Just posted: Hands-on preview of the Canon EOS 700D / Rebel T5i

Guys, on the bright side your old Rebel should have less depreciation and you can continue to enjoy your existing Rebel without feeling 'out dated'.
If T5i had major improvement, you old Rebel would worth peanuts.

Mar 24, 2013permalink

Donnie G

The T5i is just the routine annual freshening up of the Rebel line with a few tweaks to keep it current and at or near the head of its class, just like the T4i was to the T3i. No surprises here since the Rebel line still outsells its competition by a huge margin, and routinely doesn't get a major redo until after 3 or more product cycles. The new Rebel SL1 is the real news from Canon and is destined to make the Rebel line even more dominate than it already is.

Mar 23, 2013permalink

I think a lot of us here are disappointed that T5i and SL1 is not up to par with competitors.
Canon fans expect a lot more than just a tweak of T4i and label it as T5i.
I don't know if Rebel outsells competitors by a huge margin. I know more Nikon users than Canon users that's for sure.

Mar 24, 2013permalink

@JimWongyyz - virtually every camera that Canon has ever introduced has been dismissed as nothing more than "just a tweak" of a previous model by somebody. Just go look back at every Canon DSLR introduction, and you'll find someone, somewhere, saying pretty much the exact same thing that you are saying now. And you can also find someone predicting the eminent doom of Canon, too. But through it all, Canon continues to do very well in the market, year after year, decade after decade. Is this just a fluke? I doubt it. The reality is that I think the people at Canon know more about how to build, position, and market cameras better than the armchair "experts" on photography equipment forums!

If you look at Amazon's "Best Sellers in Digital SLR Cameras" list here in the US, the list is dominated by Canon, with the top four positions currently occupied by Canon Rebel DSLRs. And I'm pretty sure the SL1 will find itself somewhere at the top of the list, too.

Mar 24, 2013permalink

nikoninmybag

Darn, I was hoping they used a larger pentaprism finder forcing Nikon to do it on the eventual D5300.

Mar 23, 2013permalink

Nowerdays you can only rely on Canon to bring disapointment !

Mar 23, 2013permalink

Homam

This is the most ridiculous camera anouncement in history....What were they thinkin.....??? Take 650d change the name to 700d...Well I think we can all predict what features 750d will have.. 18mp...9 point af...

Mar 23, 2013permalink

I bet you next year, Canon will re-position some buttons and call it T6i.

Mar 24, 2013permalink

KW Phua

650D upgrade will be xxD or 70D not 700D. 700D is for new comers. XXXD change every 6 months or less then 1 year. Who will follow the change?

Mar 23, 2013permalink

YASS3R

I Dont care about that megapixel war!
its not a new story
5d II to 5d III
550d to 650D
...
all the same shape but different inside!
I prefer a 6 megapixel camera but with a good performance!
its a camera for beginners fella !

Mar 23, 2013permalink

Why do you say it is a camera for beginners ? There are lots of advance photographers use 450D - 650D. Some of us have limited budget. Some of us here cannot afford a $1000+ body.

Mar 24, 2013permalink

Abbas Rafey

I think that canon is running issues with the sleepy top management that they cannot have new innovation . Use sony sensors as nikon and step up from your old sensor 18 mp

Mar 23, 2013permalink

Canon have the lost the plot - BIG TIME. Please people DON't buy these cameras or anything other Canon cameras until they wake up and start to compete with Nikon fully. How Nikon HQ must be laughing right now !

Mar 23, 2013*permalink

a43anshi

What is the difference between 650 and 700?

Canon is trying to get some more market share by changing model name.....

Mar 22, 2013permalink

mariuss

This will be the year of 7:
700D, 70D, 7D2

Mar 22, 2013permalink

Jon Legaspi

750d will come out early next year to replace 700d, in marketing prespective canon just wanna have a new camera (model number game) in reality its just a copy of 650d.
No fools will buy 700d (unless they dont have 550d/600d/650d).
People will just take Nikon d5200 for an upgrade in same class! (very bad move by Canon).
Canon should Watch out for Pentax, K-5 is a quality camera, even better than Canon 7d (check snapsort.com) and K-5 cheaper by 30%!

Mar 22, 2013permalink

RXVGS

Canon will be spending the next year working out which font to use on the new badge.....

Mar 22, 2013permalink

Guidenet

The K5 II is a good camera, but they're essentially doing the same thing. The new K5 II is pretty darn close to the K5 and the same darn sensor. Why did Pentax stick with the same old sensor?

