Canon EOS 500D
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| Overview | |
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| Type | Digital single-lens reflex camera |
| Lens | |
| Lens | Canon EF lens mount, Canon EF-S lens mount |
| Sensor/Medium | |
| Sensor | CMOS APS-C 22.3 x 14.9 mm (1.6x conversion factor) |
| Maximum resolution | 15.1 effective megapixels, 4,752 x 3,168 |
| ASA/ISO range | ISO 100 to 3200 (expandable to 12800) |
| Storage |
Secure Digital Card Secure Digital High Capacity |
| Focusing | |
| Focus modes | AI Focus, One-Shot, AI Servo, Live View |
| Focus areas | 9 AF points |
| Exposure/Metering | |
| Exposure modes | Full Auto, Portrait, Landscape, Close-up, Sports, Night Portrait, No Flash, Program AE, Shutter-priority, Aperture-priority, Manual, Auto Depth-of-field |
| Exposure metering | Full aperture TTL, 35-zone SPC |
| Metering modes | Spot, Evaluative, Partial (approx. 9% at center of viewfinder), Center-weighted average |
| Flash | |
| Flash | E-TTL II automatic built-in pop-up |
| Flash bracketing | Yes |
| Shutter | |
| Shutter | focal-plane |
| Shutter speed range | 1/4000 to 30 sec and Bulb, 1/200 s X-sync |
| Continuous shooting | 3.4 frame/s for 170 JPEGs or 9 raw files |
| Viewfinder | |
| Viewfinder | Eye-level pentamirror SLR, 95% coverage, 0.87x magnification |
| Image Processing | |
| Custom WB | Auto, Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten Light, White Fluorescent Light, Flash, Manual, user-set |
| WB bracketing | +/- 3 stops in 1-stop increments; |
| General | |
| Rear LCD monitor | 3 in color TFT LCD, 920,000 dots |
| Battery | LP-E5 Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery (7.4 V, 1050 mAh) |
| Optional battery packs | BG-E5 grip |
| Dimensions | 129 x 98 x 62 mm |
| Weight | 480 g (body only, no battery) |
| Made in | Japan, Taiwan |
The Canon EOS 500D is a 15-megapixel entry-level digital single-lens reflex camera, announced by Canon on 25 March 2009. It was released in May 2009. It is known as the EOS Kiss X3 in Japan, and as the EOS Rebel T1i in North America. It continues the Rebel line of mid-range DSLR cameras, is placed by Canon as the next model up from the EOS 450D, and has been superseded by the EOS 550D (T2i).
It is the third digital single-lens reflex camera to feature a movie mode and the second to feature full 1080p video recording, albeit at the rate of 20 frames/sec. The camera shares a few features with the high-end Canon EOS 5D Mark II, including movie mode, Live preview, and DiGIC 4. Like the EOS 450D and EOS 1000D, it uses SDHC media storage, and is the third EOS model to use that medium instead of CompactFlash. Like the EOS 5D Mark II, video clips are recorded as MOV (QuickTime) files with H.264/MPEG-4 compressed video and linear PCM audio.
Though not endorsed by Canon, the firmware of the camera allows for the installation of third-party custom firmware, altering the features of the camera. One example of such firmware is Magic Lantern.
The Canon EOS 500D received favorable reviews on its release.
IT Reviews gave the camera a Recommended Award, and concluded: “Canon's DSLR range continues to go from strength to strength with this considerably enhanced upgrade of the EOS 450D, which manages to keep almost all of the previous physical features while improving the processor and the ISO range and adding a new Full HD video facility.”
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