Order Canon EOS Rebel T1i 15.1 MP CMOS Digital SLR Camera with 3-Inch LCD and EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens
I purchased the T1i just over a week ago to upgrade my very old Digital Rebel 300d. I have just returned the T1i.
On the upside, the interface and UI performance are outstanding. The build quality is excellent and the camera takes pictures very well. The video capabilities are a great value-add and fun to experiment with.
My experience with the photos themselves was not outstanding. My first annoyance was the inability of just about any (Apple) software other than Canon's (bundled with the camera) to read the raw files from this camera. Canon's software is slow and unwieldy. It may be weeks or months until iPhoto or Aperture support the .cr2 files from the T1i. I don't have Photoshop but have read it doesn't like the .cr2 files either.
My second annoyance was with the softness of the photos. I took about 500 shots over the weekend with two different lenses (canon 50mm and Tamron 17-50mm). All of the photos seemed to suffer from "softness". I liken it to a very subtle version of a soft focus high school yearbook photo. This was visible in all of my photos and much more pronounced in the highest resolution .jpeg's than in the Raw files. My camera may have been faulty but when comparing shots side by side with my 2004 vintage 300d, the 300d's images were sharper.
For me, the video functionality is more of a novelty, otherwise it might have been a tough decision to give up the T1i. I'll be purchasing a 40D instead which I know will produce the high quality photos I'm looking for. Get more detail about Canon EOS Rebel T1i 15.1 MP CMOS Digital SLR Camera with 3-Inch LCD and EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens.
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