Another thing Canon and Nikon both have over Pentax is lens and accessory selection. If Pentax wants to really be back in the game, they need to offer a much larger selection of glass as well as other things like flash and perspective choices.

Mar 23, 2013permalink

garyknrd

I am fairly new to Canon about 1.5 years now. How do they stay on top with this kind of offering?

Mar 22, 2013permalink

Guidenet

They don't stay on top. Nikon has totally caught them and actually passed them in some markets and types of photography.

Mar 23, 2013permalink

Cy Cheze

Canon seems to understand the adage that, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." If the T5i is a refinement of the T4i, that may be the smart thing. Spectacular advances in video tracking focus are a difficult thing to implement without going mirrorless or using a transluscent mirror. If people can now buy the T4i for $100 or $200 less, they can be sure they are getting pretty much a "latest and greatest" consumer DSLR.

Mar 22, 2013permalink

I can't wait for the 70D or 7DMKII. Or atleast that is what I keep telling myself every time Canon releases the same rebel camera with a different name.

Mar 22, 2013permalink

RXVGS

You can have a 7DMkII now, just go get a 'Mark II' badge from a old 1D Mk II or a 5D Mk II and stick it on a 7D! then you'll be the envy of every photographer!!

Mar 22, 2013*permalink

Jake64

Going from a T4i to a T5i is not an upgrade. Nor is it an upgrade going from the T3i...or maybe even the T2i!. The touch screen, flip-out screen, wifi this,wiifi that, GPS, scene modes is all fluff, at least to me. Nikon does the same thing with it's D3200/D5200 minus the touch screen but with the addiion of the 24 mp sensor which will draw in crowds that don't know anything about DSLR cameras beyond megapixels. The Rebel line is a great line of starter cameras, but I seriously question why anyone would upgrade to the T5i from a previous Rebel model when you can get yourself into a slightly older but more of a photographer's camera like the 60D.

Mar 22, 2013permalink

zigi_S

After some thought I think I know why Canon released a 650d at a new price. Because of inflation! Grow up, the dollar is becoming more and more a low quality toilet paper.

Mar 22, 2013permalink

toni2

Just compare
http://www.dpreview.com/products/compare/side-by-side?products=canon_eos550d&products=canon_eos600d&products=canon_eos650d&products=canon_eos700d
4 cameras, 3 years... and same features!
Same MP, same focus points, same screen resolution, almost same viewfinder, last 3 models have articulated lcd, stereo sound (600d have only mono), the same battery ...
And still, every time the price is higher.
It will not be for research that is behind, right?

Mar 22, 2013permalink

zigi_S

Every camera was a step forward except the 700d. The 650d has the 60d's AF, higher fps, on sensor pdaf. To me, this was a serious upgrade.

Mar 22, 2013permalink

matthiasbasler

Exactly.

Many people here seem to think a touch display is no new feature. I can tell you it is one of the two features why I didn't buy the Nikon D5200. Getting quickly to *almost any* setting with two touches is a big advantage. The other one is that the Nikon D5200 has no choice of aspect ratios (in LiveView) and only three image sizes, the "smallest" one being 6MP. I often have cases where 2MP is all I need.

I'm not saying the 650D is perfect. I don't like the position of the on/off switch and that it is combined with the video mode. Too often switched to movie mode accidentally. Nikons solution (ring switch around shutter button) is far easier to use imho.

Mar 22, 2013*permalink

Guidenet

Ok, for you novices out there. I'd only shoot at max resolution, not a 6 or 2 megapixels ever. That might be all you need at the time, but later you might want a larger image. Memory is too cheap to not always shoot at maximum quality and size. It's way easier to down rez later than to move up to better quality when you don't have it.

Mar 23, 2013permalink

YuriyKolosov

Canon, April Fools' Day is on 1st of April!

Mar 22, 2013permalink

Goodmeme

Most companies seem to think that what features counted as premium or nice to have last year can still be premium this year. In a competitive market, most such features if cheap to implement ought to be considered essential by consumers a few seasons after they are developed.

An example of this is wifi connectivity. Within a couple of years, most camera market segments will consider this a necessity and not a 'nice-to-have', forcing the manufacturers to include the feature in order to compete in that marketplace.

Most consumers are daft when it comes to camera specs so the market has fed us non-usm lenses for example for decades when they should have been standard even on budget models years ago.

But stuff like wifi and connectivity, I think more people understand, or I hope so. I think Canon is looking like its asleep.

