- 8.0-megapixel CMOS sensor captures enough detail for photo-quality 16 x 22-inch prints.
- Captures images at a rate of up to 3 frames per second.
- DIGIC II Image Processor provides fast, accurate image processing.
- Fast start-up time--.2 seconds.
- Powered by rechargeable Lithium-ion battery (included, with charger).
From the Manufacturer
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The Canon EOS Digital Rebel camera now has a new, faster, and
even smaller big brother. Sibling rivalries aside, the
8.0-megapixel Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT SLR adds resolution,
speed, extra creative control, and enhanced comfort in the hand
to one of the smallest and lightest digital cameras in its class.
Despite its advancements in ergonomic design and technology, this
easy-to-use EOS digital camera is compatible with all of Canon's
EF lenses including the EF-S lenses.
Rebel Without a Choice No More
The EOS Digital Rebel XT camera takes its place alongside the
original 6.3-megapixel EOS Digital Rebel camera that first placed
an affordable, high-resolution digital SLR into the hands of
Canon consumers. The EOS Digital Rebel XT model is offered in two
kit configurations: With Canon's high-quality EF-S 18-55mm
f3.5-f5.6 zoom lens (in matte black and in brushed silver) and as
a body only (in matte black and in brushed silver).
While many of the feature advancements and innovations on the
new EOS Digital Rebel XT digital camera are inherited from
Canon's EOS 20D "prosumer" SLR, the two cameras' most striking
technological similarities are their use of Canon's newly
developed, large-single-plate, high-sensitivity, high-resolution
color CMOS imaging sensor technology. While the size of the APS-C
CMOS sensor on the EOS Digital Rebel XT SLR is fractionally
smaller than the APS-C CMOS sensor on the EOS 20D camera (22.2 x
14.8 millimeters versus 22.5 x 15.0 millimeters, respectively)
accounting in part for the cameras' 8.0- vs. 8.2-megapixel
resolution rating, individual pixel dimensions are identical, and
they both provide the same effective angle of view, equivalent to
1.6x the normal EF lens focal length. There are, of course, some
very real differences between the EOS Digital Rebel XT digital
camera and the more advanced EOS 20D. While the 20D SLR includes
performance features such as faster continuous shooting speed (5
frames per second [fps] vs. 3 fps) with larger burst capability
(23 frames vs. 14 frames) and custom function settings (18 vs. 9)
that more than justify its heftier price tag, this new Rebel XT
model was created for those dedicated SLR users who are migrating
to digital for the first time and don't wish to give up the
flexibility an SLR system offers.
Autofocus Made Easy
Utilizing the same 7-point autofocus system as the EOS Digital
Rebel camera, the new EOS Digital Rebel XT SLR is capable of
analyzing where a subject is--even when it is off center--and
almost immediately bringing it into focus. It can also analyze
subject movement and automatically select locking or tracking AF
modes as needed. These features simplify the camera's operation
and optimize its performance. The Digital Rebel XT allows users
to select locking or tacking AF modes independently, adding a new
dimension of creative control.Finer Photos Faster
The new EOS Digital Rebel XT digital camera can shoot up to 14
consecutive large/fine (8.0-megapixel) JPEGs, five RAW files, or
four RAW + large/fine JPEGs at a rate of up to 3 fps. The EOS
Digital Rebel camera's smaller buffer permits bursts of only four
large/fine (6.3-megapixel) JPEG or RAW frames at a rate of up to
2.5 fps.
While reprising the Digital Rebel SLR's ISO range of 100, 200,
400, 800, and 1600, Canon raised the Auto ISO setting on the
Digital Rebel XT model to 400 to help improve image quality,
reduce camera shake, and brighten the scene behind the subject
when taking a flash photo. The new Digital Rebel XT camera also
offers 12 exposure modes that are user selectable at the turn of
a conveniently placed dial. The exposure modes--Full Auto,
Portrait, Landscape, Close-up, Sports, Night Portrait, Flash Off,
Program AE, Shutter Speed-Priority AE, Aperture-Priority AE,
Manual and Auto Depth-of-Field AE--take into account virtually
all shooting conditions and preferences.
In addition to its lossless compression 8.0-megapixel RAW image
file option, the Rebel XT Digital SLR offers users the option of
shooting in a range of sizes and quality JPEG settings from large
(8.0-megapixel) and medium (4.15-megapixel) to small
(2.0-megapixel). Within each resolution option, the user may also
select quality settings: large/fine, large/normal, medium/fine,
medium/normal, small/fine, and small/normal.
