Thursday, January 24, 2008

Canon EOS 450D / Digital Rebel XSi, let’s start!


Finally, the announcement that we were expecting from Canon for today (in preparation of next week’s PMA) is about a low-cost consumer D-SLR camera: Canon EOS 450D.

Finally, the announcement that we were expecting from Canon for today (in preparation of next week’s PMA) is about a low-cost consumer D-SLR camera: Canon EOS 450D.


The most significant features are:



  • 12.2 MP CMOS sensor

  • Improved 9-zone AF system

  • Continuous shooting at 3.5fps for up to 53 JPEG (6 RAW)

  • Spot metering

  • 14 bit A/D image processing

  • Highlight Tone Priority (feature borrowed from EOS 40D)

  • Auto Lighting Optimiser (improves the shadows in the image)

  • 3.0″ LCD monitor

  • Live view mode, suported by contrast-detect AF

  • Larger viewfinder

  • Redesigned menus (including My Menu as seen in EOS 40D)

  • New, larger, higher capacity battery

  • SD/SDHC Flash cards

  • New battery grip (BG-E5)


Sources:



  • DP review

  • DP review brief hands-on



Source: http://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress/2008/01/24/canon-eos-450d-digital-rebel-xsi-lets-start/

Related articles:

Bye Bye Canon Rebel XTi, Hello XSi

New Canon 450D announced

Sigma EF-530 DG Super EO-ETTL II Electronic Flash for Canon EOS


0 comments:

BW FixSim_112007