planet500D – Dedicated to the Canon EOS 500D/Rebel T1i

New Comparison of the Canon Rebel T1i (500D) vs Nikon D90

Posted on 30. Mar, 2009 by planetMitch.

NeutralDay.com has posted a comparison called: “Canon Rebel T1i (500D) vs Nikon D90: Prosumer Battle”
“There’s likely another factor though, that will influence most consumers, and that’s the respective pricing of the two cameras. Body only, the Canon EOS 500D is $100 cheaper, and for the same price as the body only Nikon D90, Canon offers [...]

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What’s the difference between the Canon 500D and the 5D mark ii?

Posted on 28. Mar, 2009 by planetMitch.

I’ve seen plenty of comments and questions about what the differences are between the Canon 500D (T1i in the USA) and the 5D Mark ii. There’s one major difference of course, the 500D is $799 (body only) and the 5D mk ii is $2699. Since the 5D mk ii is the first dSLR [...]

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Comparison of 500D to Nikon D90/D3X and 5D2

Posted on 28. Mar, 2009 by planetMitch.

This spanish site (fotoactualidad.com) has taken images from camera reviews on imaging-resource.com and put them side by side to help compare results. They compared the 500D to Nikon D90, D3X and the Canon 5D mark ii
These are high ISO comparisons and the 500D came out pretty well.
There’s a discussion going on over at DPReview on [...]

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More information/previews coming out

Posted on 27. Mar, 2009 by planetMitch.

First Look Reviews has a short video preview of the Canon EOS 500D/Rebel T1i:

(found on pocket-lint.com)
Digital-Photography-School.com has released their text preview. One thing they point out that I’d seen before but forgot to mention: “Any Canon photographer can register for the CANON iMAGE GATEWAY service, which allows access to the latest EOS information, useful updates [...]

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Additional Details on the 500D

Posted on 26. Mar, 2009 by planetMitch.

A very good interview posted on Youtube:

Notes I made during the video:

Fits in between the 450d and the 50d in the product line
Brand new sensor – not the 50d, a little less
Video length – longest time is 29:59 (5D mk ii is about 12-15 mintues)
Body is almost exactly same size as 450d – grip is [...]

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500D wiki is now open!

Posted on 26. Mar, 2009 by planetMitch.

With all the excitement over the announcement of the new 500D (and it seems that I’ve decided to ignore the other titles “rebel T1i” and “Kiss 3x” to make things simple around here) I thought I’d better get the wiki up and running ASAP. So as of right now, the 500D wiki is open!
I’ve set [...]

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Canon announces EOS 500D/Rebel T1i/Kiss 3x

Posted on 25. Mar, 2009 by planetMitch.

Welcome to planet5ooD – sister site of planet5D.com – the 5D blog/wiki.
As expected, Canon has announced a new consumer digital SLR (dSLR) in the “Rebel” line, the T1i. Continuing with the naming conventions of previous cameras like the 400D, it has multiple names depending on where you live. In the USA, it is the “Rebel [...]

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