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    Canon EOS 500D SLR camera

    Introduction

    Canon has unveiled the EOS 500D, the latest addition to its compact DSLR series. The upper-entry-level camera features a 15.1 MP APS-C CMOS sensor with 1080p HD video recording at 20fps. But, as it turns out that the EOS 500D not to replace the EOS 450D, but puts itself between the EOS 450D and EOS 50D.Like the semi-professional EOS 5D Mark II with 35 mm , EOS 500D also offers the possibility of video recording in full HD.



    The EOS 500D is actually built on the same platform as the EOS 450D, with the same AF system and the primary functions and controls. The EOS 500D has a higher sensitivity than the EOS 450D. Where the EOS 450D had closely with the ISO 100-1600, the EOS 500D offers up to ISO 3200 as the calibrated value and expandable to the full ISO 12800.

    Another significant improvement is the EOS 500D has the same display as the EOS 5D Mark II, a Clear View LCD screen at 3.0 inches and a resolution of the entire 920,000 points (full VGA for all three colors). The course has Live View with contrast AF.



    Image OBU in the EOS 500D is the APS-C format with 15.1 MP resolution. Automatic mechanical dust removal present and for image integrated chip delivers 14-bit image information. The data is handled by Canon's DIGIC 4 processor, which adds noise reduction as needed. The processor provides a very fast startup and immediate viewing of the image that is taken, and that it is capable to deliver bursts of up to 170 JPEG images with 3.4 frames per second.

    Box Contents

    The following accessories are included in the packing:

    • EOS 500D Camera
    • EF-S 18-55mm IS f/3.5-5.6 (non USM) lens
    • Battery pack (LP-E5)
    • Battery Charger (LC-E5E)
    • Eyecup EF
    • Neck Strap (EW-100DB III)
    • Camera cover (RF3)
    • IFC-200U USB interface cable
    • AV Cable AVC-DC400
    • EOS Solution Software CD ROM

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    Re: Canon EOS 500D SLR camera

    Design body controls

    All essential functions have physical buttons where for quick and easy change of settings and operation bodies has logical and intuitive placement, design and function.On the EOS 500D has therefore made a separate button that immediately activates the Live View without Wizardry Necessary.

    Grip is well built up but would like to be higher to accommodate all the fingers. It is a compromise you have to live with when you want a compact body. Grip and the thumb on the back dressed in a rubber-like material with a soft surface that provides good friction.


    The main switch has a straightforward and convenient location to the right of the function wheel on top, with button for ISO-value between the main switch and timer. Function steering-wheel is used to select the recording function.

    The big picture screen can display the most important settings with a more transparent manner.You can change a setting options directly from the information view.The buttons are not illuminated for operation in darkness, but the buttons that are close to each other and have a different layout, so you should know your camera.


    On the back there are two useful buttons at the top right, right on the thumb. One to select the focus point, the other to lock an exposure. Auto focus is activated by a slight pressure on the trigger. When Live View is activated, the button for AE lock start autofocus. So it is with the video, but unfortunately is not auto-permanent feature,

    The four arrow keys used for navigation provide options of white balance, autofocus, shooting speed / self-image and style. The arrow keys are located relatively close, but seated well from each other to avoid risk of pressing the wrong button. In the middle there is a SET button is used to confirm the selection.

    Top left we are the menu button and the button used to toggle the display options on the screen. When the LCD screen, a sensor automatically shut off the screen when the eye is added to the applicant to save power.


    In front on the left side, it is a small button that will dazzle down the lens to the active aperture, so you can check the sharpness depth.Access to the battery, memory card and connector panel is unproblematic.It will be possible to open the battery cover while the camera is on the stand.

    Lens Construction

    Canon 18-200 mm f / 3,5-5,6 IS is a reasonable objective for its type. The relatively modest brightness, conventional electric focus motor and a design that largely consists of plastic to help it.The lens 18-200 mm zoom range gives diagonal image angles from ca. 74 ° to 7.9 °. Since the image chip is less than 35 mm formatif one compares with the corresponding image angles in 35 mm format Zoom will thus be equal to 29-320 mm.


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    Re: Canon EOS 500D SLR camera

    display


    The EOS 500D has the same construction as the EOS 450D, with the same 0.87 x magnification, 95% and 19 mm photo stand (minimum distance that is necessary to see the entire viewfinder image).

    Searching image is reasonably bright and clear with an information panel with the green light under the candidate image. This lists all the important settings of exposure, ISO value and number of photos you can take in a series with the selected resolution and image quality. There is also information about the flash, focus, and any manual selection, such as the s / hv-shooting. Standard matte slab (I-A) can be replaced with a route to a pattern (I-D), possibly for a more precise manual focus lenses with bright (I-S).


    LCD screen for 3 "(7.6 cm) size and wide viewing angle becomes increasingly common. The EOS 500D has a screen over the top of the camera type, not only with the above specifications, but with the entire 920,000-point resolution and the new Clearview structure that offers a very effective anti-glare coating. Screen brightness can be regulated in 7 steps with very satisfactory impact for each level. it is possible to use the screen with a live recording image and an improvement compared to the EOS 450D is that the function now can be activated immediately, without having to make changes in the menus.

