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Capturing Life with the Canon EOS Rebel SL1 {Giveaway}

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This post is the opinion of the Experimental Mommy.  While a sample was received to facilitate this review, all opinions remain 100% mine.

This July marked five years since I started this blog.  FIVE YEARS.  That’s like a whole hand!  One thing that I have been trying to improve (among many) is my photography skills.  I want to be able to bring you eye catching images of the products I test and the recipes I make (or try to make).  Three years ago, I purchased the Canon Rebel T1i to take my budding skills to the next level.

It changed my life.

The quality of my pictures grew exponentially and so did the traffic to the blog.  I could not have been happier with my purchase!  Since then, my Canon and I have been inseparable but I will admit that sometimes it was a pain to carry or pack in my luggage to take on a press junket.  You can imagine my excitement when I saw a commercial advertising the new Canon Rebel SL1 which is the world’s smallest at lightest DSLR camera.

It needed to be mine.

As fate would have it, I was asked to review the object of my affection, the Canon Rebel SL1, right here on Experimental Mommy.  Even better?  I get to give one away…keep reading! Here’s some techy stuff about the camera:

The new EOS Rebel SL1 is small in size but enormous in performance. With a newly-designed Canon 18.0 Megapixel CMOS (APS-C) sensor and speedy Canon DIGIC 5 Image Processor, it delivers images of extraordinary quality – ideal for those stepping up from a smartphone or compact camera.  In addition to its Optical Viewfinder, the EOS Rebel SL1 has a bright, wide Touch Screen 3.0″ Clear View LCD monitor II, perfect for viewing a number of special scene modes and Creative Filters available in real-time display.

Last week, I took the camera on a family vacation to Honduras, Belize and Cozumel.  I knew there would be some amazing sights to see and I didn’t want to miss a thing.  The smaller size of the EOS Rebel SL1 made it much easier to slip in my purse or carry-on bag.

Even though the camera body is smaller, the quality of my images are excellent.  Take a look at a few images I captured during our trip below.  You can see that the colors and clarity are just lovely.

I love my Canon Rebel SL1 so much that I had to introduce it to my family.  However, that may have been a mistake as it was quite difficult to get it back on our day touring the Mayan Ruin, Altun Ha.

My experience with the Canon Rebel SL1 has been nothing but positive.  I am in love with it’s small size as it is so much easier to transport and even conceal in my purse.  Now, I am obsessed with buying a new lens!

Do you have upcoming life moments that you just need to capture?  Good news!  One Experimental Mommy winner will receive the Canon EOS Rebel SL1 (ARV $799.99)!  Enter below:

a Rafflecopter giveaway

414 thoughts on “Capturing Life with the Canon EOS Rebel SL1 {Giveaway}”

  3. With three young children, I have many moments throughout the day that need to be captured! I have a T2i, but is love to have something smaller for travel!

  14. I would capture all kinds of daily moments with my kids…. especially my kids with my mom, after losing my dad unexpectedly (he traveled for work a lot so it was sometimes hard to get pics of him with my kids) 22 months ago and having my mom diagnosed with cancer last month, I want to capture every moment. I’d also love to capture soccer games this fall.

  15. I’m an avid scrapbooker and I LOVE to take pictures! I love pictures in general! I love to look at old ones and imagine myself in those days, how my ancestors were back then, or a moment I may have forgotten only for a second until I see the sweet face of one of my babies. I take pictures so when my children are grown they too can relive those special moments!!!

  20. I would capture new family moments. We were married almost two years ago and don’t have a real camera. We only use our cellphones right now. I used to have an SLR a long time ago and loved it.

    Diana C

  31. i always take photos of my family especially my nephews.
    i’ve been taking daily photos for our one photo a day for the entire year project.

  36. I would capture all my weekend roadtrips, nature, sunsets and sunrises. I love the summer when I can be out having adventures. Totally need to capture that with an excellent camera because some things you only get to see once and all you have is a picture or a memory to remind you.

  38. I would capture all the moments about my kids that I will forget. Not just the big things. The little everyday things.

  41. I would love taking pictures of my grandson and my upcoming trip to Cozumel and Gatinburg. This is the perfect size camera especially for a woman to use!!

  42. My daughter just started her senior year of high school. I will for sure want to capture all of her senior memories and graduation. When she graduates, we are planning a trip to Ireland. It would be wonderful to have this awesome camera to capture pics from our trip!

  44. Love this camera. I would use it to take pictures of the beach. We just moved to Florida and I love the water.

  46. It would be easier to answer what I wouldn’t capture…lol. I would take photos of everything with this camera, especially family vacations.

