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Canon EOS 500D (EOS Kiss Digital X3 / EOS Rebel T1i) review

Started Apr 17, 2010 | User reviews thread
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yubageoff New Member • Posts: 8
Canon EOS 500D (EOS Kiss Digital X3 / EOS Rebel T1i) review

I use a Panasonic FZ50 which I think is a great camera. We also have a Panasonic TZ4 and we recently visited my daughter and her husband who had gotten a Canon 500D. Since both use an SD chip I shot a series of pictures using his Canon and our TZ4, expecting some excitement. Oddly, when we viewed the pictures later on the computer you could not tell which camera the chip had been in. Oh well. Son in law Mike is happy, which is what counts. I'll stick with the Panasonics until I see something better. Both of our Panasonics have exposure bracketing, even the cheap one, and HDR pictures are easy and fun, and startling to viewers unaccostomed to that kind of image. I'm sure the Canon will produce fine pictures once all the fine points are mastered. To be fair, in lower light the Canon makes great pictures, while the other cameras are struggling, but in good lighting conditions it is hard to tell. All cameras are getting so good, the differences are becoming subtle. Digital cameras are just fun.

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Not my camera, but he loves it.

Canon EOS 500D (EOS Rebel T1i / EOS Kiss X3)
15 megapixels • 3 screen • APS-C sensor
Announced: Mar 25, 2009
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