In my experience as a photographer I came across countless of cameras, both digital and analog. This article is meant to explain the differences between the two technologies and serve as a camera buying guide for the undecided shopper.

The Canon Rebel line of digital SLR cameras are often classified as entry level SLRs. That title, may have somewhat of a negative connotation for anyone who believes in buying quality electronics. Nothing could be further from the truth.

While it’s true, that Canon (or Nikon or others) have the camera models that are more than capable of stretching your budget into the many thousands of dollars, there’s not necessarily a reason to do so.

DSLR’s come with lenses that can be changed, with better software and sensors. They’re larger than casual digital cameras, but they also give you more room to maneuver, being able to shoot both in manual and automatic mode. You can pay as little as $500 for one, or you can end up paying as much as $3000 for the top of the line.

When I remember spending $1000 for my first compact digital camera like 6 years ago, I get a little queasy. This sucker is a 15.1 megapixel camera, an image sensor from the much more expensive 50D, HD (1080P / 720P) video capture, live view, dust removal, and a DIGIC 4 processor. A first time SLR buyer would be happy with this camera for a long time.

The technology behind digital cameras allows users to view the images on the built-in LCD screen (or TV set, if the camera has such an extension).

Also, once captured, digital photos are already in a format we are all familiar with: you can insert them in Word documents, send them to your friends over your favorite instant messaging client, upload on Facebook, burn on DVD’s or simply store them on your hard drive for later usage. This is not the case with the old 35mm-ers, where you had to drive downtown to have the pictures developed, then use a scanner to get a digital version.

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