| I've seen the Canon Rebel T1i priced for anywhere | | | | As you go on the hunt for extra lenses, you'll soon find |
| from $800 to $1200 dollars online. That includes some | | | | out, that additional megapixels means more money on |
| of the big online retailers, auction sites, small mom and | | | | higher priced lenses. A high resolution, SLR equals a |
| pop web stores, and everything in between. This is | | | | higher resolution solving lens, which means spending a |
| obviously a case of buyer beware. You need to read | | | | few more dollars. |
| the fine print to see what your getting, in terms of | | | | Canon has made a decision to box the 18-55mm EF-S |
| accessories and lenses. The biggest deciding factor in | | | | f/3.5-5.6 IS with the T1i SLR, and no way would it be |
| price, is usually the lenses included. There are of | | | | my first choice for a digital SLR that supports 15.1 |
| course other factors that influence pricing as well. | | | | megapixels. Canon does make lens that would |
| Megapixels is too commonly used in selling digital SLRs, | | | | produce better photographs for the T1i SLR, including |
| and Pentax, Kodak and the rest of the retailers know | | | | the EF-S 18-200mm Canon . |
| that all too well. With the Canon Rebel T1i, the sales | | | | Wait, there's more, as I'm not even near done |
| department seems to have won over the design | | | | slamming the issues with high pixel density. High pixel |
| team. | | | | density can adversely affect dynamic range, ISO, and |
| To get the higher megapixel rating, Canon opted to | | | | diffraction. Upon closer examination, it seems that our |
| place the pixels closer together, and to use somewhat | | | | introductory assumption of the Rebel T1i being better |
| smaller pixels than the D90 Digital SLR uses. It's the | | | | bang for the buck was slightly presumptuous. |
| best way to get extra pixels to fit on a smaller space. | | | | DxOMark testing is widely acknowledged to rank the |
| What were talking about here, is basically another | | | | functioning of DSLR image sensors. DxOMark has |
| specification called pixel density. Not something you'll | | | | tested the Canon 50D SLR which uses the same |
| see branded in plain sight on the T1i SLR packaging. | | | | sensor as the Canon Rebel T1i, and supports my prior |
| The density for the T1i SLR is 4.5 megapixels per | | | | assertions, that the Nikon D90 12.3MP produces higher |
| square cm, whereas the Nikon D90 12.3MP is 3.3 | | | | quality images. I am convinced, that T1i SLR DxOMark |
| megapixels. | | | | testing will be similar to that of the existing EOS 50D |
| Crowded pixels is a concern, but it doesn't stop there. | | | | test data now available. |