Canon announced EOS Rebel T1i Digital SLR camera today. Canon Rebel T1i SLR, with a 15.1 megapixel CMOS sensor and HD video capture, incorporates some of the best technologies from the EOS 50D and EOS 5D Mark II models into an entry-level digital SLR.

The key features of Canon Rebel T1i:

• Full 1080 HD movie recording with HDMI connection for viewing and playback on an HDTV

The camera features 16:9 720p HD video capture at 30 fps as well as a Full HD 1080p video capture at 20 fps, and a third option to record 4:3 standard TV quality (SD) video capture at 640 x 480 pixels and 30 fps.

• Auto Lighting Optimizer

Canon’s Auto Lighting Optimizer technology helps ensure that the subject of each picture is clearly visible by analyzing image brightness and automatically adjusting dark areas in images so they appear brighter. This is ideal when shooting high-contrast situations that include harsh shadow areas, such as landscape images where the foreground is brightly lit and the background detail blanketed in dark shadow.

• ISO 100-3200 (expandable to H1 6400 and H2 12800)

• 3.4 frames per second continuous shooting

• Max. 170 large JPEG images in a single burst

• 3.0” ClearView LCD (920,000 dots/VGA) Live View mode

• 9-point wide area AF with cross type centre point

• High speed DIGIC 4 performance and superb image quality

• EOS Integrated Cleaning System

The Self-Cleaning Sensor Unit for the Canon EOS Rebel T1i has been upgraded with a fluorine coating on the low-pass filter for better dust resistance.

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