Save up to $300/year on phone billsShoot to kill with the Canon Digital Rebel XT digital SLR, $382
(Credit: Canon)Been waiting to pull the trigger on a digital-SLR camera? Wait no more: Dell has the Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT--by all accounts a fantastic model--for $382. Considering that this baby sold for upwards of $900 when it debuted a couple years ago, it's pretty much a steal at that price.
Specs include an 8-megapixel sensor, 7-point auto-focus, and loads of fancy photographic features that, quite frankly, I don't pretend to understand. I can tell you that I bought an original Digital Rebel several years back, and I absolutely lurve it. (I won't, however, tell you what I paid for it, because it would kill my cheapskate cred. Sometimes, you just gotta splurge.)
Before you get too crazy with excitement, note the two catches: This deal is for the camera body only, so you'll have to buy a Canon-compatible lens if you want to, you know, take pictures. Second, the product page says the Rebel XT usually ships in 3-5 weeks, so it might be tricky to get this in time for under-the-tree duty.
Update: The product page now says 1-2 weeks, so it might just make it into Santa's bag after all.
Update #2: My mistake. The ship time is indeed 3-5 weeks. The links got messed up; they've been corrected. Apologies!
A technology writer for more than 15 years, Rick Broida is a regular contributor to CNET and the author of more than a dozen books, including How to Do Everything with Your Palm Powered Handheld. He writes The Cheapskate for the CNET Blog Network, and is not an employee of CNET. Disclosure.
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Rebel XT entry level - which is comparable to the Nikon D40 (not the 70 as you suggest). It just so happens the Rebel XT happens to out-spec the D40 by the way.
You say the D70 is "only a couple hundred dollars more" Really - I can buy it for $582? Not likely.
Compare to the EOS 40D - which is in the same mid-tier category as the D70/80 you will get your weather-proofing and stronger frame.
Both are great cameras and most "experts" will tell you Nikon and Canon are both fine choices. It's a matter of personal preference and one is not better than the other - just different.
Compare apple's to apple's otherwise you are just making ridiculous comments.