| With the recently announced Canon Digital Rebel | | | | buying public is aware of and it sells. The T1i |
| T1i becoming available in April 2009, many | | | | boasts with the relatively new DIGIC 4 processor |
| prospective Digital SLR buyers are finding it | | | | which is far quicker than it's predecessor the |
| difficult to decide between the Rebel T1i and the | | | | DIGIC III which is found in the XSi. This processor |
| Rebel XSi cameras. The T1i definitely packs more | | | | unlocks what is probably the most exciting |
| punch, but it comes at a price, so the question is: | | | | feature of the T1i - Full HD video recording. This |
| "Is it worth it?". | | | | single feature improves the versatility of the T1i |
| Before we highlight the primary differences, let's | | | | over the XSi by a wide margin and very soon we |
| have a quick look at the similarities. Both cameras | | | | will see high quality videos of babies and kids |
| have exactly the same dimensions and both have | | | | birthday parties all over the internet. Although not |
| a 3 inch LCD screen. Canon's 9 point Autofocus | | | | a replacement for a proper video camera yet, |
| system and 35 Zone Evaluative Metering system | | | | this feature at least reduces the number of |
| also remains unchanged. | | | | occasions when both a SLR and video camera |
| The very useful EOS Integrated Cleaning system | | | | has to be lugged around. |
| and Dust Delete Data Detection has also been | | | | Another advantage of the DIGIC 4 processor is |
| implemented in both cameras. Highlight Tone | | | | the T1i's ability to shoot up to 170 large JPEGS |
| Priority Mode is available in both cameras, but | | | | continuously, compared to the 53 of the XSi. |
| implemented slightly differently on the T1i - it has | | | | Sports photographers or parents shooting their |
| in essence remained the same however. Both | | | | children's football game will definitely appreciate |
| cameras are sold with the same kit lens, the | | | | this feature. |
| Canon EF-S 18-55mm F/3.5-5.6 IS and as usual, | | | | Although the LCD screens are the same size, the |
| both cameras are fully compatible with the Canon | | | | 920 000 pixel resolution on the screen of the T1i |
| EF and EF-S range lenses. | | | | is significantly better than the 230 000 pixel |
| The most obvious difference between the XSi | | | | resolution of the XSi LCD screen. This improves |
| and the T1i is the APS-C CMOS Sensor that has | | | | menu legibility in less than ideal conditions and |
| been upgraded from 12.2 Megapixels in the XSi to | | | | improves the image display and live view |
| 15.1 Megapixels in the T1i. Personally I'm not a | | | | accordingly. This is very useful for photographers |
| Megapixel chaser and it's not a deciding factor for | | | | who are sometimes disappointed by slightly out of |
| me, but that is unfortunately what the camera | | | | focus images in post processing. |