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'A low price boosts the Canon EOS Digital Rebel's appeal for amateur film-SLR photographers going digital and high-end snapshooters who want to experiment more. '

'Compact and lightweight'

'For less than $1,000 ($899.99 list with an EF-S 18-to-55mm IS lens), you get a 15.1-megapixel CMOS sensor that takes fantastic pictures and a big, high-res VGA screen, along with high-definition video capture, which until now you couldn't get in a sub-$1K D-SLR '

'very compact camera'

'Extensively customizable.'

'E-30 attractive'

'The E-30 offers many options that aren’t in plain sight so the manual does come in handy.'

'Face detection & Art Filters.'

'one of the more compelling SLRs launched this season.'

'There's even a built-in RSS reader for subscribing to Olympus-related newsfeeds,'

'the E-3 is a totally new camera that has obviously been designed to go head-to-head with the likes of Nikon's D300 and Canon's 40D at the very top of the market,'

'The E-3 offers speedy burst shooting and image throughput.'

'20D a perfect backup digital camera'

'We reckon the body will feel well-balanced with most lenses, with the exception of the longer telephoto glasses'

'All controls are easy to access and intuitive in action, at least for anyone familiar with digital cameras.'