Canon EOS 450D - Expert Reviews

Review summary: A close, hands-on look at the Canon EF 70-200/2.8L IS USM, including a look at performance with boththe 1.4x and 2x multipliers (TCs). This maybe Canon's most popular "professional" lens.

Award: Recommended!

Review summary: The 450D's superb sensor makes it the best choice if quality is your priority. It doesn't beat the Sony A200 for value, but for the best quality below $1500 the 450D has the edge.

Verdict: Basic specifications are among the best, starting with a CMOS sensor sporting 12.2 megapixels - second only to the Sony A350's 14.2 megapixels. Burst rate is 3.5fps, making it the joint-best - along with the Olympus E-420 - if you want to shoot live ...

Review summary: At a sub-£500 price, the Canon EOS 450D (known in the States as the Digital Rebel XSi) is undoubtedly targeted towards users who are venturing from the comfort of a digital compact or prosumer model for ...

Verdict: The Canon 450D is a top-notch introductory model for those seeking to enter the digital SLR market. It's a lightweight, reliable camera that offers good capture features and manual control. A few tweaks to body design would help shooting, but as it is ...

Review summary: This 12.2Mp pixel digital SLR uses a CMOS sensor and Digic III processing

Verdict: The XSi delivers image quality that's identical to Canon's EOS 40D, but for a lot less. What are you giving up if you go for the XSi? The EOS 40D has a faster burst rate (five frames per second versus the Canon Rebel XSi's three), more customization, ...

Review summary: Canon's new EOS Rebel XSi is a great digital SLR camera, no matter how you look at it. If you're shopping for a DSLR that costs less than a grand, this camera must go on your short list.

Pros: Great image quality ; excellent low-light performance ; improved body and control layout ; Live View ; big LCD screen ; very good kit lens

Cons: No top-mounted LCD screen ; limited customization

Verdict: It's easy to look at the Canon DSLR product line and slot the cameras into “beginner,” “intermediate,” and “advanced” categories But to call the XSi a beginner or starter DSLR is a misnomer. The XSi is an incredibly capable camera that just happens to ...