Canon EOS 500D Digital SLR Camera (incl. EF-S 18-55 mm IS Lens Kit)

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Aperture and shutter speed settings can be easily adjusted with the index finger on the well-positioned dial, but it's annoying that you have to hold down the Exposure Compensation button to change the aperture in Manual mode, rather than just press it once to toggle between shutter speed and aperture. Successor to the popular EOS 450D / Rebel XSi, the Canon 500D / Rebel T1i offers a number of significant upgrades, including an increase in resolution from 12 to 15 megapixels, improved Live View with three different modes including Face Detection, a 3 inch LCD screen with 920,000-dots, and expanded ISO range of 100-12800. In more contrasting light conditions it does have a tendency to overexpose slightly, and is therefore best to stop down by up to one stop before shooting. Indeed, Canon is the only camera manufacturer to produce their own sensor and years of imaging experience are borne out by the results - a range of sensors designed to perfectly match the performance requirements of each specific EOS model and superb clean detailed images with minimum noise.

You can't set the aperture from the camera in movie mode, so you will want to use lenses that have an aperture ring if possible. This 55-250mm zoom lens comes as a standard part of the Canon DSLR 500D kit that was supplied and this is a beautiful lens. For a more point and shoot control there is also a full auto mode (green square) and six scene modes. On top of this the camera models are constantly updated by manufacturers meaning new and improved models every 6 months.We've assembled a few of our favorite articles, tutorials, explainers, and guides to help beginners get started with photography and level up to advanced concepts. Canon's latest generation of DIGIC processor, the DIGIC 4, is the brain of the camera and is responsible for the superb responsiveness of all EOS models.

inch LCD with 920,000 dot resolution and an ISO sensitivity range expandable up to 12800 equivalent. Once new Picture Styles have been created, they can be uploaded directly into the camera and applied to JPEG or RAW images. Unfortunately this is much slower than the Quick AF mode, taking over 3 seconds to focus on a clearly-defined subject in bright light, which I think will put off most users that are attracted by the promised point-and-shoot experience.

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Ultra-fast processing speeds result in highly responsive camera operation and near-instant start-up times. The only point of getting a dSLR is to combine it with different lenses, so the financial commitment is more than just for the camera.

As Canon has suggested by offering a standard ISO range of 100-3200, and the others as an expansion, these higher settings (6400 and 12800) are to be treated as a compromise. It also loses the external microphone socket of the 5D Mark II, relying on the under-powered built-in microphone instead. As you can see, neither the Flash On setting or the Flash On + Red-eye option caused any amount of red-eye.