Canon EOS 500D

International naming *

• US:  Rebel Digital T1i
• Japan:  EOS Kiss Digital X3
• Elsewhere:  EOS 500D

Body material

Plastic (Stainless Steel chassis)

Sensor *

• 15.1 million effective pixels
• 15.5 million total pixels
• 22.3 x 14.9 mm CMOS sensor
• RGB Color Filter Array
• Built-in low-pass filter with self cleaning unit
• 3:2 aspect ratio

Dust reduction

• Low-pass filter vibration at power-on (can be interrupted)
• Anti-static coating on sensor surfaces
• Software based dust-removal (camera maps dust, removed later)

Image sizes *

• 4752 x 3168
• 3456 x 2304
• 2353 x 1568

Still image formats

• RAW (.CR2 14-bit *)
• RAW (.CR2 14-bit *) + JPEG Large/Fine
• JPEG (EXIF 2.21) - Fine, Normal

Movie recording *

• 1920 x 1080 (1080P, 16:9) @ 20 fps
• 1280 x 720 (720P, 16:9) @ 30 fps
• 640 x 480 (4:3) @ 30 fps
• Quicktime MOV format (H.264 video,linear PCM audio)
• Up to 29 min 59 sec (or max file size 4 GB)

Image processor *

DIGIC 4

Lenses

•  EF / EF-S lens mount
• 1.6x field of view crop

Focus modes

• Auto Focus
• Manual Focus (switch on lens)

Auto Focus

• 9-point CMOS sensor
• F5.6 cross-type at center, extra sensitivity at F2.8
• AF working range: -0.5 to 18 EV (at 23°C, ISO 100)
• Predictive AF up to 10 m

AF modes

• AI Focus
• One Shot
• AI Servo

AF point selection

• Auto
• Manual

AF assist

Flash strobe

Shooting modes

• Auto
• Portrait
• Landscape
• Close-up
• Sports
• Night portrait
• Flash off
• Movie *
• Program AE (P)
• Shutter priority AE (Tv)
• Aperture priority AE (Av)
• Manual (M)
• Auto depth-of-field

Metering

• TTL 35-zone SPC
• Metering range: EV 1.0 - 20 EV (at 23°C, ISO 100, 50 mm F1.4)

Metering modes

• Evaluative 35-zone (linked to AF points)
• Partial 9% at center
• Spot 4% at center
• Center-weighted average

AE Lock

AE lock button

AE Bracketing

• 2.0 EV
• 0.5 or 0.3 EV increments

Exposure compen.

• 2.0 EV
• 0.5 or 0.3 EV increments