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I have an old Canon EOS 100 with Ultrasonic zoom lenses. Will I be able to use these on a Canon 350 D, and if so will they perform just as well?

Your EOS 350D will accept any lens of the following series:
- EF: standard lenses (including the ones you used for your EOS 100
- EF/S: lenses designed for Canon digital SLRs
- TSE: Tilt shift lenses
You should normally not need any adapter.

Some older lenses, especially wide angles, do not perform very well on digital cameras. Tele and macro lenses are usually fine.

I have a Canon EOS Digital Rebel. I was wondering if there was any way to turn the flash lower? I know how to turn the flash off, but have no luck lowering it. Thanks!

there should be a Flash Exposure Compensation in the camera’s menu… u can make the flash power lower @ higher.. good luck

I have a Canon Digital Rebel XT and I accidently put the CF card in the camera backwards! It’s a Sunday and all the camera repair shops are closed! Does anybody know if there’s any possible way to eject the CF card out safely? The eject button doesn’t work.

You must have really pressed hard to get that CF card in. You may be able to get your card out, but you may have bent the pins inside your camera.

First rule in the book! Never force anything on a camera…period.

If you get the card out with some finesse using a hemastat, be sure too use a flashlight to look inside your camera … if any of the pins are out of alignment at all, take it to a repair shop in the morning. If you attempt to put the card in with out of alignment pins, you will bend the pins and raise the cost of repair to hundreds of dollars.

im looking into buying a canon eos digital rebel xt and i need to know what kind of memory card it takes.
brands please.

It uses a compact flash card.

Is there any other differences between the black and the silver Canon Rebel XT body other than the colors?

No difference whatever but if you’re ever trying to take a candid or doing wildlife, you’ll appreciate the fact that the black camera will not attract as much attention from your subject(s) as the silver camera.

I have a Canon Rebel XT (also the 350D). I am looking to rent a lens for a trip that is sharp in low lighting with out use of a flash? I am thinking of the Tamron 17-50mm. I am limited because the XT is not a full frame camera. Any suggestions? Anyone used the Tamron 17-50mm with an XT?

Sigma 30mm f/1.4 is a great lens and a good focal length. The Canon 50mm f/1.8 is also a great lens, little long for all around but still very usuable.

in short no, it also doesn’t do live preview on the LCD screen. (showing you pictures you are about to take, like the cheaper consumer cameras do.)

I want to upgrade to a lense that has a better zoom yet can still offer wide format shots. Does anyone suggest a lense that will be a good upgrade yet still cost effective?

Also, I need to upgrade the flash, does anyone know a good cheap flash that iwll work well with this camera? I’m a NEWB when it comes to photography and such, thanks in advance.

I’m guessing that 18mm at the wide end is sufficient and that you only need more zoom range at the tele side. I’m also guessing that you’re on a bit of a budget.
Canon has a nice 28-200mm zoom, but you’d effectively loose wide angle coverage. They also have a great 17-85mm zoom. This is a fantastic walk round lens but is costs $500. So you could look into the Sigma 18-125mm zoom for $280 or the Sigma / Tamron 18-200mm lenses for around $385. These are upgrades in terms of zoom range but not in terms of image quality. You could also hold on to the 18-55mm kit lens and add a Canon 55-200mm zoom for just $200.
With regard to the flash, any external unit would be an improvement if you currently rely on the pop-up flash. Here I would stick with Canon. Have a look at their 220EX Speedlite for $115.

I’m buying a used canon digital rebel xt from an individual and am getting it for an amazing price. This will be my first dslr camera and I need to know what to check or look for to make sure nothing is wrong with it. Any advice? Thank you!

Sure.

Take a CF card with you and do some tests with it using what ever lens the individual is selling with it.

Take the CF card home and using the card reader on your computer (or a USB 2.0 reader you can buy for under $10), look at the results of the images you shot on your large computer monitor.

If you shoot some shots of the blank sky, you will be able to quickly determine if you have any dust on the cameras sensor.

It shows the standard battery life and shots remaining, but I have to look thru the viewfinder to see what I want to shoot. In the instruction manual it shows me being able to view the subject in the LCD screen- just don’t know how to do so.

It’s called "live view" and it’s a gimmick. Any serious photographer, not just a "snap" shooter, will always use the view finder – it has the most accurate information because you see exactly what the camera will see.