True. It's the way of the Reble series.
I wonder, how many of you owned before a Rebel series film camera and an advenced series Canon film camera. I did. I started with a Rebel G and then switched to an Elan 7.
As much as I simpathyze with all of you who believe the camera should work differently I don't think you'll ever get most of the features you want on a Rebel, simply because the Rebel has been years on the market and it has allways had it's limitatations when compared to the more advanced line of Canon cameras.
Also, the price range is pretty much the same. My Elan 7 costed me about 50% more than what a Rebel 2000 would have costed me then. Yes, digital cameras are much more expensive, you can actually buy a 1v for little more of what you payed for your DRebel! And still the price difference is about the same, $1,000 for a DRebel and about 50% more, or $1,500, for the low end camera of the advanced series, the 10D.
So, what can I say. It's the way the cameras on the Rebel series are, and has been for over a decade, so don't expect it to be different in the future. Changing from a more advanced camera to a less advanced one (yes, the Elan 7 is more advanced than the DRebel, though the format is different) can be seen as a limitation or as a challenge, it's up to you.
It's a though way to discover the differences between the Rebel line and the advanced line, huh? True. But, now it's up to you. You can try and enjoy your camera or complain and blame the camera for your problems and believe you've been cheated.
Actually I don't think this kind of threads is a waste of space. I even enjoy this kind of threads, and respect everyones opinion and right to express it, though, I must addmit, I find them a bit silly. Really, are we getting somewhere with this kind of threads or just letting some steam out over our frustrations?
I believe it would be more productive to focus on other things than just keep on complaining. For instance, some of us, myself included, have no problem recomposing. Wouldn't it be more productive to ask, "why can't I recompose? AI Servo keeps kikking in." Instead of just, over and over, saying "It's not possible to recompose. It's Canon's fault. They should fix it."
Like wise, you can send a thousand letters complaining about the features missing on the Rebel series and get a thousand of similar responses. Instead, why not write Canon asking for more detailed, more technical, documentation about the features included, the respnse might actually help us to understand how to work with the features included without having to fight the camera.
