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Canon-Eos-400D-1 The Canon EOS 400D (also known as the Canon Rebel XTi) is official (as we announced yesterday). The Canon EOS 400D has a 9 point focusing system, RGB histogram display, a battery life of up to 500 shots and plenty of other in built features. Expect the Canon EOS 400D to retail at $799 (body only) and $899 with kit lens. For 16 years, the Rebel brand has stood for advanced, sophisticated and easy-to-use. The new Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi camera continues that legacy, taking discriminating photo hobbyists, enthusiasts, advanced amateurs and SLR aficionados to places digital dreams are made ofand more economically than ever before. The EOS Digital Rebel XTi camera continues to lead the way with impressive innovations and an array of advancements simply not found on other digital SLRs in the sub-$1,000 price-range, stated Yukiaki Hashimoto, senior vice president and general manager of the consumer imaging group at Canon USA, Inc. Canon technology is born of inspiration, imagination and our passion to help photographers make the best pictures possible. Nowhere is the combination of undeniable quality and value more evident than on this new EOS Digital Rebel XTi camera.
Canon-Eos-400D-Back In stores mid-September, the EOS Digital Rebel XTi camera is offered in both sleek brushed silver patina and pro matte black finishes. The EOS Digital Rebel XTi camera will be available for an estimated selling price $899* with the zoom lens kit, while the body only kit will carry and estimated selling price of $799*. In order to maintain an appropriate pricing structure, the Digital Rebel XT model will carry an adjusted estimated selling price of $799* with the zoom lens kit and $699* for the body only kit. No mere intermediate upgrade, this new EOS Digital Rebel XTi SLR continues Canons combination of imaging excellence, intuitive ease of use and affordability. Despite the addition of these and other imaging improvements including Canons fast, high-precision 9-point autofocus system and a new maximum burst rate in large/fine and raw quality modes that at three frames per second is double the capability of the Digital Rebel XT SLR, The EOS Digital Rebel XTi SLR makes its debut at a price point that is $100 less than its top-selling sibling was at its introduction and hundreds of dollars less than other SLR cameras and camera kits in its class. CMOS Sensor-tivity At the heart of the Rebel XTi SLRs high-resolution image capability is its large, single plate, CMOS color image sensor. This results not simply in the ability to generate larger images, but also permits details from cropped images to be rendered with higher image quality than cropped images from lower resolution sensors. Inherently more efficient than CCD type image sensors, Canon CMOS sensors significantly reduce image noise levels by converting light values to electrical signals on the chip rather than having them converted elsewhere in the camera. The Rebel XTi SLRs CMOS sensor goes further still, maintaining an exceptional dynamic range while reducing the noise level that one might typically expect for a pixel size delivering such high resolution. Canon engineers and designers achieved this breakthrough in sensor design by reducing the space between the chips microlenses while at the same time increasing the sensitivity of each photodiode. As a result, the camera achieves 20 percent greater resolution than an eight-megapixel sensor with comparable noise reduction and dynamic range. The Digital Rebel XTi SLR also continues the long-standing tradition of featuring a wide range of ISO settings (100 1600) with the ability to float to any intermediate step along that range in fully automatic modes while allowing the user to set the ISO manually at full step intervals in the cameras creative modes. The Dust Free Zone Beautiful, high-res images marred by the presence of ugly high-res dust spots can be cause for painstaking, time consuming photo retouching (with varying degrees of success). Canon takes the quest for imaging excellence and easier camera maintenance a unified giant step forward with its new, two-tiered dust removal technology called the EOS Integrated Cleaning System, available only on the EOS Rebel XTi camera. While real world shooting rarely achieves clean-room standards, Canon has gone out of its way to design the XTi model to first create or attract no dust. Canon begins by minimizing the dust and particles created by the camera itself, by reformulating the materials used in the body cap and shutter to materials more resistant to particle fall out due to normal use and wear. Canon also treats the cameras low pass filter with an anti-static charge to prevent static-charged dust from adhering to it. Still, recognizing that humidity and a variety of real world conditions can cause dust to enter and adhere to the sensor or low pass filter despite the most scrupulous of efforts, Canon created the Self Cleaning Sensor Unit. The low pass filter on the front of the CMOS sensor is attached to an ultrasonic vibrating unit that literally shakes the loose dust particles off of the surface. The newly liberated dust is then captured by an adhesive material that keeps the particles from becoming airborne again once the camera moves. The self cleaning sensor units ultrasonic anti-dust shake activates automatically for one second whenever the camera is powered on or off, ensuring that the camera will be as relatively dust free as possible and can be activated at other times through a simple menu selection. Despite the ingenuity behind the Self Cleaning Sensor Unit there are occasions when dust particles of a stickier nature are not vibrated free of the low pass filter. In these situations, the Dust Delete Data function can be engaged. Simply put, by aiming the camera at a white wall or even a white piece of paper (or, in a pinch, removing the lens from the camera) the Dust Delete Data function will map the size and position of the dust particles remaining on the low pass filter. Once the dust is mapped, that information is attached as metadata to all subsequently shot images regardless of recording format, RAW or JPEG. When the images and appended dust data map are transferred to a computer using the Rebel XTis new Digital Photo Professional software, the dust information can be subtracted from the images simply by selecting the apply dust delete data option. Users can update the Dust Delete Data at any time via controls found in the Rebel XTis LCD menu. Bigger and Brighter: XTi Models Brilliant LCD Monitor Among the decidedly user-friendly enhancements built in to the new Digital Rebel XTi is the 25 inch, 230,000 pixel color TFT LCD monitor with its wide, 160 degree viewing angle. The envy of the EOS digital SLR line, this new screen features a viewing area that is nearly twice as large as the Rebel XT models 18 inch monitor, and offers six brightness settings for easy viewing of images and menu options in a wide range of lighting conditions. Indeed, this brilliant monitor is approximately 40% brighter at its maximum setting than screens found on the top-tier EOS-1D Mark II N, EOS 5D and EOS 30D digital SLRs. The monitor is also the new home for all camera settings information. This new configuration allows for more information and larger font & icons in one easy-to-view area. The monitor is even intuitive enough to automatically (and temporarily) turn the display off when the camera is raised up to the users eye. This feature not only saves valuable battery life but also avoid subjecting the user to distracting screen brightness when looking through the viewfinder. For maximum battery life, the LCD display can be shut off manually as well. Picture Style Optimizes Images In keeping with this new, bigger, brighter monitor is the Rebel XTi SLRs redesigned menu, made bolder, easier to read and easier to navigate. Notable among the expanded info screen menu features offered for the first time on a Digital Rebel camera are the RGB histogram and the Picture Style functions first introduced on the Canon EOS-1D Mark II N, EOS 5D cameras and most recently added to the EOS 30Ds imaging ...
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