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Canon Eos-300dThe Canon EOS-300D, marketed in The Americas as the EOS Digital Rebel and in Japan as the EOS Kiss Digital, is a 6.3-megapixel consumer digital SLR camera, initially announced on August 20, 2003 at a price point of $899 without lens, $999 with. It uses Compact Flash storage. The 300D and Digital Rebel's polycarbonate bodies were originally available in silver color only, whereas the Japanese version was also available in black. Later, black versions of the 300D and Digital Rebel were also released. The 300D is often regarded as the little brother of the Canon EOS-10D, which features virtually the same CMOS image sensor and image processing chip. Interestingly, the two cameras also seem to share much of the same in-camera firmware which was demonstrated by hacking back some of the features the 300D missed compared to the 10D. The 300D was the first camera to use the Canon EF-S lens mount. Along with the 300D, the EF-S 18-55/3.5-5.6 was introduced as the kit lens, available in a USM version in Japan or as a non-USM version elsewhere. Hacking Because of the 300D's low pricepoint (it was the first sub-$1000 digital SLR), it has been the subject of much hacking, ranging from homemade white balance cards, flash diffusers and remote shutter controls to unofficial firmware upgrades which enable many of the features of the 10D that were disabled in the 300D, such as ISO 3200, flash exposure (FEC) control, single-shot autofocus and some of its larger brother's custom functionality. See also External links
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