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C THE CANON E O S DIGIT A L REBEL XTi CAMERA: MORE RE GAL THAN REBEL: THE FINE S T PERFORMANCE AND THE BE S T V AL UE IN THE UNDER $1000 CA TE GORY WHITE P APER[...]

T able of C ont ents I OVERVIEW 3 I I NEW AND IMPROVED FEATURES 5 I II FEATURE DISCUSSION 6 N ewly Developed 10.1 MP Sen sor 6 C omprehens ive Dus t Reduction S yst em 7 New 9-point AF Sy stem 10 New 2.5-in. TF T L CD Screen 13 Displ ay-off Sen sor 13 New User Interfac e 14 Basic Operation Concept 14 New Info Display Items 15 Viewfinder 15 SET Butt[...]

I. OVERVIEW 3 The Canon E OS Digital Rebel XTi is the best entry-level digital single len s refle x (D SLR) camera on the m ark et toda y . C ompared w ith its c ompetitors at the sub-$1000 pric e point, lens inc luded, the XTi produc es the finest imag es w ith the pures t c olors and the lowest noise, and has the most c omprehens ive solution to [...]

I. OVERVIEW 4 • Canon des igns, develop s and m anufact ures its own EF len ses, its o wn CMOS image s ensors, and its o wn DIGIC im age proc es sors, with pr oprietary tec hnologies that it d oesn’t sel l to an yone else. • Canon’s original E OS Integrat ed Cl eaning S ystem giv es the Digit al Re bel XTi a c ompre- h ensiv e dust c leanin[...]

II. NEW AND IMPROVED FEA TURES 5 II. NEW AND IMPRO VED FEA TURES • New cl as s-leadin g 10.1 megapi xel C anon CMO S im age sen sor with impro ved microlen s array • C ompr ehensiv e EO S Integrated C le aning Sy stem including Self Cle aning Sensor Unit and Dust Delete Data detection • Larg e and bright 2.5 inc h, 230,000 pi xel L CD screen [...]

III. FEA TURE DISC USSION 6 Newly Developed, High- Resolution 10.1 Me gapi xel CMOS Sensor The all-new C anon CMOS sensor in the E OS Digital R ebel XTi gives thi s c amera the highes t ov erall performance in its cl ass. Lik e all other Canon CMO S sen sors, this unit i s designed and manuf actur ed by C anon us ing semic onduc- tor manuf acturing[...]

i mages horizontal ly . The phase p late, or ph aser la yer , conv erts the images separated b y L PF #1 from linear po lariz ation to circ ular po lariz ation and prepares these polariz ed c omponents to be correctly sep arated into f our square imag es b y low-p ass filter #2. The h ybrid infrar ed-absorption gla ss reflects and absorb s infr are[...]

III. FEA TURE DISC USSION 8 T he removed dus t then stic k s to an ab sorbent m aterial ringin g the low-pa ss fi lter. The s ensor unit also has an internal O-ring ar ound the perimeter to k eep out dust. The are a b etween LPF #1 and the CMO S sen sor is thus sealed; dus t c annot enter from the s ide. I nste ad of a dus t-remo val sy stem whic h[...]

III. FEA TURE DISC USSION 9 o peration. Also, if the self-cleaning u nit i s operat ed 5 con sec ut iv e ti me s wi thi n 10 s ec., it w ill not work for 10 sec. afterward. T urnin g the power off doe s not r eset thi s. T he restriction does reset if the c leaning f unction is not activated f or at le ast 60 sec- o nds. Whil e the self-cle aning u[...]

III. FEA TURE DISC USSION 10 New High-Pr ec ision 9-Point AF Syst em I f y ou use the Dust Delete Data f eatur e and do not want to c hang e the data of the dust c oordin ates, you c an dis able the def ault self -cleanin g operation so it doe s not oper ate w hen the power is turned on or off. If you w ant to st op the Dust Delete Data from bein g[...]

III. FEA TURE DISC USSION 11 E V 18. Fin ally , the w ider focus ing area w ith nine AF points and the diagonal configura- t ion of AF points in and around the c enter afford impro ved subj ect focu s trac k ing. F ocus ing speed i s on a par w ith that of the EOS 30D becau se the Digital R ebel XTi s hares its high-speed 32-bit RISC microc omputer[...]

III. FEA TURE DISC USSION 12 m eters at the other 8 AF points. When an extern al E OS Speedlite is used, the AF- ass ist b eam of the ext ernal u nit i s used. Some of C anon’s c ompetitors have c hosen to use in-body image st abiliz ation. The t ec h- nique invo lves mo ving the im age sen sor in a contro lled f ashion, ba sed on sign als from m[...]

III. FEA TURE DISC USSION 13 New, High ly-L egibl e 2.5-inch TF T L CD C olor Scr een New Displ ay-off sensor i n lenses such a s the EF 400mm f/2.8L IS USM or the EF 600mm f/4L IS US M. All over t he world, photogr aphers depend on C anon IS to help them achiev e the highest po ssi- b le im age quality . A t some point, in-body st abiliz ation may[...]

III. FEA TURE DISC USSION 14 New User Int erfac e d is abled b y setting the [L CD auto off] menu item to [Disab le]. The camer a setting dis- p lay can also be t urned off and on manual ly with the <DIS P> button (formerly INFO) . If t he camera settin g displ ay is dis abled, it might be difficult to disc ern whether the cam- e ra is turned[...]

III. FEA TURE DISC USSION 15 N ew info displa y items T he larg e L CD sc reen ha s enab led 8 new items to be a dded to the info di spl ay c ompared w ith the Digital R ebel X T: ISO speed, Dimmer offset, AF fr ame disp lay , White b alanc e adjus tment, White bal ance br ac k eting, Beep, R ed-eye reduction mode, and Shooting di spl ay mode. The [...]