  48. I’m not great at photography (digital was a God-send for me!)
    Maybe this camera would help me improve.
    I love taking pics of my boys playing ball. A lighter camera would be phenomenal for spending hours at the baseball field.

  49. Pictures are SO important to me. I take pictures of everything our family experiences. I have a small point and shoot. I dream of a DSLR, but we just can’t afford it. This would be an amazing gift! Thanks for the chance!

  52. I’d capture everyday moments with my kids, my daughter going off to kindergarten in a couple weeks. A cruise familiy reunion in 2 years, Disney in 3 years. Oh, so much to capture!

  54. I would use it daily for the every day moments. I had a Nikon but after my husband walked out on my 2 boys and me I had to sell my camera. I know I’ll get another one day it just wasn’t meant to be at the time.

  55. What life moments would you capture with the Canon Rebel SL1? I would capture everything from Family vacation to all my step daughter adventures from 2nd Grade and above. All Dances, Plays and her now starting sports. I would capture all the special moments we share as a family. The trip we will have one day to Hawaii and the special Disney world trip that amazes my daughter.

  59. Looks like you had a lot of fun on your trip, and what a fantastic giveaway! Would love to take photos of my upcoming family reunion and my first nephew, my sister’s upcoming wedding…the list is endless!

  61. I want this – W-A-N-T this camera so badly! I have been a blogger for 4 years now and I’m launching a new year long project on my blog where I will share a picture a day for 356 days of my beloved Baton Rouge. This would be invaluable for my posts.

  65. We have a very special birthday coming up, and we would love to capture those moments because they only happen once in a lifetime.

  71. if i win this giveaway i would capture everyday moments, and the camera would help me experiment more on my career.(film)

  77. Our sons growing up – it happens so quickly! I’d love to be able to have a nice camera to capture every detail!

  83. I would capture the moment when my stepfather first gets on his new motorcycle after losing his leg in a motorcycle accident last summer.

  85. I would capture my children’s everyday moments from playing outside to.holdingtheir .new baby brother.

  86. I’d Capture, Birthdays, Holidays, Special Events, Learning, Growing, Playing, Vacations, And Those Special Candid Moments!

  87. I have always found photography a great way to capture all the big and small parts of a families life. I would use this camera to capture as many moments as I could so that my children can always go back and remember all the little and big things they did throughout there childhood.

  89. I would capture my kids at play or in their sports! I would also just love to capture them when they least expect it!

  90. I take gazillions of pictures of my daughter; maybe with a camera this nice I could take some that are quality enough to make some posters of her.

  91. I would capture everything, like first day of school, swimming parties, and Halloween to name a few!

  93. I would use the Canon Rebel SL1 DSLR camera to capture events with family and friends and to the wonders of nature.

  96. With having 4 boys, tine seems to go by way too fast. With school starting right around the corner, I would love to capture them going back 🙂

  97. I love to capture all types of things from family, friends, nature, objects, buildings, animals, etc. : )

  101. I would capture everything from the kids running around playing to birthdays and celebrations.

  108. Just this week my daughter lost her front tooth and my son got glasses for the first time! Those are the kinds of moments that I need to capture. Thanks for the chance to win!
    mrsmchappell at gmail dot com

  110. I would capture friends’ weddings and all their cute baby moments. Hopefully I will one day take picture of my own wedding and first born 🙂

  119. The life moments I would capture are the “firsts”. That is, the first time our baby walks, the first day at school, the first prom, etc… Life is full of the memory moments, so there’s a lot to capture.

  120. I commented on your “Talking to Kids About Hunger #HungerFreeSummer” post. I think it’s great that you shared those things with your wee one’s!

  121. I would love to take pictures of my family and the surrounding mountains we live in such a beautiful state it would be nice to have those memories and that of my family through the years:)

  136. I would capture my child growing up! He is probably my only child so I want to cherish every second of toddlerhood and beyond.

  138. I would love to catch my kitten in action. I’d also like to get really good pics of my daughter, she’s been changing her hairstyle like crazy and I’d love to have it in pictures.

  139. I would love to capture family memories that I can keep forever before my son leaves home. Family life is what I want to capture.

  140. I have a kindergartener and 8th grader…my babies are growing so I’d like to capture the little life moments to cherish forever!

  142. I am a Canon enthusiast as well and didn’t own my first Canon DSLR until last month. I think this one being smaller would be easier for me to get used to. I would capture moments of my family and my animals.

  143. I would capture everything! My daughter just started third grade and she is growing up so fast! Plus, we have family coming out this Fall that have never met my girl and I would hate it if I couldn’t get all those firsts on film.

  148. I have been an avid paparazzi of my 2 cats. Also, it would be awesome to finally capture decent photos of eveything i find interesting in life.

