On Thu, 6 May 2004, John Runberg wrote:

> For those interested, read on. Otherwise delete now.
>
> >From talking to the wife (it's her camera, I just get to play with it)
> >the big differences are support for the Canon image stabilization
> >lenses and for external flash. There's probably more to justify the
> >price, but I don't know. A designer friend has the Rebel and speaks
> >highly of it.

I think she's right about the image stabilization lenses.  However, it
does have a hot shoe for an external flash.  It lacks a sync cord
connection, however, so there's no provision for remotely-mounted flashes.

There's also a little bit less flexibility in mode selection, once you get
outside the pre-programmed modes.  For example, continuous autofocus is
only available in Sports mode.  (This isn't *entirely* true -- if the
camera detects motion towards or away from it while you have the shutter
button halfway down, it will switch to continuous autofocus regardless of
what mode you have it in.  But you can't force it.)

I think the 10D might also have a metal body, while the Rebel's is mostly
plastic.  Not sure about that, though.