Canon EOS 350 Reviews: Digital SLR Camera

+ Light weight and easy to use and the software is useful and easy to use.

- Hand grip is easily scratched/marked.

+ This Camera is fantastic and the quality is second to none that I have owned or experienced.

- There are no bad points and I can only say that it never ceases to amaze me just what I can do with it.

+ Excellent value for money, image quality outstanding for a camera of this price bracket.

- Kit lens covers a useful focal range but is of basic build quality and is non USM drive. I would imagine most users will want to upgrade to better optics in the medium term, to get the best out of this camera. Having said that, I managed to take some stunning images with the kit lens!

+ Brilliant entry-level DSLR.

- The kit lens is good value but you will soon want a better general lens.

+ Brilliant Digital SLR at very good price, makes it very easy for anyone to enter the world of semi profesional photography at a realistic price.

- Only bad point I have encountered is if you fill the memory card fully, you cannot delete any images, as the camera lcoks up and tells you its full. Transferred images across using a card reader, been fine since I now keep a close eye on the available space.

+ Programmes are fairly intuitive and provides plenty of scope for the serious amateur - I use this camera mainly for recording building work/defects in connection with my work

- Not the easiest manual to follow

+ compatibility wit older lenses

- non so far

+ Excellent image quality and night time mode

- Some issues with flash when using camera in portrait

+ Top-notch camera. Professional looking photos. Easy to use and to edit.

- Pricey - but worth it.

+ Excellent image quality and a good camera for photographers who are making the move away from the standard 35mm film format. All the usual SLR features plus lots of new ones, are still incorporated for the enthusiastic photographer.

- Too many "twiddly things" for the novice photographer to cope with.

+ So easy to use, you can just pick it up and start shooting excellent quality pictures!

- Nothing at all!

+ Compact, easy to use on automatic and plenty of facilities for the more adventurous photographers who wish to be creative.

- None at present

+ great camera for a slr virgin like myself, easy to use and nice to hold

- screen could do with being bigger (resolved on the 400d)
the camera strap is absolutely awful, like having a bit of rope round your neck

+ Image quality is excellent. I use mine in low light conditions and the image quality at high ISO ratings is very very good

- The 18-55mm lens supplied doesn't get the best out of the camera but its fine for general use

+ Just want to point and snap and be confident of getting great quality pictures? This cameras got it. Want to delve a little deeper and control the picture taking process? This cameras got it.

- A lot of features to figure out but then all similar cameras will be the same.

+ Existing Canon EF lenses and my reomte switch all function with the EOS 350D.
Manages cold temperatures without problems (tried and tested in Glencoe over Christmas and New Year down to -10C in the glens and -15C on tops). Good editting software & RAW conversion software comes free.

- the semi-hard case is next to useless, always coming detached when taking photos.

+ The product takes superb pictures

- case not very robust

+ Great camera, picture quality is superb. Easy to use

- Some people may find it a little small.

+ An Excelent camera, image quality and colour reproduction are spot on, start up speed is very fast.

- The look through the viewfinder is a bit on the small side, the kit lens is a bit loose to use but you can buy another cannon lens to suit.

+ Although i have heard negative feedback on the size of the camera, i personally find it a good and light camera to use.

- The 'flap' under which the computer connections are found appears rather flimsy and easy to break.

+ Fast boot up time is shockingly fast the other good points are what you would expect from a camera of this class and the features are good

- feels a little small
pictures taken at high iso ratings are not as nice as they could be, peronal view

+ Reviewer left no comment

- Not very impressed with Canon customer service when we had a problem.

+ My first Digital SLR: ease of use was surprisingly good - produced excellent results within an hour of opening the box

- Haven't found any yet on the camera, however I also bought the dedicated Canon case which is annoying to use!

+ Easy to use in fully automatic mode

- Remembering how to operate some of the more complicated less often used functions

+ A great piece of kit. Easy to use and good value for money

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+ ease of use, intuitive controls and menu.

- lack of aperture control in manual mode with supplied lens.

+ great in auto made and in program mode , easy to hold and use

- none

+ Perfect digital quality pictures.

- Do not like the built in flash. Flash pictures poor

+ Superb Quality images

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+ The S.L.R iin it field

- Needs a bigger flash

+ As a fond and long-standing owner of conventional Canons (AE1 and EOS), the 350D is very familiar in look and feel, and confidence inspiring as a result - but lighter and digital, with all the associated benefits

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+ Very intuitive. Good ergonomics.

- LCD screen a tad too small.

+ Light weight and very versatile program modes, all the best features of a film SLR with the added bonus of instant digital veiwing.
Needs very little 'head in the book' time very well laid out and intuitive menu design and controls.

- Agreement with many reviews I've read, the kit lens could have been better only a minor blot though.

+ hard to take a bad photo

- took some time to work out some of the features.

+ The camera was intuitively easy to set up and operate.

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+ Fast start-up, good first D-SLR for anyone coming from a film SLR who is used to thinking in terms of speed & aperture for some shots.

- Kit Canon lens (18 - 55mm) lets down good body. Colours and contrast of LCD not representative of final image once downloaded to pc.

+ Excellent entry level digital SLR.

- Small screen

+ Excellent picture quality, streets ahead of my 300D. Multi-shot feature works as well as film. Metering is the best I have seen in an SLR

- Body a bit small for large hands. The small selector toggle is a bit fiddly to use.

+ very easy to use and a wonderfull image depth and quality.

