| The Canon Rebel T1i digital SLR is Canons latest big | | | | case, the Nikon D90 DX comes in with much better |
| brother in it's Rebel lineup, and is definitely one worthy | | | | numbers (lower is better here) of 3.3 vs 4.5 for the T1i. |
| of consideration. It has to be one of the better (albiet | | | | There are other points to remember, when dealing |
| more expensive) entry level SLR cameras on the | | | | with a digital camera that has too many jammed |
| market today. Not that it makes as much a difference | | | | pixels. As you go looking for extra lenses, you'll |
| as you may imagine, but the D90 SLR has a smallish | | | | discover, that more megapixels means spending more |
| (12.3MP) image sensor than the more affordable | | | | on expensive lenses. The better lens with high |
| Canon Rebel t1i digital SLR (15.1MP). If one was only to | | | | resolving capacities that are fashioned to work with |
| consider the obvious specifications, it would be a no | | | | additional megapixels, will not be the the cheaper |
| brainer to select the Rebel T1i 15.1MP over the Nikon | | | | lenses. |
| D90 DX. | | | | Wait, there's more, as I'm far from finished highlighting |
| Unfortunately for the average bewildered consumer, | | | | the problems with high pixel density. Excessive pixel |
| that's far from the truth. There exist better image | | | | density can be a detriment also to ISO, dynamic range, |
| sensors (SLR 40D) that could have been used here. | | | | and diffraction. Upon further scrutinity, it would appear |
| Megapixels is too commonly used in selling cameras, | | | | that our first assumption of the Canon Rebel t1i digital |
| and Olympus, Nikon and the rest of the producers | | | | SLR being better bang for the buck was slightly |
| know that most of all. In the case of the T1i, the sales | | | | wrong. |
| department seems to have converted the design | | | | A respected measure of image sensors using RAW |
| engineers. | | | | data, is supplied by Dx-O-Mark. Testing between the |
| If the Rebel SLR T1i wants to have a more enticing | | | | Canon 50D SLR (same image sensor used by the |
| megapixel ranking, with a sensor that is sort of smaller | | | | Canon Rebel T1i) versus the Nikon D90 DX, show the |
| than the D90 SLR DX image sensor, then they have | | | | D90 Digital SLR to be higher performing. There's every |
| to use smaller pixels, and crowd them nearer to each | | | | reason to believe that upcoming T1i SLR test results |
| other on the sensor. A more correct indicator of | | | | will line up to the Canon 50D data. |
| picture quality than megapixels, is pixel density. In this | | | | |