Rebel T1i Preview – Various Sources *UPDATED*
March 25th, 2009 Posted in Canon 500D
Canon EOS Rebel T1i
Various places have posted hands-on previews of the T1i.
DPR: http://www.dpreview.com/previews/canoneos500d/
Rob Galbraith: http://robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=7-9973-9976
Imaging Resource: http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/T1I/T1IA.HTM
Gizmodo: http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/03/canon_rebel_t1i_handson_50ds_sensor_1080p_vids_899_-2.html
cr
March 25th, 2009 at 11:54 am
Another hands-on review:
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/03/canon_rebel_t1i_handson_50ds_sensor_1080p_vids_899_-2.html
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March 25th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
Rob Galbraith has a great review too.
http://robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=7-9973-9976
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Anonymous Reply:
March 28th, 2009 at 2:13 am
is it even worth buying a 50 d now?
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March 25th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
Imaging-resource.com also has a great write-up. Not yet a review (pre-production models), but a good idea nevertheless.
http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/T1I/T1IA.HTM
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Gusto Reply:
March 25th, 2009 at 5:17 pm
From the detailed studio shots taken by Imaging Resource, it may appear they had the camera several days before the official launch. DPReview has always been quite miffed by Canon UK’s cold treatment towards them, and this will most certainly not help. ;)
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Ed Reply:
March 25th, 2009 at 5:28 pm
I doubt that Imaging resource will see another prototype again. Canon is very strict about prohibiting the publishing of photos from pre-production cameras. For example, the over-exposed shot. This may be fixed in production, but the pre-production imformation will live on.
I think DPP should be upset about this.
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March 25th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/T1I/T1IA.HTM
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March 25th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
Is that the new 50mm 1.4 perhaps?
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March 25th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
I was following the rumors of 500D for a while. glad this rumor came to be true :) and thanks for your site. i’ll probably follow rumors about lenses after buying it :P
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March 25th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
too bad they crippled the video, could have been a killer camera for the indie film makers.
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Gene Reply:
March 25th, 2009 at 7:49 pm
They probably should’ve left 1080p out, and people won’t be griping about “crippled” video. The 720p is fine, and that’s all the D90 has; nobody was complaining about it when it came out, and it’s a fair bit more expensive camera (they were of course complaining about jello, but that’s a different issue.)
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Pierre Reply:
March 26th, 2009 at 4:02 am
your probably right, the 720p samples i found were not that convincing. I guess i was just expecting too much.
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Desinderlase Reply:
March 27th, 2009 at 4:54 am
The proplem with 1080p video is that, it’s there just to give better spec than competition. It’s completely useless but they nevertheless spent some time implementing it.
That’s lame, camera developers should not produce new products just to have better some stupid, unimportant spec.
New cameras should provide more functions and better usage/value for photographers.
This just shows how are management/marketing guys thinking and what is important to them on new products.
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March 25th, 2009 at 5:36 pm
i posted some dowloadable samples
http://www.kamerabazis.hu/index.php/hirek/158-canon-eos-500d
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Andrés Reply:
March 25th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
Thanks for the samples. Did you notice any difference in the grip of the 500D vs the 450D? According to a Canon rep (see my other post below for a link), the 500D has a slightly bigger grip. What is your opinion?
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Szobi Reply:
March 26th, 2009 at 3:23 am
The grip is wider, but still not too deep. (for my hands at least)
But you can not make it much bigger. With some L or wide glass, you loose the space for your fingers between the grip and lens. The 500D, just like the 350,400,450D is a small and lite dslr.
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March 25th, 2009 at 11:19 pm
Check it out, the grip on the 500D *is* slightly bigger than on the 50D!
See Canon rep’s statement starting at 2:15
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO8TawtwRkk&feature=related
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Tomas Reply:
March 26th, 2009 at 8:22 pm
He said “slightly larger than on 450D”, not 50D. That makes more sense.
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March 25th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
I felt 1Ds Mark III too old already, need new features on 1Ds IV
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God Reply:
March 26th, 2009 at 10:08 pm
I have the latest information on 1Ds Mark IV for you, it will have 2 petapixels (yes, not mega- or giga-) with ultra clean ISO 102400 (yes, one hundred thousand+two thousand+four hundred). It will outperform a Kodak imaging satellite.