- lcd screen a little too small. focus can be a little bit sketchy

+ Small and light. Copes well with difficult exposures.

- Focus sometimes off.

+ Easy to handle

- None found yet

+ Size and weight

- Instruction manual needs simplifying - quick guide required.

+ Excellent package with a good all round lens for a starter kit in SLR

- No ability to run camera off power adapter, which is useful if battery is low and download is big

+ Easy to use, our first digital SLR and an easy step from our Cannon EOS 35mm which we had for 12 years

- Maybe too many buttons!

+ Picture quality, robust design, many extras that are easily purchased.

- Memory card not supplied as standard

+ Easy to use for a non-photographer. Good quality pictures

- Rather large and bulky. Not so easy to use additional features for a non-photographer.

+ Everything really.

- Doesn't work with my old Sigma zoom lens.

+ LIGHTWEIGHT WITHOUT FEELING CHEAP AND NASTY. GOOD BUILD ANE EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE. AUTO FACILITY VERY IMPRESSIVE IN LOW LIGHT CONDITIONS

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+ Easy to use
Can use my old lenses with new digital body
Excellent picture quality
Host of extras.

- Would have liked slighty larger LCD screen
Builtin flash fairly basic.Need a separate flash.

+ Great quality camera; can be used at any level of competency; battery life excellent; can't really see that I would ever want another camera after this; ability to use some previous USM lenses I had was a real bonus.

- Lack of a decent case; handle strap has come off a couple of times; otherwise can't really fault it.

+ This is a beautiful camera to use. I've had a good digital camera before but this is in a different league. On automatic it's as simple as the point and shoot instants but with an assurance that the image you get will be exactly the one you want. And now that I'm getting more confident I'm finding the features such as white balance and independent control of the shutter and aperture interesting to play with.

- The automatic focusing is very fast and particularly in close up mode I find it difficlt to focus exactly where I want. In fat I often switch to manual for tricky shots.

+ Excellent features covering just about everything that I required, including mirror lock-up and an LCD lamp.

- The kit lens isn't the best set of glass, but it gets you going.

+ Excellent for the use we put it to. Good clear returns. Very easy to handle and a very good entry point camera.

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+ Even I, as a complete camera numpty, can use it.

- OTT neck strap. Far too clumsy.

+ As it says on the box.

- None

+ Excellent, easy to use camera that feels good to hold and takes great pictures.

- None

+ The SLR combined with a 2GB memory card lets you take endless photographs wihch means even a hopeless photographer can end up with professional looking images.

- Limited zoom lets the camera down. Put this camera with a stronger lens and you have the perfect 10.

+ large images, very sharp and highly detailed with the stock lense.
lots of settings to play with and lots to discover.

- none i can think of as everyone is catered for, from point and click to professionals.

+ - clear, sharp images of superlative quality
- intelligent easy to use interface that provides a lot of user control
- sturdy build and the body looks nice

- - none.

+ Compact body lends it to my requirements for a SLR that I can conveniently carry around

- Finish of the body - scratch marks from nails occur on the body where the lens attaches inboard of the handgrip

+ Easy of use, Style & menu system

- None So Far

+ The Picture Qualitiy from this camera is superb. Auto Focusing is easy as a point and shoot camera but withe the other features makes a picture perfect

- The lense does not have a far enough zoom but that is just an upgrade away. The case is massive and doesn't really have must perpouse

+ Good features, feelssolid but light

- Bigger than a regukar digital camera

+ Superb Image Quality.
Impressive Battery Life between charges.

- Haven't come across any yet.

+ Great at everything I fling at it.

- None

+ Excellent picture quality easy to use.

- none

+ available extras i.e lenses

- over priced

+ Excellent all round camera

- Cannot use screen as viewfinder
Cannot upload pictures to card as you can with cheaper Canon models.

+ Fast operation with no delay. Small size and low weight. High quality raw images.

- Self-timer doesn't automatically switch off.

+ The camera is excellent but the memory card was corrupted from day one - very poor piece of equipment

- Memory card - ruined my holiday

+ A superb quality camera which encourages the transition from point and shoot to creative photography.

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+ Excellent camera, easy to use, great quality of pictures.

- None

+ Light, compact and easy to use

- Screen could be bigger, brightness just good enough for viewing in bright sunlight.

+ Easy to use, easy to handle, good quality results

- the blue print on the rear of the camera is wearing off

+ Fast start up time and next to no shutter delay. Good battery life.

- Menu could be esier to use.

+ A very good camera, fits perfectly in my hand, and easy to use. Manage to get some really nice pictures.

- The lens that comes with this camera kit is not very good, too slow, so, have to get other lens instead.

+ Great lens, excellent features, good build quality.

- Doesnt't come with a memory card.

+ Easy to use. Good quality digital camera.

- Small LCD monitor

+ excellent quality camera at very good price

- Reviewer left no comment

+ Good & flexible meeting most requirements

- Not able to take picture via LCD screen

+ small compact for an SLR

- cheap feel to it I guess its because the body is made of plastic

+ All required items and software was supplied.

- Reviewer left no comment

+ It is so easy to use.

- My partner hogs it all the time!!

+ As a non-SLR user, easy to use straight out of the box in auto or semi-auto modes, excellent build quality for the price.

- None yet found (2 months in)

+ The speed with which this camera starts up is very impressive. It is very easy to download the images using photoshop elements and the quality of the pictures compared to my last camera (Canon G5) bears no comparison.

- So far none.