shutter, and or a better lit area.In summary, this camera is a really good. Easy to use, has all of the essentials. The most important part is that it takes high quality photos and it does. I was personally looking for a camera with more bells and whistles but it was at the cost of my wallet. You can't go wrong with this cameraTips: If I were to buy this again I'd get Body Only. And buy a lens separately. The 50mm f1.8 lens is <$150 and its basically an 85mm lens because of the crop factor. Aka it takes very nice portrait photos with the blurry background. Also check out the Sony a6000 series.

I thought it was a little pricey for a entry level DSLR. But was taken back how bright and clear images came out in a completely dark room all lights off. The only thing I'm concerned about is it was a lot of money for me to spend especially now days, and the touch screen part which is adjustable is a cool feature but held together merely by a piece of plastic. Fingers crossed I have no problems. I bought it because i read it was ranked #1 DSLR for beginner's as well as for pro's. And I do like Canon as a company, they have excellent quality compacts!