The Canon 1100D no longer exists, but its wonderful older sister, the compact Canon EOS 200D, with folding screen, 24MP, wants to know more?Take a look here.
It’s no secret how “crazy lost” I am with Nikon cameras, but the Canon brand deserves all the respect. It is a great firm that has produced beautiful gems in terms of SLR, and above all that has managed to provide very high performance (such as the famous full frame sensors) to the amateur user on a relatively tight budget.
- My admiration for this brand led me to test and recommend several of its DSLR camera models.
- Among its range for amateur users.
- There is a camera that I have recommended to many blog readers and from which I have only received positive reviews: the Canon EOS 1100D (also known as Canon Rebel T3).
The Canon 1100D is an excellent camera with many limitations of course (like all cameras). If we leave it in the hands of the ideal user profile, the 1100D becomes an almost perfect machine that covers everything the user expects from it.
If you are looking to buy a DSLR camera, it is important to evaluate, first, whether it is the “ideal” user type for this camera. From my point of view, the 1100D is the ideal camera for:
As always, if you want to know in detail all the features of this camera, you can find them on any page or blog, here’s what I’m going to explain these are the points of my point of view that make it a gem:
Price: There are compact cameras and bridge that cost more than 500 euros and I do not exaggerate, we are talking about a full-rule SLR camera that costs less than 400 euros, the biggest complaint I receive from those who want to enter the world of SLR for the first time is the prohibitive price of SLR cameras, which is always true. Well, most of the time, looking at the exception of the Canon 1100D?
Megapixels: It has the right amount of megapixels that an average amateur user needs: 12MP. They usually sell us cameras twice as many faces, offering us many more megapixels in return, which won’t really help us at all. fortune in a car that drives to 900KM/h while in the background we will not drive to more than 120KM/h. The same goes for megapixels. 12MP is perfect. (Learn more about the big hoaxes of camera manufacturers in this article).
Focus motor: For a camera to focus “automatically”, it needs a focus motor. If the camera doesn’t have it, the lens will have to. If neither the camera nor the lens had it, we would not be able to focus automatically, only manually. The Canon 1100D does not have its own focus motor, but it supports autofocus mode thanks to the fact that most Canon lenses have it built in (EF) – a huge advantage that the competition Nikon lacks in many of their amateur models. Nikon lenses do not have a built-in focus motor.
Small size: If you have never worked with a DSLR, you will have the (false) feeling that the larger a camera, the better it will be and the more professional it will be, nothing further from reality. Believe me, those of us who have a bulky camera are tired of their size, it’s hard to take it with us, it’s hard to store it, etc. The Canon 1100D has a perfect size that makes it unnoticed and perfect for keeping in any bag.
Battery life: It has a much longer battery life than SLR cameras of the same division. The Canon 1100D can take an average of 800 shots, while others like the Nikon D3200 (a large camera I’m in love with) have barely reached 540 shots. Having a long battery life allows us to take long photo shoots without having to worry about carrying an extra battery or carrying the charger with us.
In addition, the 1100D is equipped with all the current features of any amateur SLR camera: LiveView, HD video, etc.
Never buy a camera without first seeing some examples of photos taken with it. Here’s an example:
The very affordable price to be a SLR camera of a great brand and with very useful features for the amateur photographer. Its price has gone down and right now I think it’s on Amazon for less than 400 euros.
All in all, an SLR camera to consider if you start taking your first steps in this fascinating world of SLR photography. And you know what they say: well, so cheap . . . twice well !?
Good picture.