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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Type | Digital single-lens reflex camera |
| Lens | |
| Lens | Canon EF lens mount, Canon EF-S lens mount |
| Sensor/medium | |
| Sensor | CMOS APS-C 22.3 x 14.9 mm (1.6x conversion factor) |
| Maximum resolution | 15.1 effective megapixels, 4,752 x 3,168 |
| Film speed | ISO 100 to 3200 (expandable to 12800) |
| Storage media | Secure Digital Card Secure Digital High Capacity |
| Focusing | |
| Focus modes | AI Focus, One-Shot, AI Servo, Live View |
| Focus areas | 9 AF points |
| Exposure/metering | |
| Exposure modes | Full Auto, Portrait, Landscape, Close-up, Sports, Night Portrait, No Flash, Program AE, Shutter-priority, Aperture-priority, Manual, Auto Depth-of-field |
| Exposure metering | Full aperture TTL, 35-zone SPC |
| Metering modes | Spot, Evaluative, Partial (approx. 9% at center of viewfinder), Center-weighted average |
| Flash | |
| Flash | E-TTL II automatic built-in pop-up |
| Flash bracketing | Yes |
| Shutter | |
| Shutter | focal-plane |
| Shutter speed range | 1/4000 to 30 sec and Bulb, 1/200 s X-sync |
| Continuous shooting | 3.4 frame/s for 170 JPEGs or 9 raw files |
| Viewfinder | |
| Viewfinder | Eye-level pentamirror SLR, 95% coverage, 0.87x magnification |
| Image processing | |
| White balance | Auto, Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten Light, White Fluorescent Light, Flash, Manual, user-set |
| WB bracketing | +/- 3 stops in 1-stop increments; |
| General | |
| LCD screen | 3 in color TFT LCD, 920,000 dots |
| Battery | LP-E5 Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery (7.4 V, 1080 mAh) |
| Optional battery packs | BG-E5 grip |
| Dimensions | 129 x 98 x 62 mm |
| Weight | 480 g (body only, no battery) |
| Made in | Japan, Taiwan |
| Chronology | |
| Predecessor | Canon EOS 450D |
| Successor | Canon EOS 550D |
The Canon EOS 500D is a 15-megapixel entry-level digital single-lens reflex camera, announced by Canon on 25 March 2009. It was released in May 2009.[1][2] It is known as the EOS Kiss X3 in Japan, and as the EOS Rebel T1i in North America. It continues the Rebel line of mid-range DSLR cameras, is placed by Canon as the next model up from the EOS 450D, and has been superseded by the EOS 550D (T2i).
It is the third digital single-lens reflex camera to feature a movie mode and the second to feature full 1080p video recording,[3] albeit at the rate of 20 frames/sec. The camera shares a few features with the high-end Canon EOS 5D Mark II, including movie mode, Live preview, and DiGIC 4. Like the EOS 450D and EOS 1000D, it uses SDHC media storage, and is the third EOS model to use that medium instead of CompactFlash. Like the EOS 5D Mark II, video clips are recorded as MOV (QuickTime) files with H.264/MPEG-4 compressed video and linear PCM audio.[4]
- ^ "EOS 500D: get ready to play". 24 January 2008. Archived from the original on 29 January 2008. Retrieved 24 January 2008.
- ^ "Canon Press Release". 23 January 2008. Retrieved 24 January 2008.
- ^ Kelly, Gordon (25 March 2009). "Canon Launches 15MP, 1080p Capable 500D DSLR". Trusted Reviews. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
- ^ "Canon EOS Digital Rebel T1i". Archived from the original on 6 January 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2009.