Posts Tagged ‘Canon EOS 500D’
I love photography and I bought a Canon EOS XSi (450D) last year from amazon.fr. How I wished I had waited like Canon are about to launch its brand to a new successor, T1i Canon EOS (500D), which is very soon (early May 2009).
The XSi is a fantastic camera for the price and really builds the bridge between the amateur photographer and professional photographer as well. I thought I could not improve on it to be honest.
But they have. Oh, how nice they are.
The EOS T1i offers so much for its price. Canon has incorporated many features found on the EOS 5D Mk II (which normally costs over $ 2500) and packaged in the body of the T1i. And guess what? The dimensions are exactly the same as the XSi before (except the weight is 5g heavier).
What does the T1i have on the XSi?
The T1i has 15.1 mega pixels (compared with only 12.2).
More advanced DIGIC 4 processor (compared to the DIGIC III XSi).
The ISO range is expandable to 12,800 compared to only 1600.
The video recording mode – can be used as a video camera, shooting up to 12 minutes (or 4GB) of full HD video!
The HDMI connection for viewing and playing high definition.
A unique feature that really interests me greatly is that the T1i has a great feature for beginners – Auto Creative zone. When set to one of these areas, the camera will guide you as to what settings to use via the LCD. Basically, creative auto mode is like having a built in teacher! I'm tempted to trade in my old T1i XSi and buy just for this feature alone!
Many other standard features of the Canon cameras are still there, including Live View, Auto sensor cleaner, dust and so on and storage is SD or SDHC cards.
Abstract:
I'm looking forward to the release of this camera in early May and will have to talk my wife into allowing me to update my existing XSi. This really looks like a crack house.
It seems that Canon has once again leapt ahead and incorporating new technologies to many in a body so small and low prices. I can not think what to do next, despite Wi-Fi printing transfers and would be good. Need a fast connection to the highest quality images RAW will be well in excess of 20 MB.
The XSi seemed to be a bridge between amateur and professional, but the beat seems T1i including a built in teacher! There is nothing worse than being out on the field after reading something, and then forgotten. The T1i will ask what to do with creative automatically.
Perhaps they also incorporate a mobile phone camera too! Who knows, stranger things have happened!
Canon Europe has introduced a replacement for the EOS 450D. The new Canon EOS 500D SLR incorporates some of the best technologies from the EOS 50D and EOS 5D Mark II models into an entry-level juggernaut.
The sensor jumps to 15MP sensor much like the sensor in the EOS 50D. You also get the 920,000 dot LCD that has been slowly working its way through Canon’s dSLR product line. The Canon EOS 500D is the first entry-level dSLR to feature video (and 1080p HD video at that).
Features
- 15.1MP, 22.3 x 14.9 mm CMOS sensor
- Digic 4 Processor
- 1080p HD Video
- ISO expandable to 12800
- 920,000 dot 3-inch LCD
- Auto lighting optimiser – now adjustable
- Quick control setting mode
- Peripheral Illumination Correction
- Face detection in Liveview
- EOS Integrated Cleaning System
- Storage: SD/SDHC card
- Plastic Body (Stainless Steel Chassis)
- Lithium-Ion LP-E5 Rechargeable Battery
- Compatible Battery Grip: BG-E5
Another feature brought over from the EOS 50D is “Peripheral Illumination Correction” which brightens the corners of images to correct for lens vignetting.
What’s up with name?
Canon Digital Rebel T1i (USA)
Canon EOS Kiss X3 (Japan)
Canon EOS 500D (everywhere else)
The USA name has lost the letter ‘X’. However, not so in Japan, where it will be known as the ‘Kiss X3 Digital”.
Price and Availability
The new Canon EOS 500D (body only) will be available in Europe from early May 2009 at £870 / €1,000. In the USA, the Canon EOS Rebel T1i (body-only) will have an estimated retail price of US$800.
Why should Canon upgrade the 450D now? It’s doing fine at it’s current pricepoint.
Read more here:
Canon Rumors » Blog Archive » Canon EOS Rebel 500D [CR4]
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