Canon's first consumer digital SLR — the 6.3MP Rebel that democratised DSLR photography.
The Canon EOS 300D (Digital Rebel) launched in 2003 as a watershed moment in photography — the first DSLR priced under $1000/£1000, making digital SLR photography accessible to consumers for the first time. It used a 6.3MP APS-C CMOS sensor.
The 6.3MP sensor delivers good results for its era — clean to ISO 400. 7-point AF system with single cross-type centre. 2.5fps burst. No video recording. DIGIC processor. Compatible with the full Canon EF and EF-S lens range — launching millions into the Canon ecosystem.
Compact plastic body at 560g. 1.8-inch fixed LCD — tiny by modern standards. Compact Flash card slot. Built-in flash. Optical viewfinder. EF and EF-S mount. No Live View or video — predates these features.
Available used for almost nothing — historically significant but functionally obsolete. The 6.3MP and 1.8-inch LCD make it unusable by modern standards. A milestone camera that changed the industry. For collectors of photographic history only.