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Anonymous Reply:
March 26th, 2009 at 11:01 pm
Hmmm…. two petapixels, just isn’t enough. I want 9 orders of magnitude of separation between my set-up and anyone with a decent photographic eye. I think I’ll Take 500 and link them via Ethernet (and WFT of course) into my Mac Uber Pro and rig them to fire in battery and have an apple script to photomerge every incoming image group in CS4 Uber Pro edition. I will of course, commission Gitzo to make me an Anti gravity multi-pod, and I’ll ask Canon to hurry up the 800mm f/5.6 lenses so I can give my GODcam some reach. Then all will think I’m an out my mind tech obsessed loony with no artistic capability, and They’d be right, but I wouldn’t care. Haha PWN on.
Yay satire.
JK All
And I’m sorry to anyone who has clients that demand on file size, because that just gets annoying, but +1 to people who like big prints.
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March 26th, 2009 at 2:15 am
1080 @ 20fps will be very lucrative for firmware hackers to “fix” provided that it is not a hardware restriction.
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Pierre Reply:
March 26th, 2009 at 4:04 am
If doubt a hack will appear anytime, if it was possible a hack for the 5d would already be out by now. But i would like to be proven wrong!
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jouster Reply:
March 28th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
Well, there is a hack that enables movie mode on the 40D…
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Ronnie Reply:
March 26th, 2009 at 4:22 am
If I understood correctly the 20fps at 1080p is a hardware limitation, caused by the fact that the sensor in 500D only has two output pipes.. Correct me if I’m wrong?
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March 26th, 2009 at 5:30 am
if you brake it down, the question whether a 500D is worth buying, it becomes really simple…
450D vs. 500D:
how much money are the following features worth to you?:
- 720p Movie Mode (1080p has very limited use with it’s 20fps)
- ISO 3200 (H1 6400, H2 12800)
- LCD with 920′000 pixel
if you value these features at 250$ or more go with the 500D, if you think these 3 features are worth less than 250$ go with the 450D…
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ms Reply:
March 26th, 2009 at 11:15 am
12mpx vs 15mpx also…. to some that is a liability rather than an advantage but its still there
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gwac Reply:
March 26th, 2009 at 1:36 pm
It seems there is a bit more customizability in general on the 500d. I hope this is a trend that continues on the “higher-end” rebels.
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March 26th, 2009 at 8:52 am
500D has more Bracketing options than 5DMKII!!!?… How can it be possible!?
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March 26th, 2009 at 9:58 am
FYI, we’ve just opened http://planet500d.com with a blog and a wiki for the 500d just like http://planet5d.com.
Mark – that’s pretty good input on the difference between the two cameras!
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March 26th, 2009 at 8:24 pm
So this is running along 450D, instead of replacing it. Hopefully 400D will now completely disappear from the retail outlets.
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March 26th, 2009 at 11:09 pm
I think an interesting question to ask is what will be the specifications of 60D.
What can canon do to improve upon 50D? Video? Absolutely. More pixels? I don’t think so. 15Mp is already too much for APS-C. FF looks quite possible, but that is 5DMK2 exactly.
I am really confused.
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Zac Reply:
March 27th, 2009 at 12:46 am
Canon has stuck with the same resolution before. 20D -> 30D. I think they will again. Hopefully they’ll put a real AF system in it, and they might have a slightly higher FPS. Video as well. FF will not happen. Too many EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM shooters or birders, or who ever likes crop to leave in the cold.
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DN Reply:
March 27th, 2009 at 10:06 am
Excellent observations Zac. Unfortunately my money is on the 60D having 1080p at 30fps and that’s about it – a sidegraded model at best. It feels like the industry is going to use adding video to ’skip’ this year’s refresh cycle and ride out the recession. Save the real innovation for when there’s money to be made from it.
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March 27th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
So when can I buy this camera?
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homerfreak Reply:
March 27th, 2009 at 5:50 pm
At the beginning of May.
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March 27th, 2009 at 9:35 pm
I see that an ‘beginning of May’ availability is identified, does Canon normally roll these things out around the world at the same time, or do they stagger it by region?
I am currently in Asia – any idea if the launch-date for sale will be the same as the USA?
…by the way, great web-site… thanks.
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Anonymous Reply:
April 14th, 2009 at 8:48 am
yEA I WANNA KNOW TOO…IS IT OUT HERE IN ASIA
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Anonymous Reply:
April 14th, 2009 at 8:50 am
am planning to get a 500 D ASAP aswell…was just wondering if its out, here in asia??? peobably by the first week of may atleast???
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April 19th, 2009 at 11:15 pm
photo is good
my canon 500d
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