Originally posted by rparmar They are rubbish compared with the Pentax cameras. No in-body stabilisation, crappy viewfinders, no WR, plastic build... toys, really. They only exist so Canon can up-sell you to a different model.
But if you are the sort of person who takes photographs based on stats... then go right ahead and get a Rebel!
The latest Rebel viewfinders have gotten better. Build quality is decent, not as good as the higher-end bodies. But they are NOT toys. I have an Xsi which is two generations old, but it comes with me on all my paid jobs and serves as a great "platform" for my 70-200mm f/4 IS L. My 24-70L lives on my 40D.
It autofocuses when I tell it to, and sets the shutter speed/aperture based on my input, and correctly "records" the scene on the excellent 12MP CMOS sensor. What else do you need for creating great images?
As for the original complaint, IF you switch to Canon, you will be most likely posting on the Canon forum complaining that your Rebel overexposes
Seriously! In high contrast scenes, Pentax aims to save the highlights, leaving you with dark shadows. Canon blows the highlights, leaving you with nicely exposed subjects in the shade with a blown out background.
YOUR job as a photographer is to try and create scenes that can be captures within the dynamic range of the sensor.
As for your complaint regarding "Colors", that's ALL in the JPG processing you can adjust in-camera, or your raw processing on the PC using Lightroom/Silkypix/whatever.
And if it takes you 1/2 day to post-process 200-300 pictures, you're not being as efficient as you can be. My last shoot (50th Wedding Anniversary), I shot ~700 pictures, and it took me about 40 minutes to cull it down to 250, and this week I expect to take no more than two hours to fully post-process all of them in Lightroom.