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The 15.1 MP Canon EOS 500D

Canon EOS 500D

Canon’s consumer SLR line has a new flagship: the 15.1-megapixel Canon EOS 500D. Once again, we see a new SLR from Canon in beneath than 18 months from the aftermost in a accustomed line. It’s actually only eight months since the XS was announced, and about 14 since the XSi; either way you look at it, competition has shortened product cycles in the digital SLR space.

While the new HD cine approach is the gee-whiz affection on the Canon EOS 500D, the important affection for best photographers is the still angel affection at 15.1 megapixels. According to our tests, its only rival even near this price point is the Canon EOS 50D or the more recently-announced Pentax K-7, both of which are considerably more expensive at retail. (But they’re also more solid construction, including Pentax, which has a cast body and significant environmental sealing).

Controls and anatomy administration are about identical (differences are burst bottomward in the User Report below); the capital changes are internal. The Canon EOS 500D’s new sensor is anytime hardly beyond at 22.3 x 14.9mm compared to the 22.2 x 14.8mm altitude of the XSi’s sensor, but the bigger change is the new sensor’s aerial ISO capabilities, active from 100 to 3,200, with two broadcast settings: 6,400 and 12,800.

Canon’s new DIGIC 4 processor handles the larger 4,752 x 3,168 at a slightly reduced speed of 3.4 frames per second (at 1/500 second or greater — down from the XSi’s 3.5 fps), with a maximum JPEG burst of 170 frames or 9 RAW frames. You can additionally now abduction RAW images in all of the Canon EOS 500D’s modes, whether Basic or Creative Zone.

The Canon EOS 500D‘s 3-inch LCD is design of 640×480 with 920,000 dots, so to an image much clearer screen, ideal for focus and clarity to confirm after capture. The Canon EOS 500D is the aboriginal Rebel to accept such a high-res screen.

The Canon EOS 500D can use EF and EF-S lenses, and uses SD/SDHC cards, admitting Eye-Fi wireless cards. The array is the aforementioned as the XSi, and it uses the aforementioned array grip.

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