III. FEA TURE DISC USSION 16 c ros s k eys are ass igned with fu nctions t o set the ISO s peed, AF mode, white b alanc e, and metering mode. The p rocedur es to set the ISO speed, AF mode, white bal- a nce, and meterin g mode are the same a s w ith the C an on E OS 30D . Settings t ak e effect from the moment they are s el ect e d. Y ou no longer [...]

III. FEA TURE DISC USSION 17 C amer a Direct Printing P ictur e Styl e P icture Style, whic h C anon is implementin g across its ful l E OS Digital rang e, is new to the s ub-$1000 cate gory . It c an b e selected directly with the SET b utton, or through S hooting menu 2. For the firs t 5 c hoic es, Standard, P ortrait, L andscape, Neutr al and F [...]

• Red-eye reduction f unction • Fac e brightening c orrection function • Addition of sup ported paper size s ( 4" x 8", 10" x 12", 8" x 10", 14" x 17") • Improved printing eff ects (Natur al, N atural M, B/W , C oo l T one, W arm T one a dded) • Adjus tment of printin g parameter s • Addition of s[...]

III. FEA TURE DISC USSION 19 Design and C onstruction 4 . Select im age and tran sfer-- Select images and transfer them to the PC. 5 . W allpaper f or computer -- Select an im age to use a s the bac k ground (w allpaper) f or t he computer s creen and tran sfer it t o the PC. A JPEG fi le is automatical ly c onverted i nto a BMP file to be tr ansfe[...]

III. FEA TURE DISC USSION 20 Interf ace Drive and Power Sour c e T he XTi’s weight is sti ll very modest although it has inc rea sed by 25 gr ams to 510g/18 o z., ex cluding battery pac k, CF card and body c ap, but including the bac k up battery and t he eyecup. W hile ba sed on the Digital R ebel XT’s electrical c omponents, the XTi’s elect[...]

III. FEA TURE DISC USSION 21 Fol ders t o the output amp i s cut off and the standar d current f or the circuit drive is al so sus- p ended, as in the c ase of the Digital Re bel XT . T he maximum bur st in Lar ge/Fine mode is approx. 27 shots for JPEG and 10 shots for R AW , twice a s man y as with the Digital R ebel XT . Also , with white bal anc[...]

III. FEA TURE DISC USSION 22 A c ce ssories and Sy st em C ompatib ility T he Digital R ebel XTi shares its major ac c essorie s with the its predeces sor , the Digital R ebel XT . The BG-E3 battery grip mak es it ea sy to shoot vertically and has m agazine s for e ither two NB-2LH batteries or three AA batteries. The EH18-L semi-hard ca se and EW-[...]

III. FEA TURE DISC USSION 23 S oftware W ith the Digital Rebel XTi, Canon c ontinues its tradition of including a c omplete pac k age o f useful and appropriate softw are at no ad ditional c ost with eac h of its D SLR camer as. T he EO S Digit al Solution Disk (V er . 13.0) includes the up graded Z oom Browser EX (V er. 5 .7, Window s)/Image Br ow[...]

IV . SPECIFICA TIONS 24 Ty p e Image Sen sor Rec ordin g Sy st em T ype: Digital AF/AE SLR with built-in fl ash Rec ordin g Medium: C ompactFla sh (CF) C ard T ype I & II Image Sen sor Size: 0.87 x 0.58 in./22.2 x 14.8mm (APS-C size sen sor) C ompatib le L enses: C anon EF and EF- S len ses Len s Mount: Canon EF mount Len s F oca l L ength C on[...]

IV . SPECIFICA TIONS 25 W htie Balanc e Viewfinder Autofocu s S ettings: A uto, Pre set (Daylight, Sha de, Cloudy , T un gsten Light, White Fluores cent Light, F lash), Manual (Cus tom, or user- set C olor T emperature) A uto White B alanc e: Auto white bal anc e with the imag e sensor C o lor T emperature C ompensation: White bal ance br ac k etin[...]

IV . SPECIFICA TIONS 26 E xposur e C ontr ol Shutter Built-in Fl ash Drive Sy st em M et ering Modes: M ax. aperture TTL metering with 35- zone SPC, (1) E valuative meterin g ( linked t o all AF points), (2) Partial metering (appro x. 9% at center of viewfinder), ( 3) C enter-weight ed averag e metering M et ering Rang e: E V 1–20 (ISO 100 at 73?[...]

IV . SPECIFICA TIONS 27 L CD Monitor Playback Image Pr ot ection And Erase Menus Power Sour c e Number of Shots Dimension s And W eight T ype: T FT color , liquid-c rystal monit or M onitor Size: 2 .5 in. diagonal with a view ing angle of appro x. 160° vertical ly and h orizontal ly P ixels : A ppro x. 230,000 pix els C overage: A pprox. 100% B ri[...]

IV . SPECIFICA TIONS 28 O perating Env ironment Operating T emperature R ange: 3 2–104ºF/0–40ºC O perating Humidity R ange: 8 5% or le ss C anon and DIGIC are registered tr ademark s, and SELPHY and PIXMA ar e tradem arks, o f Canon Inc. in the Unit ed St ates and may also be r egist ered tradem arks or trademark s i n other countries. IMAGEA[...]

V . CONCL USION 29 The Canon Digital Rebel XTi is a formidable c amera on m any lev els. Its im age quality i s unequaled in its c ategory and i s good enough to be c ompared f avor ably with camera s costin g up to twic e as much. Its e ase of u se enables owners with an y level of expertise to get s uperb results. Its comprehens ive dust solution[...]