Canon EOS 500D
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Maker | Canon Inc. |
| Type | Digital single-lens reflex |
| Released | April 2009 |
| Lens | |
| Lens mount | Canon EF-S |
| Lens | Interchangeable |
| Sensor/medium | |
| Sensor type | CMOS |
| Sensor size | APS-C (22.3×14.9 mm) |
| Maximum resolution | 15.1 effective megapixels, 4,752 x 3,168 |
| Film speed | ISO 100 to 3200 (expandable to 12800) |
| Storage media | SD/SDHC |
| Focusing | |
| Focus modes | AI Focus, One-Shot, AI Servo, Live View |
| Focus areas | 9 AF points |
| Exposure/metering | |
| Exposure modes | Full Auto, Portrait, Landscape, Close-up, Sports, Night Portrait, No Flash, Program AE, Shutter-priority, Aperture-priority, Manual, Auto Depth-of-field |
| Exposure metering | Full aperture TTL, 35-zone SPC |
| Metering modes | Spot, Evaluative, Partial (approx. 9% at center of viewfinder), Center-weighted average |
| Flash | |
| Flash | E-TTL II automatic built-in pop-up |
| Flash synchronization | 1/200 s |
| Flash bracketing | Yes |
| Shutter | |
| Shutter | Electronically-controlled focal-plane |
| Shutter speed range | 1/4000 to 30 sec and Bulb |
| Continuous shooting | 3.4 frame/s for 170 JPEGs or 9 raw files |
| Viewfinder | |
| Viewfinder | Fixed eye-level pentamirror |
| Viewfinder magnification | 0.87× |
| Frame coverage | 90% |
| Image processing | |
| White balance | Auto, Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten Light, White Fluorescent Light, Flash, Manual, user-set |
| WB bracketing | +/- 3 stops in 1-stop increments; |
| General | |
| LCD screen | 3 in (7.6 cm) color TFT LCD, 920,000 dots |
| Battery | LP-E5 Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery (7.4 V, 1080 mAh) |
| Optional battery packs | BG-E5 grip |
| Dimensions | 129×98×62 mm (5.1×3.9×2.4 in) |
| Weight | 480 g (17 oz) (body only) |
| Made in | Japan, Taiwan |
| Chronology | |
| Predecessor | Canon EOS 450D |
| Successor | Canon EOS 550D |
The Canon EOS 500D is a 15-megapixel entry-level digital single-lens reflex camera, announced by Canon on 25 March 2009. It was released in April 2009. It is known as the EOS Kiss X3 in Japan, and as the EOS Rebel T1i in North America. It continues the Rebel line of mid-range DSLR cameras, is placed by Canon as the next model up from the EOS 450D, and has been superseded by the EOS 550D (T2i).
It is the third digital single-lens reflex camera to feature a movie mode and the second to feature full 1080p video recording, albeit at the rate of 20 frames/sec. The camera shares a few features with the high-end Canon EOS 5D Mark II, including movie mode, Live preview, and DiGIC 4. Like the EOS 450D and EOS 1000D, it uses SDHC media storage, and is the third EOS model to use that medium instead of CompactFlash. Like the EOS 5D Mark II, video clips are recorded as MOV (QuickTime) files with H.264/MPEG-4 compressed video and linear PCM audio.