| If capturing HD video is essential in your future DSLR | | | | clear that Nikon understands the limits of the D90 |
| camera purchase, than the Rebel T1i EF is clearly a | | | | Digital SLR, and preferred not to squeeze a high ISO |
| digital camera you should consider. While you won't be | | | | of 12,800 on the D90. |
| shooting a full length documentary film with the Canon | | | | Don't simply believe what any one can see for |
| SLR Rebel T1i, you can get 18 minutes of high definition | | | | themselves. A thorough scrutiny of pictures from a |
| 720p at 30 frames per second. The Nikon D90 does | | | | D90 and a Rebel T1i EF will tell the tale. Canon does |
| OK, but with only a paltry 5 minutes maximum video | | | | their best to reduce picture noise at certain ISO |
| length, at 24 frames per second. | | | | settings that are helpful in certain situations. |
| If you plan on taking a great deal of action sequences | | | | While developing a high ISO is nice, it's the signal to |
| with the Rebel T1i, you may want to check around a | | | | noise ratio that is more significant. In this view, the Nikon |
| little more. The high definition videos I've viewed seem | | | | D90 12.3MP comes out ahead. |
| to have a bit of variability. If you find your 1080p | | | | If you believe, that the invisible ( quick / quiet ) |
| twenty fps movies a little too jittery on the Canon | | | | photographer produces the better picture than the D90 |
| Rebel T1i, you have the option of shooting in 720p | | | | is the instrument for you. I can't stand missing out on |
| thirty fps which should be pretty good. You probably | | | | consummate moments due to a slow shutter |
| won't see much change between the different HD | | | | swiftness, and therefore would choose the D90 Digital |
| resolution modes, but you will learn to like the longer | | | | SLR here. For the record, DSLR swiftness is not only |
| recording times, and the additional memory space with | | | | a result of shutter quickness. For the Nikon to get to a |
| the 720p resolution. | | | | shoot rate of four and a half FPS vs the Canon T1i |
| There is quite a difference with the ratings between | | | | SLR three point four, it also had to be zippier when |
| the T1i Rebel (12,800), and the Nikon D90 (6,400), as far | | | | focusing, quicker when in mirror blackout, and zippier |
| as ISO scale. Pictures from the Canon SLR Rebel T1i, | | | | with shutter lag. |
| using a high ISO setting of 12,800 will be a bit noisy. It's | | | | |