Canon - Digital Rebel XT / EOS 350D, 18-55mm Lens Digital Camera Review

I am a serious amateur photographer. I bought my first dslr to photograph basketball games because slr's have little or no shutter lag and are suitable for action photos. I found that the kit lens wasn't a "bad" lens, but wasn't up to the task of indoor, low light photography and soon replaced it with a medium quality Canon ESF17x85 lens which cost $475.00.

With the 17x85 lens I was able to take acceptable photos of indoor sports as long as I used a flash and was close enough. The kit lens is actually faster than the 17X85 ( f 3.5 vs f 4.5 ) so I can only attribute the difference to the quality of the glass.

The Rebel XT is a good dslr but to realize it's potential, don't rely on the kit lens.