This lens legit does it all, just buy it. You cannot go wrong with this lens. Pictures and video comes out 10/10.

PROs: I am thrilled with this camera. After doing some research for a couple of months between this camera, the nikon d80 and the prestigious canon 40d, I decided on the XSi for my needs. Best overall price to my performance needs. Image quality is fantastic, even though the kit lens is at best, good. Going to purchase a 50mm 1.4, 70-200 4L, and a better walk around lens as soon as I get completely sick of the 18-55 IS kit lens, but for now its a good starter lens. Though I honestly think the nikon d80 and the 40d are better cameras for experienced and serious users, primarily I am loyal to Canon (best brand) and the 40d is just too bulky and expensive for me. I don't need all the extra bells and whistles provided by the 40d at this point of my life.If you want a light, easy to use and learn (for first time users), long lasting battery (about 500 images), nice clear LCD and fairly cheap price to performance ratio this camera blows out all nikons, pentax, and sony's out there for the beginner/transitioning to intermediate shooters. I chose this camera over the 40d because its more suitable for me and most importantly I can use the price difference between the XSi and the 40d to get my 70-200 4L for free basically.Cons: Again the common gripe over the grip, but honestly its not that bad if you have small to medium size hands. you will adapt quickly as the pro's of the camera immediately mask any cons present. No better kit lens option out yet.Overall: Fantastic lens for beginner/beginner-intermediate users as the vast majority of professional reviews have stated...Note: Please get a nice memory card I recommend the 4 or 8GB SanDisk EXTREME III (it's worth the extra $5-10) or any SDHC that is class 6, save a little change for some other lenses as you will fall in love with this camera and will be compelled to buy more lenses, and lastly buy some decent filters as you will appreciate the image quality and protection they provide. the RC-1 is a nice accessory. I hope this was helpful for you as all the other reviews were helpful to me.

Just got a DSLR with 3 lens and this is just what I needed so I don't lose the lens caps.

This camera is really great!UPDATE: I've had mine for 3 months and I've taken more than 3000 pictures. I still like it a lot. Amazing.It's easy to use, the LCD screen is big and clear, it's quite light, and the packaged kit lens (18-55 IS) is good. It's not a top lens, but it delivers sharp photos across the zoom range. Default settings will give you great shots out of the box.The 9-point auto focus is good most of times, but I found myself using the central point most often, even more so when using larger apertures (when right focusing matters most).For under $700, this is the best DSLR you can find.* Pros and Cons *Pros:- An easy to use, quick camera.- Intuitive menus.- 12 mega pixels.- Great pictures, sharp, good tones.- Small and light weight for a DSLR.- Live view mode to almost mimic point and shoot feel-it's slow though.- 3.5 shots per second-could be more.- Sharp kit lens for the price.Cons:- Somewhat expensive compared to the Canon 40D (much lighter though).- ISO limited to 1600.- Relatively low fps.- Exposure compensation range limited.- Does not have video.* The competition *The closest competitor is certainly the Canon 40D, which is a bigger, more professional camera. It has more options, higher iso, remote flash, higher shots per second rate, fewer pixels but a definitely tougher feel.I went for the rebel Xsi because I found the 40D too hefty.Still, if you really want a professional camera you should look at the Canon 40D.If you have a bigger budget, you should also look at Nikon, I really recommend the Nikon D300, it's a really impressive camera.* Lenses *Canon has LOTS of lenses.If you're tight on budget, you should get the 50mm 1.8, a great lens for portrait. It's a very sharp lens. You'll enjoy the 1.8 wide aperture that allows blurred backgrounds and sharp , all of this for under $100.It's also a good start to get used to shoot with primes (lenses with a fixed focal length).The 18-55mm kit lens is often paired with the Canon 55-250mm IS lens to give you an almost 14x zoom (13.9), this Canon 55-250 is a very good telephoto lens if your budget is under $300.If you don't want to change lenses, Canon just released the 18-200 IS and it comes highly recommended so far.The Sigma 18-200 OS is good too. It's cheaper and it's been in the field for longer.

