When it comes to DSLR, you can trust Canon to come with something never seen before. Canon did not disappoint when it released this marvelous piece of work. The EOS 500D was the first to come with movie mode feature which made everyone in the photography business talking. As the result of this functionality, the 500D was used in many known television series and movies. There was sitcom in South Africa that was filmed with this camera and as expected, the quality was no different.

Another new feature was its full and powerful 1080p video recording functionality. The functionality was capable of recording at the rate of more 18 frames per second. One of its best feature was the DGIC 4, for those who might be lost, DIGIC is an image processor used in most digital cameras especially Canon. This functionality makes the camera faster when capturing and storing images, as with other older deigns, you don’t  have to wait another 15 seconds to wait for processing.

Coming to media storage, there are two types of media storage, CampactFlash and SDHC (secure Digital High Capacity). The EOS 500D was the second if not third to use the SDHC technology. Before I mention all other features, let say quickly that the camera use the following techlogy to save its video files. MOV, PCM and MPEG-4.

Features:

Highlight tone priority

76 mm LCD

Live mode used for viewing

DIGIC 4 processor

CMOS sensor

It is flesh ready and syncs information very quickly

JPEG and RAW simultaneous recording

It uses HDMI and USB 2.0 interfaces

Most people regard the EOS 500D as the entry level camera that is mostly used by armatures and school children. For those who feel they no longer experimenting and want to upgrade, consider using Panasonic DMC-GHI or Nikon D5000.

For those of you wanting professional advice on what camera to use or perhaps want to know the difference between different brands and models, please feel free to contact us via the “Contact Us” form, we will be more than happy to do that but please be patient as we deal with hundreds of requests on a daily basis.

Last Updated: 12-05-2012

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