  150. I would capture all of my special moments with my son and husband!
    Entered the rafflecopter as “Wild orchid”

    Thanks for the chance to win!
    wildorchid985 at gmail dot com

  156. Everyday moments, especially those with my grandson and my dogs. 🙂 (We all have our priorities 😉 .)

  158. I’d love to capture family parties, trips, and holidays; unexpected moments like when a family member gets good news or receives an award; and the everyday moments that make life special when we spend time together as a whole family!

  164. Everything. I had a nice camera but it had an unfortunate Diet Coke accident on a cruise ship. I have not been able to buy another so I have been using a pitiful camera I got my daughter to take on a field trip . I took pictures all the time and now I feel lost with out a good quality camera.

  170. We have a plan to have a road trip to west coast this fall, it’d be very nice if I won the camera and captured our road trip memories. Thank you for the chance.

  171. I would use the SL1 to capture great moments and vacations of my boys before they go off to college. A camera that takes images this good would be perfect for capturing memories and letting me put up excellent photos around the house when they are gone!

  173. Bridgette,
    I want to thank you again for the great read about your Cozumel trip. I think that cruise is the perfect fit for me and my boys. I left a comment on that page for you. I’m so glad I stumbled upon this website this morning. Can’t thank you enough.

  176. There are so many things I would love to capture such as my figure competition prep, my food, completion of bucket list items.

  178. Every special moment of my grandson’s growing up would be what I would capture if I won this camera.

  179. I’d love to have a lighter camera to take with my for blogging – and to all the things I get to see with my family! I find that I don’t bring my heavy camera around with me a lot.

  181. First day of Kindergarten! Christmas morning, the beautiful sunsets when we visit Lake Michigan and hopefully this winter when we finally go to WDW!

  192. If I won this camera, I would probably use it to post videos on YouTube, and I would take lots of pictures of nature

  204. I would capture a lot of sweet moments of the children while they are still little, because it goes so fast!

  207. I would capture my family’s upcoming trip to Paris! What a dream it would be to use this awesome little camera to document what is sure to be a memorable and magical Christmas in Europe!

  208. I would capture EVERYTHING! I’m a photo-a-holic but I currently use my iPhone for most of my impulsive photo snapping.

  213. Taking my middle child to her birth country for a visit, for the first time since her birth six years ago. Would love to document her experience and adventures while there, so she has the memories preserved. 🙂 It’s a pretty big moment for her and I’d like to photograph it with something other than my iPhone hahaha! Thanks for the chance, my fingers and toes are crossed. 🙂

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  223. I switched to digital photography shortly before my first son was born, and it has been a savings over buying film & developing. But thus far I’ve only been able to afford lower-end digital cameras. I’d love to be able to take higher quality photos like I did with my 35mm gear.

  227. I would capture the changes that my husband is doing around the house to make it more of our own. Before and after pics . We bought the house almost a yr ago and we are slowly changing it to our taste.

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  233. Beautiful pictures! I have always wished for one of these camera’s! It’s such a great quality product! I love the new smaller design! It would be awesome to win this! Thank you for this offer! <3 Melanie

  237. There are very few moments that I don’t capture with my camera. Sometimes I think it’s an extension of my body. But it sure would be nice to have a camera that’s a bit smaller to lug around. Those DSLR’s get heavy.

  240. This is exactly what I need by mistakenly dropping my Camera while on a vacation! Would really appreciate it:)!

  243. I have been wanting to upgrade my point and shoot camera for a very long time! I especially love sport photography, particular equestrian sports. I go to horse shows over the weekends sometimes and this camera would definitely take fabulous pictures!

  253. As a young blogger traveling and seeing the world and starting my life in the “real world” over-seas in Spain, capturing all of the sights to share with my family, friends, and readers is SO incredibly important to me. I would love to own this camera to make capturing amazing images even more accessible!

  254. Yes, I’m not a mom but I do take care of my younger brothers and little sister. With this camera, I would take snapshots of how my young siblings turn into teens and eventually, responsible adults. I’d love to capture each moment, may it be their ups or downs, their triumphs and challenges, and the result of years of hard work and persistence to learn more about life. This upcoming summer, I would love this camera to witness another triumph of my sweet little sister, and that’s no other than her Primary school graduation.

  261. My girls are growing like weeds, so of course I want to capture all the moments I can with them so they will have them for their memory books. Thank you so much for the wonderful giveaway!

  265. I would capture the moments of the children I care (nanny) for and I’m going to school for photography soon so this would be awesome.

  268. I would take pictures of my daily life. I have a son in his senior year of high school and he loves to play basketball. I need more pictures of my mother and grandkids. It would great to have a quality camera.

  269. My sister has this camera – I agree it is great! I loved using it when we were visiting her a couple months back, I would love one of my own!!