Mar 22, 2013permalink

blemont denis

canon seems completely down, hopefully it will resume quickly or photographers will go elsewhere. all this is only to make money.

Mar 22, 2013permalink

montoni

this is an insult, they think consumers are stupid

Mar 22, 2013permalink

bobbarber

Err.... That's the way I'd bet too. Consumers ARE stupid.

Mar 22, 2013permalink

bigstu

Over 10k of Canon glass in my kit and this is what they offer up as 'exciting & new' to attach it to.YAWN.The competition is offering more, more, more and we are supposed to be happy about less, less, less.

Mar 22, 2013permalink

danmurrelljr

If you have 10k in glass, why do you care what's going on in the Digital Rebel line anyway?

Mar 23, 2013permalink

I think its time to throw in the towel with Canon, which I will do as soon as I'm earning decent money again. I'll miss my L glass but what is the point of superb glass when the rest of the camera is a let down? The best thing that can happen is for Canon to lose huge amounts of customers. Then - just may be they'll wake up?

Mar 23, 2013permalink

PaulRacecar

Was planning to buy the T4i/EOS 650D, think I'll get this one instead. Latest model.

Mar 22, 2013permalink

Donnie G

The T5i is just the routine annual freshening up of the Rebel line with a few tweaks to keep it current and at or near the head of its class, just like the T4i was to the T3i. No surprises here since the Rebel line still outsells its competition by a huge margin, and the new Rebel SL1 will likely make the Rebel line even more dominate.

Mar 21, 2013*permalink

Photato

This...
A testament that digital cameras are a mature commodity.

Or...
Canon cant create exciting new products.

Mar 21, 2013permalink

Yes - they can the 1DX and 5D3 are cracking - but as a long term Canon fan I find the rest (yes all of them) second rate. The message appears to be spend loads or we sell you half baked products - 'We are Canon love all of our (blind) loyal buyers...'

The SL1 is simply an EOS - M with a viewfinder - wonder if the AF will still be as bad???

Mar 23, 2013permalink

thomas2279f

Bit pricey in the UK and can't see much difference with this new model and the previous models 550D - 650D.

Mar 21, 2013permalink

siddh4rth

canon is more and more becoming like apple in the Mobile Phone Market :)

Mar 21, 2013permalink

Jake64

+1. Apple knows...ahem, thinks, they can forever keep their customer base just because they are Apple.

Mar 22, 2013permalink

RusVolley

"Инкубаторщина" да и только... Олимпус ,конечно не лучше, но это же Кэнон

Mar 21, 2013permalink

dan_7d

im sorry but iv had to stop my self from saying this for so long but i would like to see any one you people here make a camera all you do is moan and moan how you shut your mouths and come up with something your self

Mar 21, 2013permalink

brendon1000

You will hardly see anyone complain about a Nikon D7100 or a 7D as those were class leading cameras at the time. This is a sad rehash that Canon will get away with because it has a lot of customers with blind loyalty to the brand.

Take that away and Canon would see its sales drop like a hot potato.

They have been really arrogant in the past few years with under specd cameras (compared to the competition) and lenses with rather high prices allowing the competition to similarly raise prices.

This is all IMO of course.

Mar 22, 2013permalink

zigi_S

This cameras will sell because Canon still has the best system around.

Mar 22, 2013permalink

chlamchowder

It's not about what we as individuals can come up with. Individual photographers do not have the resources to prototype and test new hardware, and don't have factories to produce it. Large companies, with huge budgets and substantial R&D staff, have the resources to come up with stuff and are expected to.
When all they can come up with is a new model number with fewer improvements than what's expected in a firmware upgrade, people will be disappointed. And people are even more disappointed because a major competitor (Nikon) is moving forward while Canon is standing still.

Mar 22, 2013permalink

drawer77

That release is nothing more than a waste of time

Mar 21, 2013permalink

Jon Legaspi

Very Frustrating and Disappointing day....
i was waiting for the arrival of CANON's challenge to Nikon d5200 & d7100..
only to see a new model 700d with minimal improvement and didn't see 70d.
Perhaps, Canon knows that the NEW 70d is NO MATCH to Nikon d7100, that's why they did not release 70d today, prevented humiliation by photography enthusiast.
Now they must be back to the drawing board and figure an upgrade to the New 70d to match Nikons standard.
Without sensor upgrade etc, expect 700d and 70d to just sit on the shelves FOREVER, with webs & dust all over.

Mar 21, 2013permalink

flip7144

I think that they only released the 700D for it to go along with the new kit lens. Hopefully this means that a 750D won't take long to come out with a new sensor. I mean, the xxD series never had the same sensor, and it's about time for the 60D to get an upgrade.

