Comments on: Canon EOS 500D (Digital Rebel T1i) DSRL

By: FuujinZ

FuujinZ — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:15:33 +0000

I bought the D700 for 2 weeks, I jumped over to the 5DmarkII I ended up much happier. I had no problem with focusing in the dark. But how often do you shoot in the dark, where it’s so dark you cant take any pictures though? If you have a flash or a strobe of some kind, there are always assisting lamp and focusing beam on all of these. Buying the D700 and looking at their “zoom lens” I was horrified by the prices on their lens too…. 5D full HD video still rocking the market =) It took me a while to decide when comparing specs side by side… but 5Dm2 totally owned in every important aspect and not something like faster frame rate which i never go over 3fps.

By: David

David — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 03:35:33 +0000

http://i.gizmodo.com/5182772/canon-eos-rebel-t1i-first-hands-on-50ds-sensor-1080p-vids-899-?skyline=true&s=i

1080p video is a bit choppy to say the least.

By: Terry Ng

Terry Ng — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:59:54 +0000

If you’re into photography and not video then the D700 would be a much better choice. It’s AF system and low light capability trumps the 5D MKII any day. Not to mention that the Nikon zooms are vastly better than Canon’s counterparts (unless you’re a prime kind of guy).

The megapixel count is a non-issue unless you’re printing gigantic posters all day.

By: AllaN

AllaN — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:09:02 +0000

Ever since the release with the 5D MarkII, it wanted to cross over to Canon ever since. Nikon has lower megapixel count, and still lacks 1080 video record(i dont mind lacking video). It’s definitely affordable.

Okay, the trick with the 500D is, 1080 will give you high quality STOP-MOTION videos, recording at 20fps, but if you move the resolution down to 720 and vga, you get 30fps back, essentially meaning 1080 is just implemented as a feature to draw in unsuspecting customers.

By: Terry Ng

Terry Ng — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:57:35 +0000

Too bad they crippled it with the 20fps limit in 1080p mode. That’s going to cause quite a bit of jerkiness which basically makes it unusable at that quality.

One thing for sure… Nikon better get their game together and release an update to the D700 with HD video before I jump ship again.

By: djmikey

djmikey — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:55:55 +0000

Finally an affordable DSRL with HD video!!!