Canon EOS 500D DSLR Camera
Just 2 months after I bought my lovely Canon EOS 450 (and lens), Canon unveils the 450D replacement — Canon EOS 500D (Rebel T1i)! (not the 500D close-up lens)
What’s new on 500D over 450D?
Canon EOS 500D is a combination of 50D‘s sensor and 5D Mark II‘s video capture in the body of 450D. Rob Galbraith has a detail reviews of 500D.
- 15.1 Megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor
- Full HD movie recording with HDMI connection for viewing and playback on an HDTV
- ISO 100-3200 (expandable to 12800)
- 3.4 frames per second continuous shooting
- Max. 170 large JPEG images in a single burst
- 3.0” ClearView LCD with Live View mode
- High speed DIGIC 4 performance and superb image quality
Price and availability? “$899 (USD) with kit lens (EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS), $799 (USD) body only, available early May”, said Gizmodo.
My two cents
500D is a great upgrade of 450D. If you can wait till May 2009 (non-USA might need wait a little longer), 500D is definitely worth to buy as your first DSLR camera.
I have not regretted buying my 450D. I have been poisoned by the quality of the DSLR images.
Warning: Buying a DSLR means you will spend even more on other photography accessories: lenses, flash, tripod, etc. ;)
Remember create a photoblog to show us your photo ;p
btw, DCIMShow is in this weekend. Will you be there for velocity angel? XD
Great ! but still can’t effort it.
with so many promotion going on. I have this feeling where they are clearing their old stocks, with the new release of 500D, I was right!
60D is coming soon, 500D is more like a ‘white mice’, to test out potential problem before they incorporate it to their higher end model.
Do you have GPS logger? If so you can geotagged your photos. With this you will know where you take your photos.