    The screen has 170-degree viewing angle. This means that the screen can be seen from almost any angle. However, there is no satisfactory solution, especially not at the video. since the auto focus is not permanent in video, it will often be necessary to focus manually. In practice, it is almost impossible when you can not see the extreme right of the screen.

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    Re: Canon EOS 500D SLR camera

    Image

    The new universal zoom EF-S 18-200 mm f / 3,5-5,6 IS has a zoom range that makes the lens very versatile and useful for most subjects.It shows the best performance between blender f / 8 and f/16 where the sharpness and resolution capability is very good

    Canon claims that the image chip in the EOS 500D has different issue than the one found in the EOS 50D. Both are built to the same formula, a CMOS-type in the APS-C size (22.3 mm x 14.9 mm) and 3:2 aspect ratio. Both also have 15.5 million pixels, of which 15.1 million are effective.These two have very different management systems Canon EOS 50D has delivers more accurate colors, lower noise and more content-rich RAW files than the EOS 500D.The resolution and the chip size gives a pixel size of about 4.52 μm and a point density of 48,625 pixels in each kvmm

    Besides the maximum image resolution of 4752x3168 pixels (15 MP), one can shoot in JPEG also select 3456x2304 (8 MP) or 2353x1568 (3.7 MP) as alternative solutions, all in two qualities (Fine and Normal), while RAW only stored in maximum resolution.

    EOS 500D using 14-bit RAW (. CR2) to the internal image processing of JPEG v.2.21 in two qualities, Fine and Normal. JPEG supports direct printing via PictBridge.By processor handles RAW images with 14-bit color depth, it has access to more color shades than usual.you can choose between the sRGB or Adobe RGB color gamut. By Adobe RGB measurements show that the EOS 500D has a lesser tone scale in JPEG than the EOS 50D and the larger mismatch between the color channels

    During image processing, the user has the option to enable / disable the noise reduction that occurs when long shutter speeds (more than 1 second), reducing the noise at high sensitivity,

    The following options and its effect is available:
    • Standard: Normal reproduction of images with slightly increased sharpness
    • Portrait: Reduced contrast and color saturation, point skintones
    • Landscape: Improved color saturation, especially for green and blue
    • Neutral: No specific impact
    • Faithful: Even less impact than "Neutral", best suited for the treatment
    • Monochrome: For recording in black and white



    Canon EOS 500D has an exposure system which is practically equal to that found in the more advanced EOS models.The exposure can be corrected or general until + / - 2 EV in 1 / 3 steps, or you can let the camera automatically take three images in the series, a normally exposed and over-and under-exposure, at its option, to + / - 4 EV. Compensation of the flash exposure is also possible.

    In addition to automatic analysis, the EOS 500D also finished with six options defined values for sun, shade, overcast, Kunstlys, fluorescent and flash. In addition, you can make manual measurement against a white surface. Only one manually measured white balance can be saved. All the white balance can be fine-tuned in the + / - nine-level step toward orange / blue or green / magenta. It is also possible to take alternate recording with variable white balance, but there is no way for the setting of a known Kelvin color temperature.With the exception of the incandescent light, EOS 500D fairly precise white balance with automatic control.

    Sample



    Picture information:
    Tv (Shutter Speed) : 1/125 sec
    Av (Aperture Value) : f/3.5
    ISO Speed : ISO400
    Lens : EF-S17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
    White Balance : AWB
    Picture Style : Portrait





    Picture information:
    Tv (Shutter Speed) 1/2000 sec
    Av (Aperture Value) f/6.3
    ISO Speed ISO400
    Lens EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM
    White Balance Daylight
    Picture Style Standard

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    Re: Canon EOS 500D SLR camera

    Performance

    Although the EOS 500D is considered an amateur camera, it works very quickly. On startup, you can capture the same fraction of a second as you turn it on.If we have focused manually and dust removal that will delay the start-up. If auto focus selected the camera will use barely in a second depending on lighting conditions. When focus is set, triggering the response perceived as instantaneous, ie less than 1 / 10 s.

    Auto Focus is quick and light sensitivity. To achieve autofocus under very weak conditions, one can use the blitz that assistance. It will then fire a series of short blink until focus is found. Range is more than 12 m with a contrast-rich motif. With normal subjects it wiill have significantly lower contrast, the range will be about 5.5 m at wide-angle, and 4 m at telephoto lenses with the brightness f / 3,5-5,6.

    Compared with the EOS 450D, EOS 500D is almost unable to keep up the burst, in spite of the higher image resolution. EOS 450D manage over 50 photos in the best-quality JPEG or 6 RAW photos with a frame rate of 3.7 b / s. The EOS 500D can take not less than 170 JPEG images in the series with a rate of 3.4 b / s.

    EOS 500D does not support the protocol for USB Mass Storage, so Canon's own EOS Utility software must be installed to transfer images via cable. Then the speed of transmission be under 3 MB / s, which is quite normal.

