Canon 500D Review

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Canon 500D is amateur digital camera, and the first camera of this level with the ability to record video.

 Canon 500D is perfect for simple photo tasks, for use at home, on vacation. Canon 500D usually comes with a lens  Canon 18-55 IS 3.5-5.6 EF-S or the like, such a kit is called a Kit (kit), if the camera comes without a lens, then this is Canon 500D body.

Canon 500D has a matrix, the same as in a higher-level camera Canon EOS 50D. Canon 500D equipped 15.1 megapixel sensor and can create images with a resolution of 4752 by 3168 pixels. Canon 500D ISO can use ISO 100 to 3200, and the ISO expansion function can accelerate the camera to ISO 12800 (ISO H). This is a good indicator, however, after ISO 3200 the noise level becomes unbearable. I do not recommend using high ISO values ​​for shooting. Auto ISO uses values ​​of 100-1600 (depending on the highlight priority function setting).

Canon 500D uses large 3-inch display with 920.000 pointsIt’s very convenient to view the shot material and poke around the camera menu. Also, the large display is very useful when focusing through Live view and when shooting a video. When focusing through an optical viewfinder, which is built on the basis of a pentazerkal, available 9 focus points, the same as most amateur Canon cameras.

Canon 500D can shoot at speeds up to 3.4 frames per secondThis is not much, but quite enough for amateur photography. Fast burst shooting is very important frame buffer – the position where pictures are placed before recording to the memory card. I will dwell on the buffer in more detail.

Buffer

• 9 frames in JPEG format with disabled additional settings, such as noise reduction at slow shutter speeds, noise reduction at high ISO, etc. If you enable all these functions, then frame buffer reduced to 2 shots.
• 9 frames in RAW format. It is strange, although the indicator shows 9 shots, but during continuous shooting the camera starts to slow down after the 8th shot. If you enable additional settings, the buffer is reduced to 4 images.

Actual number of shots in one series, it strongly depends on the parameters that the camera will choose for shooting, as well as on the speed of the memory card itself. If you set the picture quality to S or M, then the burst length can reach 170 frames or until the memory card runs out.

Canon 500D can shoot quality video 1080p (1920 * 1080) and a frame rate of 20 fps or with 720p quality (1280 * 720) and a frequency of 30 fps, there is also a normal 640 * 480 mode. Video is recorded in MOV format with H.264 codec. The camera only records mono audio. Video focusing is available in three AF ​​modes:

1. Picture… In this mode, the camera focuses on the selected area when the ‘*’ button is pressed
2. Face Priority Image… The camera automatically finds the faces of people in the frame and focuses on them when the ‘*’ button is pressed
3. Speed… Before recording video, the focusing itself occurs through the phase sensors, while the camera mirror is in the lowered state. When video recording starts, focus works in the same way as in ‘image’ mode

I haven’t found how to get the camera to focus constantly when shooting video. After the camera has focused on one object, you have to release the ‘*’ button and press it again to force the camera to focus again. I used a Canon 500D with a lens Canon 18-55 IS 3.5-5.6 EF-S, the sound from the automatic focusing of the lens spoils the video experience very much. The fact that Full HD is realized only at 20 frames per second is almost imperceptible when viewed on a computer, but when watching a video shot with a setting of 1920 * 1080, the picture is very slow on the camera display. If you need a ‘faster’ video, I recommend shooting at 1280 * 720 at 30 frames per second. To start shooting video, be sure to turn the mode dial to Video mode.

In general, it is surprising that the first amateur camera Canon with the ability to record video immediately realized Full HD modeIf we recall the development of video on phones, then there was a whole chain of metamorphoses from a meager 128 * 96 to Full HD.

The photos in the gallery below are shown without processing on Yongnuo YN 100mm f / 2 lenson-camera JPEG from the camera Canon Digital Rebel T1i (aka Canon EOS 500D, aka Canon Kiss Digital X3).

You can download the original ‘jpeg’ photos at this link (86 files, 500 MB).

Of course, there’s a lot of useful featuresFor example, such as:

• Vignetting control… The ‘Correction’ setting is responsible for this function. periphery. lighting ‘
• Different styles of images: portrait, landscape, natural, etc.
• Dust cleaning matrix. If you set automatic cleaning, the camera will clean the sensor of dust every time it is turned on and off.
• Auto power off function.
• Highlight Priority D + and Brightness Correction for vivid photos with high dynamic range. When enabled, the minimum ISO becomes 200 and the maximum is 3200, even if the ISO expansion function is enabled.
• Canon 500D supports remote control
• Automatically turn off the display when lifting the camera to the face. A special sensor is responsible for this, when you start focusing through the optical viewfinder, the camera itself turns off the main display. This function can be turned off and then the display will be constantly on.

Often there is a choice between an earlier version of Canon 450D and newer version Canon 550DI made a small tablet comparing three cameras. Expect a newer camera Canon 550D bypasses Canon 450D and Canon 500D in a number of ways:

EOS
450D
500D
550D

Digital rebel
xSI
T1i
T2i

Kiss digital
x2
X3
X4

The number of MP
12,20
15,10
18.0

Year of construction
winter 2008
spring xnumx
winter 2010

Maximum ISO
1600
3200
6400

ISO Extended
no
12800
12800

Auto ISO
100-800
100-1600
100-6400

FPS, JPEG
3,5 fps
3,4 fps
3,7 fps

Focus points
9
9
9

Measuring area exposure
35
35
63

Display
3 inches, 230k
3 inches, 920k
3 inches, 1.040K

Live view
Yes
Yes
Yes

Processor
DIGIC III
DIGIC 4
DIGIC 4

Vignetting control
no
Yes
Yes

Video
no
yes, 1920×1080, 20k \ c
yes, 1920×1080, 30k / s, parameter control

Memory cards
SD, SDHC
SD, SDHC
SDXC, SD, SDHC

The weight
475
480
480

DXO color depth
21,9 bit
21,7 bit
22,1 bit

Dynamic Range DXO
10,8 evs
11,5 evs
11,5 evs

High ISO DXO
692
663
784

Personal experience

Canon 500D is a good amateur camera, made in Japan, able to shoot videos with auto focus. I would not overpay for newer Canon 550D, 600D, but would take a simpler version of the 500D. For example, I do not need a video, and I still wonderfully cope with photo tasks on an old Nikon D40.

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Conclusions

Canon 500D camera for fans with a good set of features. The only serious drawback is that there are more advanced models of the younger line of Canon SLR cameras, such as 550D, 600D, 650D.

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