Mar 22, 2013permalink

Jon Legaspi

Agree!
750d will come out early next year to replace 700d, in marketing prespective canon just wanna have a new camera (model number game) in reality its just a copy of 650d. no fools will buy 700d, people will just take Nikon d5200! (very bad move by Canon).
Canon should Watch out for Pentax, K-5 is a quality camera, even better than Canon 7d (check snapsort.com) and K5 cheaper by 30%!

Mar 22, 2013permalink

I have to agree - I use both Canon (which I prefer) and Nikon and am still using my old Canon 40d as I've seen several newer Canon cameras FAIL to give me a real reason to upgrade. Frankly I do think Canon have lost it which brings me much sadness and attacks from other posters who still haven't woken up to how average Canon cameras are becoming. Nikon however are on a roll (thanks to Sony sensors) the new Nikon D7100 looks VERY interesting....at this rate my next new camera will be an iPhoto... wonder if I can fix my L glass on to it somehow...!

Mar 23, 2013permalink

peevee1

Is this prevew a copy-and-paste of your T4i preview, with only minor changes too? ;)

See, this approach benefits the whole industry. If canon can badge-engineer their cameras, DPR can badge-engineer their reviews. :)

Mar 21, 2013*permalink

Ivan Lietaert

Compare this with the GH3.
Panasonic listened carefully to the GH2 users, and then produced a revolutionary camera that is kicking ass as a video camera. The GJ3 easily is in the same league as the 5DMIII but costs only half as much.

As for the 700D, there is absolutely nothing in the image quality department that would even make me consider replacing my now rusty 550D.

Of course, you get a lot of camera for its money, but the 650D or the 600D is a wiser option.

I only now looked at its price... wow... what an insult to common sense!

Mar 21, 2013*permalink

onlooker

> Compare this with the GH3. Panasonic listened carefully to the GH2 users, and then produced a revolutionary camera that is kicking ass as a video camera.

And in the end, 700D will take better stills, have a vastly better selection of lenses, and will cost less.

Yeah, GH3 all the way.

Mar 21, 2013*permalink

Ivan Lietaert

I'm considering the video mode only. Put an adapter ring on the GH3, and you get access to Canon, Nikon, vintage lenses...

Mar 22, 2013permalink

brendon1000

Nope, the GH3 takes better stills.

http://www.dxomark.com/index.php/Cameras/Compare-Camera-Sensors/Compare-cameras-side-by-side/%28appareil1%29/842|0/%28brand%29/Panasonic/%28appareil2%29/813|0/%28brand2%29/Canon

The Canon does have a better selection of lenses of course but it shows that while Canon has persisted with this old sensor the competition has improved and the new Panasonic sensor outperforms the Canon even though the sensor used in the Panasonic is noticeably smaller in size.

Mar 22, 2013permalink

It is like Canon is still gloating in the fact that the 5D MKII was such a huge success. They have decided that they will never make another camera that improves on the 5DMKII.

Mar 21, 2013permalink

Ivan Lietaert

I 'd say the 5DMKIII is an improvement, but an expensive one...

Mar 21, 2013permalink

peevee1

They still enjoy the benefits of 5D2 and 7d. 7d is still unsurpassed by any competitor. If the brand new D7100 had at least 8 fps... but alas.

Mar 21, 2013permalink

Josh152

The 7D is only unsurpassed if you shoot a lot of fast sports and Need the bigger buffer and 1-2 more fps. For everyone else (I.E. the majority buying these cameras) the D7100 is better than the 7D in pretty much every way.

Mar 21, 2013permalink

brendon1000

Well the A77 does shoot 12 fps.

Mar 22, 2013permalink

A Poker Analogy:

Canon just gave up and Folded their cards even after they had already gone "All in". They bluffed when everyone else was holding Straight Flushes.

The other companies are not going to just stop because Canon says that they are holding the best hand ever.

The number one rule in Poker is that you should always know what cards the other people are holding. Canon seems oblivious to what other options are out there. They bet only based on what cards they are holding in their hands.

I don't even think they look at what cards are on the board much less try to figure out what cards other people are holding.

Mar 21, 2013*permalink

WayneDB

ummm since when did Canon start building cameras for you mpgxsvcd? They are not stupid people..they manufacture cameras that a whole lot of people buy...welcome to business. This is not passion - it's just profit driven commercial reality. Google the sales figures..

Mar 22, 2013permalink