The Canon Rebel 4Ti
(650D) occupies a pivotal position between the Canon G1X advanced professional
point & shoot camera[1]
and the Canon 7D professional camera[2].
I fell in love with the Canon Rebel 4Ti camera. It is compact, and feels great
in your hands. The controls are well laid out. The image quality is very high, and
it feels solidly built. It can be used fully automatic yet it has easy access
to controls that give you great flexibility in terms of operating modes. The
one criticism is that it doesn’t have a jack so that you can use headphones to
monitor the video sound.
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- · 18mp APS-C Hybrid sensor
- · Phase detection AF from imaging sensor for live view or video
- · Continuous autofocus in movie mode with subject tracking
- · 14 bit digic 5[3],[4] processor
- · ISO 100 – 12,800 standard, with 25,600 expanded
- o You can get great pictures in very low light
- · 5 fps continuous shooting
- · 9 point AF system, all sensors cross type
- · 63 zone IFCL metering
- · 1080p 30 video recording, stereo mike, auto or manual audio level controls – has jack for external mike
- · 1.04m dot 3:2 touch sensitive vari-angle Clear View II LCD (capacitive type, mutlitouch support
- o Very responsive to touch and fun to use.
- · Uses SD/SDHC/SDXC cards, including the new Ultra High-Speed (UHS-1) cards
- ·
Infrared
remote receiver that can be used with optional Canon RC-6 Wireless Remote
Control
Positives:
·
Very
responsive
o
Fast
enough to get good shots of birds taking off from pond.
·
Small &
lite - yet comfortable with good position for your right hand (thumb rest)
·
Touch
Screen
o
To
change menu settings
o
To
change shooting settings
o
Makes
working with the camera much more enjoyable and fun
Negatives:
·
A bit noisier
than the Canon 7D
·
No
place for pinky without battery grip
·
No
headphone jack
Recommended lenses:
The quality image
from the sensor is very high. In order to take advantage of the quality image
from the sensor, I recommend buying the Canon Rebel 4Ti body and then adding
one of the following better quality lenses rather than getting a kit lens.
o
35mm
equivalent 24mm > 136mm (Great walk around lens)
§
24mm
& 28mm handle wide angle shots
§
80mm,
90mm, 100mm, 136mm give great medium telephoto shots
o
Very
sharp
o
Has “L”
lens elements
o
Construction
good – some lens creep
·
Canon EF-S 10-22mm f3.5-4.5
USM
o
35mm equivalent
16mm > 35mm (extreme to moderate wide angle coverage)
o
sharp
lens
·
Canon EF-S 60mm f2.8 Macro
USM lens
o
35mm
equivalent of 96mm (moderate telephoto, great for portraits or macro shots)
o
Sharp –
macro 1:1 lens
·
Canon EF
40mm f/2.8 STM Pancake Lens
o 35mm equivalent of 64mm
o Sharp – small – light -
inexpensive
·
Any of
the Canon professional “L” lenses
Worthwhile accessories:
·
Canon Battery Grip
o
More
comfortable grip than without grip
§
Grip
rests on bottom part of your palm
§
Also
much more comfortable for Portrait shots
o
Uses
either one or two Canon batteries.
·
BosStrap G3 (sling stlye strap that attaches to the
Left Side Camera Lug (not the tripod socket)
o
Very
comfortable
o
Easy to
bring camera into position
o
Wraps
around lens for storage
o
Strap
can be detached from camera (tail stays connected to camera)
o
Much
better than straps that attach to both camera lugs. For me, the straps that
attach to both camera lugs tend to get in the way when using the camera.
o
Strap
is worn sling style across your chest rather than hanging from you neck, which
in turn produces less strain on your neck.
o
Contact Ralph if you want to purchase this
product.
[1] The Canon G1X is a rangefinder style camera with a large sensor (about
20% smaller than an APS-C sensor, yet is larger that both the Olympus 4/3
cameras and Nikons mirror less cameras – it also includes an advanced DIGIC 5
processor.
[3] DIGIC 5 processor is “said to be 5x faster than DIGIC
4 Processor” according to www.imaging-resource.com.
[4] “The
DIGIC 5 Image Processor works with the camera’s CMOS sensor to deliver images
with incredible detail in more situations, without the need for artificial
light sources. With the power of the DIGIC 5 Image Processor the Rebel T4i can
achieve higher ISO sensitivity, can shoot up to 5.0 fps continuously” according
to Canon’s USA website.
[5] The Canon EF-S 15-85mm
f3.5-5.6, Canon EF-S 10-22mm
f3.5-4.5, Canon EF-S 60mm f2.8 Macro lens will give you a very
versatile , compact, relatively light weight camera kit
[6] Image Stabilazation.
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