RAW Power
What's more, where the original Digital Rebel camera required
dedicated software to extract embedded medium/fine resolution
JPEGs from the larger, uncompressed RAW image file, the new Rebel
XT model saves RAW and large/fine resolution images as separate
files on the Compact Flash card. The user also has the option of
selecting RAW (8.0-megapixel) files only, saving valuable space
on the CF card. As with the EOS 20D, the Digital Rebel XT
camera's RAW files are denoted by the CR2 extension.
Creative Control
Among the new features found on the EOS Digital Rebel XT camera
are user-selectable metering and AF modes, flash exposure
compensation control, improved E-TTL II evaluative flash
metering, and for the first time in this product category, custom
function control. The Digital Rebel XT SLR even offers a
monochrome mode for consumers who enjoy the subtleties and
shadings that only black-and-white images offer.
The Rebel XT camera incorporates nine of the Custom Functions
previously found on the EOS 20D model. Designed to fine-tune
camera operation according to personal preferences, the custom
functions offer users a set of programming options for the SET
button/cross keys, as well as control over long exposure noise
reduction, flash sync speed in AV mode, AF start from the shutter
button or AE lock button, AF assist beam, mirror lockup, E-TTL II
metering patterns, and shutter curtain sync.
All This and DIGIC II
Canon's newest and most powerful SLR imaging engine, DIGIC II,
provides high precision and high speed, natural color
reproduction including high saturation, bright subjects, improved
auto white balance, and increased white balance correction
control and white balance bracketing over the original Digital
Rebel camera.
The white balance correction control is a digital color filter
that works like a light-balancing filter or a color-compensating
filter. Both the blue/amber bias and the magenta/green bias can
be adjusted to +/- 9 levels. While the blue/amber bias adjustment
is standard on the original Digital Rebel model, the Rebel XT
camera's additional magenta/green bias adjustment provides
increased color compensation from the earlier model.
The Rebel XT SLR's white balance bracketing mode enables the
camera to automatically take three images for every snapped,
each with a different bias setting. The user can then select the
best and did the other two. White balance bracketing can
also be used in combination with white balance correction. The
benefit of all this white balance wizardry can be found in the
photographs with colors captured accurately and precisely under a
wide range of conditions. In addition to the legion of
image-quality improvements, DIGIC II speeds up the camera's
performance from start-up that is 10 times faster on the EOS
Digital Rebel XT model (0.2 seconds) than it is on the EOS
Digital Rebel with the original iteration of DIGIC (2 seconds).
Another feature improved by the presence of DIGIC II is the
speed of the direct printing function, which is PictBridge
compatible. DIGIC II also produces faster startup times, faster
CompactFlash card writing speed, and approximately 10x faster
data transfer speeds thanks to the processor's new USB 2.0
high-speed interface. As an added bonus, the DIGIC II chip is so
efficient, it actually reduces the EOS Digital Rebel XT camera's
power consumption (and extends battery life) by approximately
35%. Indeed, this new Rebel XT camera is so energy efficient, it
is powered by the same lighter-weight NB-2LH battery pack used by
the Power S60 (as sed to the larger BP-511A battery pack
used by the original Digital Rebel model).
E-TTL II: Exposure Control in a Flash
The new Rebel XT camera also features the next step in the
evolution of evaluative, through-the-lens exposure control, E-TTL
II. Though compatible with all Canon EX-series Speedlites, this
smarter new E-TTL II system helps ensure that, even in situations
with highly reflective subjects or backgrounds or when shooting
in most other similarly difficult lighting situations, the image
will be optimally exposed. The E-TTL II system compares the
ambient light with the reflected pre-flash off the subject
reported in all 35 metering zones and selects the areas with a
small difference to be weighted for flash exposure calculation.
This system also helps eliminate or underweights areas with large
differences, recognizing them as an extremely reflective object
in the background or a highly reflective subject.
Bundled Software
Both the Rebel XT Camera and lens kit and the body-only kit are
shipped with three software discs including EOS Digital Solutions
Disc 10 featuring ZoomBrowser EX, ImageBrowser, and ArcSoft
PhotoStudio together with other utilities, another disc
containing Digital Photo Professional 1.6 for RAW file
conversions, and a third disc containing PDF versions of the
instruction manuals for each application.