Canon EOS Rebel XSi Review May 6th, 2008 | by David Elrich

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it's very easy to recommend the Canon Rebel XSi...


Highs: Takes fast pictures; excellent picture quality; includes IS lens

Lows: Live View could be better; flimsy door covering connections

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Introduction

Editor's Choice

Like the price of a barrel of oil, the megapixel count of D-SLRs continues to climb.

When Canon and others first unveiled popularly-priced digital single lens reflex cameras, 6MP was the resolution spec, and everyone was thrilled. Today, 6-megapixel cameras of any type are practically ancient history. In fact, most new D-SLRs such as the Nikon D60, Pentax K200D or Sony DSLR-A200 kick off at 10MP with 14s becoming much more prevalent in 2008, such as the recent Editor’s Choice-earning Sony DSLR–A350.

As for the new Canon EOS Rebel XSi, it fits right between them with a resolution of 12.2MP, but proves slightly more expensive if you look at it on a pure pixel-for-pixel comparison. Yet digital cameras are about much more than pure resolution—they’re about speed, picture-taking ability and loads of little things that separate the good from the bad. With that in mind, it was time to see if Canon had a winner on its hands—or, to put it bluntly, a clunker instead.




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