The Canon Digital Rebel XT / EOS 350D is Canon’s replacement to the 300D Digital Rebel. As an owner of the Canon 10D digital SLR, I have been watching the latest developments hoping to replace my aging camera. First, why would I (or you) choose the 350D over the 20D? For me, the primary factors were the small size, light weight, and price. As someone that plans to carry the camera for extended time periods on hikes, and other travels, the Canon 350D, seemed to be a better choice.

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The mostly plastic Rebel XT—available in silver or black finish—has the traditional film SLR shape, geared to two-handed shooting; your right holds the grip, with the shutter button positioned conveniently as a jog wheel to help you browse through the camera settings. Your left hand steadies the camera and adjusts the zoom lens. Controls on the back are very logically placed, with large type identifying the specific use such as Menu, Info, Delete and so on. Adjustments can be made using the Set button, which is surrounded by four arrow keys that let you drill down to change ISO, white balance, and auto focus settings.

The viewfinder has a rubber-coated cup for comfort and a diopter to make adjustments for your eyesight. There’s also a narrow LCD screen that shows the camera’s current settings. Beneath that is a 1.8-inch LCD screen for reviewing your images. Unlike typical digicams, D-SLR LCD screens are only used for playback, not framing your shots. And there is no Movie mode; these babies are for taking high-quality stills. A “hot shoe” is available to connect optional Canon flashes. The memory card and battery slot doors snap closed with reassuring clicks.

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The Canon Digital Rebel XT / EOS 350D changes all that. The camera is easy to use and offers the SLR enthusiast the chance to take plenty of pictures knowing that they can not only edit them when they get home, but also won’t be faced with a hefty processing bill for pictures that perhaps haven’t worked. Photographs no longer held that “it might make an interesting picture but I don’t want to waste the film” to “lets see what we get and delete it later if it doesn’t work”. Because of this, it changed the way we took pictures and only for the better. With a very competitive price (the RRP is £200 cheaper than the 300D when it launched) this certainly is one to consider and certainly gives the Nikon D70 a run for its money. If you’re thinking of making the switch and you’re on a budget, this will do the job.

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The Canon Digital Rebel XT builds on the huge success of the original Digital Rebel, a camera that literally turned the digital camera world on its ear when it was first introduced. A six-megapixel digital SLR that sold with a lens for less than $1,000, the Digital Rebel not only challenged Nikon, Olympus, and Fuji in the D-SLR business, but promised to cut drastically into the all-in-one “prosumer” market. Borrowing its name from their highly popular “Rebel” line of entry-level film SLRs, the Digital Rebel offered many of the same exposure features and improvements as the 10D, but slightly scaled back to keep costs under control and to provide some differentiation between the Rebel and its higher-priced sibling.

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A week with new 8 megapixel Canon Digital Rebel XT / EOS 350D convinced me that it’s really a tremendous camera for beginner and as a spare body for professional shooter alike. Handling, responsiveness, shooting speed and picture quality - this camera offers some serious competition to larger, heavier and more expensive cameras.

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