
All in all:
Great camera
Good lens, bag, battery, screen protector, cleaning kit and memory card
Pretty bad UV filter
Very bad tripod
Still, everything but the body and lens came as a free bonus, so I don't see why you wouldn't go with this over just the body and lens. If you already have a lens that fills the space of the 18-135 in this kit, just get the body and save the money to get nicer accessories.
Update: The price of the bundle has increased, and I would strongly consider getting just the body or body + kit lens. The extra stuff was nice, but I would not have bought this kit at the current price ($100 ish more than the body+kit lens)Everything came brand new and everything was correct. I love this camera, I used to have a Nikon but the switch to Canon was the best decision I have ever made.I ordered this product from cameta camera and opted for a 3-day shipping so I can give this camera as a New year gift. the product didn't come one time. It came 10 days after the order date. The customer service reps were very rude and they probably need some training. I definitely would NOT GO BACK to this seller to buy anything else. Even the freebies that come with the camera are not good. Tripod is shaky and I probably would need to order better quality one. After reading the seller rating/reviews, I found out that other users have also had similar problems and had to deal with rude customer reps. I wish I had read them before :-(I was long hesitating on which camera to buy. The differences in the specs between 5D and 550D were subtle, differences between this model and considered higher level 40/50D were slightly more. Overall, for a beginner photographer, as I am, the camera appeared to be very good one, providing all that I was looking for good control over the shooting setting, not bad optics (kit lens), good ccd size, nice metering and very good quality at high ISO levels. In my case video shooting was also important as we are expecting a baby. The tests went pretty well, both in still imaging and video. The only thing that I would perhaps note as negative is relatively long auto focus. In some cases it takes a while, so manual may be preferred choice.
We had a pretty good deal with the merchant, the whole package, that included stand, cleaning kit, memory card, and a bag, appeared to be very competitive. We have received everything within the promised date, not even the last day of the timespan. Everything was in a very good condition.Pros: Everything was included as it said. Good Camera but slightly heavier that I thought it would be.
The 18-135mm Lens is good but it has its limits. Taking Close up shots are difficult. Might want to get a smaller lens if you are into close-ups.
Also, The UV filter lens were used.............. It had multiple small scratches on it. So I had to buy a new one and its all good now.
The SD card was actually class 10 so I was happy.
Battery is good, case is good, cleaning kit is ok.. but smells with "new" factory smell which is kinda bothersome at first.
Tripod is cheap stuff so its wobbly. But other then that, the camera and lens was a good purchase.
I hope this review will be helpful to others.
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