{"id":18924,"date":"2025-04-03T19:27:23","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T00:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/richardbarron.net\/cameras\/?p=18924"},"modified":"2025-06-05T15:20:57","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T20:20:57","slug":"a-look-back-the-canon-eos-rebel-xt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richardbarron.net\/cameras\/2025\/04\/03\/a-look-back-the-canon-eos-rebel-xt\/","title":{"rendered":"A Look Back: The Canon EOS Rebel XT"},"content":{"rendered":"

My readers know that I love a good used digital camera. Why? I love the idea of taking something that was once valuable, then discarded, and giving it new life. I love the idea of recycling.<\/p>\n

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I don’t make pictures like this because I have expensive cameras. I make pictures like this because I have fun making pictures.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I also love the idea that I make better pictures (hopefully pictures that my readers enjoy) not because I use a particular tool, but because I show up, work hard, and have fun doing y job.<\/p>\n

Don’t get me wrong: new camera, lenses, computers, phones, camcorders, drones, and much more, make generating content faster and easier.<\/p>\n

And, of course, some older technology didn’t age well. Thus, today’s topic: 2005’s Canon EOS Rebel XT.<\/p>\n

Someone gave me this camera a couple of years ago in kind of a “grab bag” of camera gear. I was happy to get it. I charged up the battery and turned the camera on, and it worked (and still does) just fine.<\/p>\n

But this camera was designed and built for casual photography, so it was made to be as small, light, and affordable as possible, and it just doesn’t hold up to the rigors of everyday journalism.<\/p>\n

However, if you know what you are doing, it can make nice images. So then, Richard, what don’t you like about this camera?<\/p>\n