Canon EOS Rebel T1i 15 1 MP CMOS Digital SLR Camera with 3 Inch LCD and EF S 18 55mm f 3 5 5 6 IS Lens

15.1-megapixel effective recording * EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens (35mm equivalent focal length: 28-90mm) * 3″ color LCD screen (920,000 dots) with two Live View modes * HD movie mode with up to 1080p resolution and mono audio * Auto Lighting Optimizer with three settings to maintain detail in bright and dark areas of your pictures * Highlight Tone Priority for preserving highlights in very bright, light areas of a photograph * Peripheral Illumination Correction mode to counterbalance lens vignetting * DIGIC 4 image processor for extremely responsive handling * EOS Integrated Cleaning System (for cleaning image sensor) * wide-area 9-point autofocus *

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars very good.
It’s very easy to use and phote is in good quality. I really love it.

5 Stars it is a pretty good SLR camera
I love this camera very much, the price was fistly amazing, camera body plus two lens (18-55&55-250 mm) only costed about $800 (I forget from dealsee or dealigg). The pictures are very beautiful, which I never took using ordinary camera like Powershot. Up to now, I love it~

5 Stars feels good in hand
I have not purchased this camera yet but i have looked at a lot of Nikon and canon cameras from the d90 on down. most of them are pretty cool and feel OK to hold them- the d90 was probably the nicest i had seen. it is well made, has lots of nice features, good imaging and record video high quality. it is a little heavy but the fit is nice. not all of the canons feel that good in my largish hands. until i checked out this camera. it is the perfect weight and a super nice fit. on the back of the camera there is a place where your right hand thumb can hold the camera which is what i find most frustrating about a lot of cameras, especially the point and shoots. even a lot of the SLR don’t really have a good grip. also , on the left side of the camera there is a good place to hold on that side too so the whole camera fits nicely into both hands. from what i am reading the mechanical s on this camera are going to be very excellent for something $700., I’m sure way better than anything i would expect in a admittedly expensive amateur camera. this is still reasonably affordable for how much camera you are getting. i will stick with the standard lens and if i really get excited i can always buy a more expensive one down the road. this camera is now the one worth waiting for.

5 Stars Excellent dSLR
Have used Nikon film SLR gears for many years and turned to Canon digital P&S (I perfer those large CCD sensor models, i.e. S400, A610, A620) in the past six years, T1i brings back the SLR feeling and it picture quality is excellent, event with the kit lens.

The only downside of this camera is that it only does 1080p video by 20 frame/second, wish there will be a firmware update to increase it to 24 frame/second.

5 Stars Great camera for the price
To start off let me say this camera is great. For the past year been searching for a DSLR that matched me and this camera is it. I have photography experience for a few years now so I do know what I am talking about. Ive had this camera for about a week or two and already I have pulled off a number of great shots. Its met all my needs and more. So let me break down the basic pros and cons.

Pros-

Revamped interface is extremely quick and easy to change settings quickly for newbies

Screen is very bright and looks amazing when compared to lower resolution screens

Lightweight, but also has enough weight to feel right in your hands

Amazing video capture at 30fps for 720p

Overall nice image quality, great color reproduction

Cons-

Sharpness, unfortunately camera produces extremely soft pictures. This problem is magnified by kit lens

Poor low light performance, Nikon will always out perform in this area

Need a higher quality lens to take advantage of T1i (con for new photographers)

The image quality is barely past the XTI, this is due to the T1i spread of MP

1080p is crap, personally I shoot in 720 anyways so not a con with me

So that is just a quick run through of the camera. To let people know I had compared the T1i vs the D90 and the D5000. The reason I chose the T1i is b/c at the time of my purchase was half the price of the D90 and that is with the kit lens of the T1i. If it wasnt for the my budget the D90 would have been my choice, but with the price difference i can later on purchase another nice canon lens. Against the D5000 it outperforms overall but the D5000 is a lower amateur DSLR. Something interesting to mention is that most everyone agrees that the T1i vs D90 is a better comparison but it seems the prices are off in my opinion.

So overall this camera gets 5 stars for me. Though even with the sharpness problems I knew at the time of purchase what the cons were and I knew what to expect. The camera has met all my expectations and more and I would recommend this to anyone else interested in stepping up their photography.

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