I bought this for a friends birthday. It arrived late, thankyou Littlewoods, I tried to return it, all sorts of problems later, I decided to try it for myself. I usually use NIKON. I found this dslr to be plastic, lightweight and toylike. Not my preference. Although my kids loved it.

Canon was late in entering the mirrorless camera market. When it did come out with the EOS M it faced some flak due to the slow autofocus speed. Although Canon did announce a firmware update to improve the AF speed in June this year, the damage was already done.

Nowadays entry level DSLRs are priced as much as flagship smartphones. If you want more control over the kind of photographs you take, there are enough DSLR options to pick from. One such camera is the Canon EOS 100D.

Good build quality; Rich in features; Lightweight and compact

Expensive; No Wi-Fi or in-built geo-tagging; High colour saturation in tone priority mode

This is currently the best crop sensor camera you can buy right now.

Image quality is superb, Loads of familiar features, Full manual control / RAW shooting, Fast; there's no appreciable lag that I notice yet

Max shutter is 1/4k; No HSS on the built-in flash; so can be limiting for fill-flash in bright sun; Flash compensation limited to +/- 2 stops

My Canon EOS Rebel SL1 review reveals a DSLR camera that does a lot of things well for a smaller than average camera, including good image quality and fast performance levels in viewfinder mode, all at a very good price versus other DSLRs.

Canon took the standard Rebel and whittled it into a smaller body, removing only a few features, while adding one very important one: improved live view autofocus. The result is a mature camera for the family photographer that's not a burden to bring along, but which can also serve as a reliable,...

Very small and light with good grip for small to medium-size hands; High ISO shots are quite usable; even above ISO 6400; Excellent LCD and responsive touchscreen; Special coating minimizes fingerprint smudges from touchscreen use; Hybrid AF II / STM lens combo is noticeably improved for live view...

May be too small for those with larger hands; Grip may be insufficient for use with larger lenses; AF illuminator integrated into flash (must have flash engaged to use it; Flash produces red-eye in Night portrait mode; Non-STM lenses struggle in live view and in movie servo AF; Default dynamic range...

Canon bills the EOS Rebel SL1 ($649.99 list, body only) as the world's smallest digital SLR. There's no arguing about that; it's impressively small, making Canon's standard 18-55mm zoom lens look positively huge in comparison.

Compact design; Touch screen; Quick to start and focus; 4fps continuous shooting; Smooth live view focus experience; Microphone input; Good high ISO performance

Limited Raw burst shooting; Pentamirror viewfinder; Fixed rear LCD; May be too small for some hands

The Canon EOS Rebel SL1, or 100D as it's known outside North America, is the company's latest entry-level DSLR and the smallest and lightest model with an APS-C sensor to date. Announced in March 2013, it's arguably the successor to the entry-level EOS Rebel T3 / 1100D and undoubtedly produced in...

World's smallest DSLR; Truly compact body, Good photo and video quality, 1080p movies with respectable continuous AF, Excellent touch-screen interface, Microphone input, Remote control over USB using PCs or Macs, New kit lens with very quiet AF and non-rotating barrel

Modest continuous shooting speed at 4fps; No built-in Wifi and no Canon accessory either; Screen doesn't flip-out; it's fixed in position; Basic auto exposure bracketing of three frames; No auto-panorama mode in-camera; Non adjustable AF area size in Live View; Loses size advantage once you fit most...

If you're looking for something which is truly portable, but still retains DSLR-type stylings and operability, take a look at the Panasonic G5 or the newer Panasonic G6

Canon's high-performing EOS Rebel SL1 is the tiniest digital SLR you can put your hands on, but it may be too small for some hands.