Comments on: Canon Rebel T1i / 500D Reviews and Resources

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 08:17:56 +0000

Plain and simple, the next rebel needs a tougher case, faster snap shot and a more mechanical button, rather than that crappy button. And make the interface more user friendly. By the way, your review sucks, the average user could easily use the extra res, its becoming more common that people like having these printed poster size.

By: mxky

mxky — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:36:07 +0000

15 Megapixels.. We’ll need expensive lenses to take the full potential of the sensor and a great Macbook pro full of memory..

By: Melomind

Melomind — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:53:35 +0000

Jeremy, in theory and practice – yes, higher megapixel count for the same sensor size and other conditions being equal will produce more noise to the image since the density of pixels is higher and the light amount reaching each and every pixel is smaller. Hence producers invent more sophisticated noise suppressing techniques etc. The question is whether these techniques won’t do the image even more artificial and “computerized”.

By: Amedi

Amedi — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:08:04 +0000

The camera market is not any different than all the other consumer product markets, meaning that it is run by marketeers. And we, consumers, buy it.
We are at a point in which the race for new models is impossible to back up with real improvements so the marketing guys have a getting more and more important. With the 5D mark II and the Nikon D700 on the market today, I don’t think buyers need to be afraid for new features in new camera’s on the short term. And the models below are following the foolishness of the compacts, with a 50D replacing a 40D but with more pixels and less quality per pixel. So instead of being afraid that the next model might be better, you might as well buy now because the next model could actually be better featured but worse in picture quality.
Buying new lenses for the cropped sensors is something you likely will regret though, so you better stay away from these. Full Frame sensors are much better and no marketing machine will stop people from wanting one.

By: Jeremy D.

Jeremy D. — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 17:31:29 +0000

Doesn’t a higher megapixel sensor actually produce noisier images?

By: Melomind

Melomind — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 17:05:01 +0000

The main point about the name is the new entry-level DSLR doesn’t become a “Canon R.I.P.” =)
On one hand – it’s good for consumers to have new models released each year or 6 months, however there’s another side of the medal imho. Just a year after 40D was launched there came 50D. Now XRi (or RIP ;) ) will replace the XSi etc. so the race never ends. Now think … are you happy when you see your new camera you’ve paid hundreds(thousands) of dollars for being replaced in 6 months with a new model so you’re not “up-to-date” anymore and your camera price falls down drastically?
Maybe not many people care, however it’s just psychologically not very pleasing (at least for me). Another problem is it’s more of a marketing/competition/cosmetic advancement/replacement so there’s nothing really NEW to put in… in my opinion this behaviour could affect the brand value or consumer’s value perception in a negative sense.
I personally want to go for 5DMKII, however … if Canon releases 5DMKIII next year – I’ll be very dissapointed and will feel like I’ve got to buy a half-finished product.
As of the megapixels… entry-level DSLR consumers (most of them) will probably get “catched” to this marketing trick and will follow the megapixels race blindly feeling very excited by the numbers in their camera manual.
Yet what to do with serious amateurs and professionals realizing the drawbacks of this high megapixel race?
Maybe Canon should get a little slower in releasing of the new models and just work more thoroughly on each model being invented – both in terms of features, ergonomics and quality?
Otherwise it looks of a tendency of a mobile phone market where you just get lost with new models being released almost monthly and the phones lose their face… I wouldn’t like this to be the case with DSLR market.

By: Richard

Richard — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:25:48 +0000

I believe the market and Canon will see that G1 is a great idea and give the entry market to that type of camera, I also think Canon will drop the Rebel name and move that series of camera up a level,it will have 14 mp,s and 4 fps.