This has been my everyday camera for more than a year, and it has been outstanding in almost every way. The Continuous autofocus is fast enough for sports shooting, and the 11 frames per second is so fast that I usually turn it down to medium even for sports. The telephoto lens is sharp enough that you will not need to invest in a more expensive lens, and it is bright enough for indoor sports as long as they are well-lit.The "walk around" lens is sharper than the mini-lens that normally comes with this package, and has much less distortion. Most people opt for the mini lens because it is so much more portable. With this camera, I actually went ahead and bout the stabilized 35mm Sony lens, and use that for almost every situation. It is bright enough to shoot in low light, and the large aperture (F1.8) gives the background a really nice out-of-focus effect. That lens is not included in this package, but the package is so cheap you can buy it separately, and your total investment will still be under $1000. At that price range you will be hard-pressed to come up with anything better.Pros: - Very fast autofocus, it beats meany cameras twice the price. - 24 MP is enough that you can crop your pictures (a lot) and still have print quality. - The colors and detail are very good for the price, and the RAW files are excellent. - The built-in flash is good enough that you can use it for backfill, and you can easily tilt it. - The viewfinder is excellent.Cons: - No touchscreen. - Not weatherproof, (but for this price, not many are.) - Battery life is only about average, maybe a bit below average. - No constant F2.8 zoom lenses available (primes yes, zooms no)

This has been a great lens. I use it on my iPhone 11 with no issues, and I use this lens to take photos of Isopods.

When I purchased this lens for my Canon Rebel xsi, I knew it would give me a cropped image equivalent to 27-64mm. I already have a 28-70 lens, that becomes about 44-115 on my Rebel. I wanted to get back the 28mm (semi-wide) view but did not want a lens that would not work on a full-frame camera as I expect to upgrade at some point. So I opted for this lens. What I didn't realize, or had forgotten, was that this lens has a close focus of 11 inches. Which means that even though on the wide end it is equivalent to 28mm, it still is capable of producing an image with a much wider perspective than a standard 28mm on a full-frame. The distortion of angles at the 17mm setting with objects up close is still significant enough to get some really unique shots. F/4 doesn't cause me any problems because when I'm indoors I just set ISO to automatic and it really doesn't impact my shooting at all. Outdoors, who needs f/2.8 with a wide angle anyway.I haven't seen any reviews that have mentioned how the close focus ability impacts the perception of wide angle. Anyway, I'm very pleased with the purchase. Only thing that could be better would be an all-metal body on the lens. It feels a bit less luxurious due to the plastic barrel.Just my 2 cents. **Also** Sounds crazy...but true...somehow my copy of this lens is close-focusing at 5 or 6 inches rather than 11. Not sure if this is normal on an APS-C camera or not, but I'm a little mystified as to how this is happening!

For those of you trying to get this to work with a newer Canon. The (Release Shutter w/o Lens) is now under: menu>custom functions (5th list)>C.Fn III>4th tab.I spent a lot of time trying to get this to work. I searched high and low, watched videos and called the seller. I searched through the camera's manual one last time, then I tried EVERY menu and sub menu and finally found the darn setting. I'm going to blame this on Canon for burying it in the most non user friendly place possible.The lens was a GREAT buy. I am happy with the pictures and the lens feels solid. Even the camera manual recommends that a heavy lens needs to be supported. As with any long range lens, it needs to be absolutely still. So unless you have a resting heart rate of 6, get a tripod. I'm so thrilled that I got this working and recommend.I read several comments about the seller before calling. The gentleman in his Jersey tone informed me it wasn't my settings but I needed an adapter which he sold me and sent right away. However, the adapter didn't do the trick. It wasn't very expensive, it did work with my camera and I will use it. Even though he was wrong, I don't mind the tone but I could see where someone might have been put off by it.