  271. I would capture my Family’s Kodak Moments…My Husband is deployed and I love to send him pictures so he misses as little as possible. He Loves to receive them too, no matter how small it might seem its especially special to him.

  272. I’d capture photos of my family! We’d take this camera everywhere, on vacation, to weddings, and even everyday visits to the park. Fantastic giveaway, thanks!

  273. I would love to have this camera to take pictures of our family events and holidays. Most importantly is my son’s college graduation in the Spring. This would be wonderful to have.

  275. I just love taking pictures period! Family, friends, daily life…if it’s there, I take the picture! I definitely can use a lighter camera!

  278. As a former California girl, turned New Englander, I would love to document our family’s new adventures on the right coast. We left all of our family on the left coast, so pictures keep us connected.

  281. I hate my camera! I have a toddler and a baby, and the shutter speed is too slow to hardly ever capture what I was going for! The EOS Rebel looks like it would do the trick and still be portable!

  282. I would capture as moments as I can. I would capture all the crazy things my family does. I would capture my daughter graduating from college, getting married and first children. I would capture wild life. I would use it for everything.

  285. I’d capture my teen son’s cross country track meets and all my family’s birthday parties. Thanks.
    partymix25(at)hotmail(dot)com

  286. The childhood of my 3 boys – they are growing way too fast! And they all have upcoming birthdays in September so I would capture those moments too!

  288. I have a 4 month old and I would capture daily life with her as she grows up. She has already grown so much and documenting her growth is important to me.

  289. I love traveling and spending time with my closest family and friends. I would use this camera to capture these things that are most important to me in life to try to make others happy.

  294. My wife and I just found out that she is 7 weeks pregnant with out first kid! WE would use those to capture all the special moments that parent hood brings for our first time around.

  297. I’d love to use the Canon EOS Rebel SL1 to help improve my photography skills as well. I hope to capture my adventures (and hopefully there will be a ton of new adventures). From memorable vacation moments to family get togethers, quality photos have always been important to me. Sure you can use your smart phone (you’d be surprised how many perplexed looks I get when I take out my point and shoot camera for a photo) but nothing beats an actual camera with lenses and zoom for crystal clear frame worthy photos!

  301. Our vacations and family gatherings. I also like to take pictures from the back of my husbands motorcycle while we ride with friends to different places.

  320. I have been itching to pull the trigger on a DSLR myself. I have been relying on professional photograph for my site but I think it’s time to take it on myself. I’ll keep my fingers crossed!

  324. Looks like an awesome camera! I just had baby number 3 and I can’t believe how fast time goes by. I try to capture all of my kids different stages. It gets a little harder with three kids but I make a conscious effort for them all.

  326. I would love to capture vacations, birthdays , holidays and milestones with the Cannon EOS Rebel SL1.

    jweezie43[at]gmail[dot]com

  336. I would make videos on youtube! i am a new youtuber and making videos has been a struggle… my ipad 2 broke and the digital camera i have is not in good quality..

  347. My oldest just started kindergarten and is starting soccer this week, so there are going to be tons of opportunities to take photos. Also, I get to spend a lot more time with my 3 year old over the next 2 years before he starts school. Oh yeah, and stuff with hubs too 😀
    Thanks

  356. I want to capture some scenes from the mountains as the leaves turn this fall

    brich22 at earthlink dot net

  358. hello love! i would use this camera to capture moments throughout the year. i know that next year will be amazong and i would like to get it in footage.

  359. I would capture my daughter playing at the park. I would take pictures of her swinging and having a picnic on the grass,

  376. Our vacations. We always go to areas with beautiful landscapes and they’re not captured very well by cheap cameras!

  379. Capturing the life moments is been allways my hobby, after entering this my luck will work and may be i will have this.cheers to evry 1.

  382. i would capture our family trips, our day to day activities and our games and practices. i would love this camera and use it daily!

  384. I would capture moments with wildlife creatures! We live on Farmland surrounded by wooded areas and see lots of wildlife and nature scenes that we love to capture on film. This camera would be great for our photos!

  393. My kids.. and hopefully Grandkids as they come.. My son just got out of the army on Medical release, and my daughter is heading into highschool Lots of memories to be made.. I want to capture each one as my memory is slipping …

  397. Moments with my children and our sweet golden retriever! Thanks for the giveaway! So glad I found it before it expired. 😀
    wendy2lindsey at yahoo dot com

  399. I would use it to capture photos of my grandchildren, birthdays, holidays and anything else. I love to take pictures and my camera just broke. Would love to win!

  404. I would capture the growth of my lovely nieces and nephews, lots of people from my neighborhood, city and my grandmother in the twilight years of her life.

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