    The EOS 500D uses the same power as the EOS 450D, an LP-E5 rechargeable lithium-ion battery pack with 1000 mAh capacity at 7.4 V. A fully charged battery will provide 400 images at room temperature, which is fewer than 100 images EOS 450D. At 0 ° C the battery will clear 380 images, while the EOS 450D provides 400 photos. Live View is not included, in this case the capacity is reduced to 170 images at 23 ° C and 160 images at 0 ° C.

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    Re: Canon EOS 500D SLR camera

    You can find following controls on camera

    Front
    • Rubber-coated grip
    • Sensor for wireless remote
    • Release
    • Setting Wheel
    • Function Wheel
    • Anti-red-eye
    • Embodied blitz
    • Microphone
    • Brand Index for AF-S optics
    • Lock button for objective
    • Contacts for objective communication



    Behind

    • LCD screen
    • The cover of the contact panel
    • Menu Button
    • Button for viewing options
    • sensor for LCD-screen
    • eye view finder
    • Adjustment Wheel
    • Function Wheel
    • Main switch
    • AE-Lock
    • Button for selecting the focus point
    • Speaker
    • Button for Live View
    • Arrow keys with function selection and the SET button
    • Play Button
    • Delete Button
    • Indicator for storage
    • The cover of the card slot




    Top
    • Steering wheel for control
    • Searching Frame
    • flash
    • Button for blitz
    • Depressed blitz
    • Function Wheel
    • Anti-red-eyes
    • Release
    • Setting Wheel
    • Button for ISO-value
    • Main switch
    • AE-Lock
    • Button for selecting the focus point




    Bottom
    • Lock switch for battery cover
    • The cover of the battery chamber
    • Rack mount
    • control of the depth of


    Side
    • Bayonet
    • Manual focus ring
    • Zoom Ring
    • AF / MF selector switch
    • On / off switch for Image
    • Lock button for objective
    • The cover of the contact panel
    • The cover of the card slot
    • Luke for the network adapter
    • Battery Door



    some image samples








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    Re: Canon EOS 500D SLR camera



    Conclusion

    The EOS 500D continues Canon's success story with reasonable EOS mirror effects. Ever since for almost six years ago, with the model, the EOS 300D, it has been sold thousands of cameras in "one hundred series." The EOS 500D is the latest model in the series and has thus been the last innovations and technologies from Canon's professional EOS models. The most important upgrade from the EOS 450D, which continues in parallel with the EOS 500D, is the possibility of HD video, such as in the professional model, the EOS 5D Mark I

    Another difference is that the EOS 500D has the full 15 MP resolution, the same as its big brother the EOS 50D, although the test shows that the image tag and DIGIC 4 processor is designed simpler than in the EOS 50D. Compared with the EOS 450D, EOS 500D delivers better image quality overall, it has better performance and slightly better specs. However, it is also cost a great deal higher. About HD video and 15 MP (instead of 12 MP) is negligible for your preferences, the EOS 450D is an equally good buy.

    The most annoying is the fact that the auto focus is not permanent, such as in a regular video camera. If the distance to the subject changes, focus must be set again. It can admittedly make while recording is in progress, but the focus is causing pulsating blur. Vide Recording of a subject in motion is therefore almost impossible. Moreover, if the lens has conventional focus motor engine noise will be very disruptive for video sound. Therefore, lenses with USM focus motor exclusively used by video. Manual focus is highly recommended, but it requires routine and may in practice be impossible with some unusual camera position because the screen is not moving.Picture quality from the EOS 500D is a mind higher than from the EOS 450D, but not so high that from the EOS 50D.it is better to choose a less expensive camera like the EOS 450D, and also spend more money on lenses of high quality

    Pros

    • Very compact and light in weight
    • 15 MP and DIGIC 4 image processor
    • 14-bit A / D conversion for extended tone progress
    • Very high image quality from both RAW and JPEG
    • Low noise and high dynamics at all ISO values
    • Large 3 "LCD with full 920,000 pixels
    • Simplified procedure to enable Live View
    • Both normal AF and contrast measured with AF Live View
    • Opportunity for high definition video with auto focus, however, to a limited extent
    • Up to 10x magnified image with Live View, both the AF and MF
    • Physical and electronic dust removal in the camera and software
    • Selectable noise reduction for high ISO and long shutter speeds
    • Relatively large viewfinder with 95% view and full information
    • shut off the LCD screen automatically
    • Information panel and setting selection directly from the LCD screen
    • Very wide range of additional optics and accessories
    • Standard zoom with optical Image Stabilizer (up to 4 EV steps)
    • Exemplary signal to finished JPEGs
    • Built-in flash with E-TTL II flash control
    • Extremely fast response and continuous bursts of 3.4 b / s
    • Battery Grip for dual battery
    • Best software on the market
    • Norwegian menus installed from factory
    • Reasonable price in relation to the performance and specifications


    cons

    • Slow autofocus in Live View and video
    • Noise from the AF-motor can interfere with the audio video
    • Video is too difficult for amateur use
    • Standard Zoom not optimal performance
    • Not built-in candidate block a fixed cover
    • Not Support for USB Mass Storage

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