A new rebel is coming. How will it be better than the last?

Digirame wrote:

Does Canon market all Rebels as entry level? I assumed that the Canon T3 (1100D) and Canon T5 (1200D) are entry level; however the other models to me seem to be for more advanced users, people that want to go beyond a P&S camera and also have a reasonable amount of features and control to create nice photos.

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T3 and T5 are obviously targeted toward those who are looking to buy in at the lowest possible price point.  Especially considering how Canon has deliberately removed features and has pared down the options/controls to a minimum.

Move on up to the "i" class and you get all this back, and you really find yourself with a very capable camera.  Heck, I shot with the T4i exclusively for a year and hardly missed a beat (coming from the 50D).

There are certainly a large number of folks here clamoring for an even more capable offering in this Rebel form factor, and would likely jump on a new Rebel if Canon were to simply add MFA and a deeper RAW buffer (the two things I missed most from the xxD series).

Question is would they also see fit to pay Canon's premium for these features, since Canon heretofore has always reserved them for the yet more capable xxD line, and any narrowing of the performance gap would naturally also mean a commensurate narrowing of the price gap.

Now for those looking for all of the goodies from the xxD line to be accomodated into a form factor nice and small like the current Rebel, well it can't physically be done of course.  A larger viewfinder means a physically larger body.  More buttons/thumbwheel for increased control would mean a physically larger body.  A larger grip/better balance would mean a physically larger body.  All of these hallmarks that distinguish an xxD body simply require a physically larger body.

And IMHO Canon will never come out with two different cameras with identical feature sets, differentiated only by size.  It's just not their way.  Mind you, I'd love to see it personally.  But I'm not holding my breath, and I'm certainly not going to forgo all of the benefits of the current technology by waiting for it.

Happy shooting everyone,

R2