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Don't buy this camera. I have been a Canon owner for decades. My first SLR was the AE-1 Program and was a wonderful camera for years. My last few cameras have been point and shoot digitals with some ability to manually control things like shutter speed, white balance and the like.

I bought the Canon Rebel Xsi a little over a month ago and have consistently had problems with the auto focus. I called Canon tech support and after much discussion and evaluation of my test shots they asked me to send them the camera and lens for evaluation. They were both returned about 10 days later with the note that the lens needed some adjustment but all was now within factory specifications. More test shots showed the same blurry images when zoomed to 100%. By comparison, my point-and-shoot digital produces sharp images at 100%, as a much more expensive DSLR certainly should.

The bottom line is that repeated calls to Canon Tech support have yielded nothing but blaming me for not understanding how DSLRs work or understanding the "softer focus" of DSLRs compared to P&S cameras. I have seen other complaints on blogs about the bad focus of this camera - unfortunately after my purchase. I don't know why Canon does not stand behind this camera but their attitude is "you bought it, get used to it."

If a camera cannot accurately focus, what good are all the rest of its abilities? As far as manual focus (one of their suggestions to avoid the auto focus problem), there is no built-in help for manual focus as there was in the old film SLRs. After all, you're supposed to be able to rely on the elaborate auto focus system to do its job. Nothing they have suggested, and I have tried mightily, has fixed this basic problem. I'm now planning to sell this camera online since my return window (30 days) passed while I spent too many hours trying to get Canon to take some responsibility for this problem. Maybe someone else will be happy with this camera if they never want to see their photos at 100% of the image size or never expect to crop them.

Shame on Canon for this defective camera and not standing behind Canon PowerShot SD780IS 12.1 MP Digital Camera by replacing it. They apparently care little about customer satisfaction at least with this model.
excellent camera for the price. This is a great entry level DSLR. It's very intuative to use. The quality of the pictures taken from this camera is excellent even with the cheap kit lens. I can't wait to get some L-lenses. Canon PowerShot SD780IS 12.1 MP Digital Camera only cost a little bit more than higher end point and shoot cameras, but the level of artistic rendition that can be achieve from this camera is well worth the extra cost. If you like taking still images buy this camera instead of wasting your money on a point and shoot. Highly recommended. One gripe though....my dirtyface smear all over the lcd screen everytime I use the view-finder. Canon PowerShot SD780IS 12.1 MP Digital Camera makes reviewing your shots a bit blurry. Very annoying.
Great product. I am kind of new to the DSLR photography, but I think this camera is awesome. The picture quality is outstanding. The controls are very easy to use. The menu is self explanatory and intuitive. I love big LCD display, that allows to see the picture quality right after taking the picture.

The two things I would improve:
- replace menu navigation buttons with something that responds better (e.g. scrolling ring)
- the grip. Canon PowerShot SD780IS 12.1 MP Digital Camera seems like I could use a bit more handle.

The lens works great for me. Canon PowerShot SD780IS 12.1 MP Digital Camera has a decent angle for taking pictures inside and outside.

For taking pictures indoors I would definitely recommend adding an external flash also from Canon.

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