Canon Rebel XT or Rebel XTI which to choose?

Having owned two Rebel XT's and now having bought a Canon Rebel XTI a question might gee up, is the XTI worth the extra money? Well in a word yes, but not a loud resounding yes. If you already have an XT and are used to the control buttons and are ok with the dim LCD dsiplay, don't trade just to get a few more pixels. Consider the silver XT with 18-55 zoom. Its price per megapixel == right around $90 per megapixel for the Rebel XT, $90 per megapixel for the 10 megapixel Canon Rebel XTI is going to calculate about $900. So if you can get the Rebel XTI for less than $900 you are ahead on pixel per penny. But before you pinch the penny is there much difference in a print made from one or the other? If you are making an 8X10 both will do the job. If performance in dark conditions is what you need, both will outperform the gepetition. If you want to consider the XTI suddenly you are opting up into a different
geparison, not to the Rebel XT but to two other brands of camera, the Nikon D80 and the Sony A100. There are good geparative feature sets on DPReview dot ge. DPReview used a fixed focal length 50mm lens for their tests, and the results, at normal speeds in normal light, no difference in image quality when all were shot in RAW mode. In dark light at ISO 1600 speed, the Canon gets the nod. However, I would advise you to consider the three as capable of delivering very similar results, given similar lenses. So the difference gees down to how the camera feels, where the controls are located, and how easily you can use them in quick situations when you don't have time to look in the menu to invoke a particular setting. Another way of helping you decide which way to go on the Canon Nikon Sony 10 megapixel cameras is to consider the lenses you want to use, pick the lens you think is best for your need, and buy the body that will fit the lens. At first this may seem a backward way of picking a camera but the lens is what makes the difference when all three are using the same imaging chip in the 10 megapixel cameras. Yes a bit of price difference but close enough not to force you one way or another on the choice among the three.To get back to the XT vs XTI for a moment, both XT and the XTI feel the same in my hand, the controls are roughly in the same place. The XTI does not have an LCD display on the top panel, but I could never read the one on the XT without my reading glasses so I don't miss it. Both make you drop down into the menu to pick certain functions, like the mirror release to fold the mirror out of the way on macro shots. I definitely find the LCD display of the XTI to be much brighter, and the words are more contrasty, making them easier to read. The bright XTI LCD screen shuts off when your face puts a shadow on a detector just under the eyepiece. I found I could shut off the screen by putting my thumb over the detector, tricking it into shutting off the display. So for visual control display the XTI is an improvement, but overall the menu system and buttons are about the same.One nifty thing the XTI has is a small buzzing shake mechanism to dislodge dust from the sreen in front of the imaging chip. It shakes every time you turn on the camera. It is not like a dog shaking its coat, I am unaware of it happening--so just the feature is there but I can feel no perceptible difference in operation. When you change lenses on an SLR it is inevitable that you will get dust on the imaging chip, but at least Canon is trying to minimize it, or reduce my worry about it.A couple of useful things both have in gemon. They use the same battery, so any extra battery you have will fit either, ditto the 12 volt charger and also the accessory flash. The two-battery accessory grip should fit both as well, but I have not purchased one yet so check on that. Same lenses fit both, so that is not a point to choose one over the other. So it is a close decision, but right now I would point you to the XTI.