4/29/11

Canon Rebel T3 / EOS 1100D


The lower end of the interchangeable lens camera has become fierce competition with the manufacturers sacrifice features and reduce the quality to provide an upgrade path tempting compact cameras, the price more attractive. As a result we have seen dials control, guidance sensors and even disappear engines focus on reducing manufacturing costs of these entry-level, inner gateway. From a consumer perspective, of course, we have seen the technology once the scope of professional filter down to the prices of almost compact camera.

For several years, Canon and Nikon were able to share the market sub-$ 1,000 digital SLR including, without particular concern for other players in the market. But this hegemony was never likely to last, especially once the electronics giants like Panasonic, Sony and Samsung had time to prepare their own competitors. Over time, even Canon had to respond to the arrival of these companies offer low-end increasingly impressive, especially with the split of their series Rebelde in a range of multiple models.

In June 2008, instead of dropping the previous model price of the day when the camera was introduced, Canon launched a completely new model that sat below her then XSi/450D Rebelde very recent. The Rebel XS (EOS 1000D in Europe) was blatantly a reduced version of the XSi, but the mixture of a sensor and reliable and attractive price I have seen further selling strongly, especially at the end of the price-conscious market.

Two and half years is about two lives in terms of contemporary chamber, so that was beginning to look like the XS could become once, until the launch of its replacement in February 2011. The T3 Rebel (EOS 1100D) is based on a successful formula and takes it further, offering a strong (if not exactly cutting-edge) set of features in a body that suggests it should be well able to compete on price.

The 1100D has a number of common components of sound and folds together in a package clearly conventional, but still capable of sounding. So there is a 12MP CMOS chip is likely to go back to the 450D/XSi, along with the now standard Canon 9-point AF system and 63 iFCL area (Focus, color and luminance-sensitive) system measurement for the first time in the EOS 7D. These are combined with the equally famous DIGIC 4 processor to deliver a camera that is unlikely to offer much in the way of surprises (which should also mean avoiding any unpleasant things).

Sitting next to the Rebel XS (1000D), it is clear that T3 (1100D) is slightly larger, but only by a fraction. The new model avoids plastic texture 1000D, rather than of smooth, rather than low density materials.
The rear view shows the 1100D has been updated in line with the latest Canon digital SLR, direct access to Live View / video recording and a sample button for the interactive Quick Control. 
 
Canon EOS 1100D specification highlights:
  • 12MP CMOS Sensor
  • 9-point AF system (versus 7 in the 1000D)
  • 63-zone metering iFCL sensitive to color (from the EOS 7D)
  • 720p video recording at 30 or 25 fps (H.264 compression)
  • 2.7-inch LCD 230,000 pixels
  • ISO 100-6400 (without extension)
  • Basic + creative point and shoot mode
  • Eye-Fi wireless SD card options to support menu 
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