| List
price (US) |
• Body only: $799
• Kit: $899 (with 18-55 mm IS lens) |
| List
price (EU) |
• Body only: €749
• Kit: €849 (with 18-55 mm IS lens) |
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International naming |
• US: Canon Rebel Digital XSi
• Japan: Canon EOS Kiss Digital x2
• Elsewhere: Canon EOS 450D |
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Body material |
Plastic (Stainless Steel chassis)
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Sensor
* |
• 12.2 million effective pixels
• 12.4 million total pixels
• 22.2 x 14.8 mm CMOS sensor
• RGB Color Filter Array
• Built-in low-pass filter with self cleaning unit
• 3:2 aspect ratio |
| Dust
reduction |
• Low-pass filter vibration at power-on
(can be interrupted)
• Anti-static coating on sensor surfaces
• Software based dust-removal (camera maps dust, removed later)
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Image sizes
* |
• 4272 x 2848 (L)
• 3088 x 2056 (M)
• 2256 x 1504 (S) |
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Output formats |
• RAW (.CR2 14-bit
*)
• RAW (.CR2 14-bit
*) + JPEG Large/Fine
• JPEG (EXIF 2.21) - Fine, Normal |
| Image
processor * |
DIGIC III |
|
Lenses |
• Canon EF / EF-S lens mount
• 1.6x field of view crop |
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Focus modes |
• Auto Focus
• Manual Focus (switch on lens) |
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Auto Focus |
• 9-point CMOS sensor
• Cross-type F2.8 at center
*
• AF working range: -0.5 to 18 EV (at 23°C, ISO 100)
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AF modes |
• AI Focus
• One shot
• AI Servo |
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AF point selection |
• Auto
• Manual |
| AF
assist |
Flash strobe |
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Shooting modes |
• Auto
• Program AE (P)
• Shutter priority AE (Tv)
• Aperture priority AE (Av)
• Manual (M)
• Auto depth-of-field
• Portrait
• Landscape
• Close-up
• Sports
• Night portrait
• Flash off |
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Metering |
• TTL 35-zone SPC
• Metering range: EV 1.0 - 20 EV (at 23°C, ISO 100, 50 mm F1.4) |
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Metering modes |
• Evaluative 35-zone
• Partial 9% at center
• Spot 4% at center
*
• Center-weighted average |
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AE Lock |
AE lock button |
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AE Bracketing |
• +/- 3.0 EV
*
• 0.5 or 0.3 EV increments |
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Exposure compen. |
• +/- 3.0 EV
*
• 0.5 or 0.3 EV increments |
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Sensitivity |
• Auto (100 - 400)
• ISO 100
• ISO 200
• ISO 400
• ISO 800
• ISO 1600
• Highlight tone priority
* (ISO 200 - 1600) |
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Shutter |
• Focal-plane shutter
• 30 - 1/4000 sec (0.5 or 0.3 EV steps)
• Flash X-Sync: 1/200 sec
• Bulb |
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Aperture values |
• F1.0 - F91 (0.3 EV steps)
• Actual aperture range depends on lens used |
|
White balance |
• Auto
• Daylight
• Shade
• Cloudy
• Tungsten
• Fluorescent
• Flash
• Custom |
|
WB Bracketing |
• +/-3 levels
• 3 images
• Selectable Blue/Amber or Magenta/Green bias |
| WB
fine-tuning |
• Blue (-9) To Amber (+9)
• Magenta (-9) to Green (+9) |
| Color
space |
• sRGB
• Adobe RGB |
|
Picture style |
• Standard
• Portrait
• Landscape
• Neutral
• Faithful
• Monochrome
• User 1
• User 2
• User 3 |
|
Custom image parameters |
• Sharpness: 0 to 7
• Contrast: -4 to +4
• Saturation: -4 to +4
• Color tone: -4 to +4
• B&W filter: N, Ye, Or, R, G
• B&W tone: N, S, B, P, G |
| Drive
modes |
• Single
• Continuous: 3.5 fps up to 53 JPEG / 6 RAW frames
• Self-timer 10 secs (2 sec with mirror lock-up)
• Self-timer continuous
* |
|
Mirror lockup |
Yes (custom function) |
|
Viewfinder |
• Pentamirror
• 95% frame coverage
• Magnification: 0.87x
* (-1 diopter with 50 mm
lens at infinity)
• Eyepoint: 19 mm
*
• Dioptric adjustment: -3.0 to +1.0 diopter
• Fixed precision matte
• Proximity sensor disables LCD shooting mode information
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Viewfinder info
* |
• AF information (AF points focus
confirmation light)
• Shutter speed
• Aperture value
• ISO speed (always displayed)
• AE lock
• Exposure level/compensation
• Spot metering circle
• Exposure warning
• AEB
• Flash ready
• High-speed sync
• FE lock
• Flash exposure compensation
• Red-eye reduction light
• White balance correction
• SD card information
• Monochrome shooting
• Maximum burst |
| DOF
preview |
Yes, button |
|
LCD monitor
* |
• 3.0" TFT LCD
• 230,000 pixels
• Wide viewing angle (160° horizontal and vertical)
• 7 brightness levels
• Up to 10x zoom playback |
| LCD
Live view * |
• Live TTL display of scene from CMOS
image sensor
• 100% frame coverage
• Real-time evaluative metering using CMOS image sensor
• Best view or exposure simulation
• Grid optional (thirds)
• Magnify optional (5x or 10x at AF point)
• Optional Auto-focus with mirror-down / mirror-up sequence
• Two modes; normal and quieter
• Remote live view using EOS Utility 2.0 (via USB or WiFi/Ethernet
using WFT)
• Manual focus only |
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Camera settings display |
• Shutter speed
• Aperture
• Sensitivity (ISO)
• Exposure mode
• Meter / Exposure compenation
• Bracketing
• Flash compensation
• White balance & fine tuning
• Metering mode
• Custom function set
• Auto focus mode
• Drive mode
• Auto focus areas
• Black & white mode
• Beep
• Red-eye reduction
• Image size / quality
• Battery status
• Frames remaining |
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Record review |
• Uses last play mode
• Magnification possible
• 2 / 4 / 8 sec / Hold |
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Flash |
• Auto pop-up E-TTL II auto flash
• Guide number approx 13
• Modes: Auto, Manual Flash On/ Off, Red-Eye Reduction
• X-Sync: 1/200 sec
• Flash exposure compensation: +/-2.0 EV (0.3 or 0.5 EV steps)
• Coverage up to 17 mm focal length (27 mm FOV equiv.)
|
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External flash |
• E-TTL II auto flash with EX-series
Speedlites
• Hot-shoe |
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Other features |
• Orientation sensor
• Automatically writes FAT16/FAT32 depending on capacity |
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Auto rotation |
• On (playback uses orientation data in
file header)
• Off |
|
Playback mode |
• Single image
• Single image with info (histogram brightness / RGB )
• Magnified view (1.5 - 10x in 15 steps, browsable)
• 4 and 9 image index
*
• Auto play
• Image rotation
• Jump (by 10, 100 or date) |
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Custom functions
* |
13 custom functions with 34 settings |
|
Menu languages
* |
• English
• German
• French
• Dutch
• Danish
• Portuguese
• Finnish
• Italian
• Norwegian
• Swedish
• Spanish
• Greek
• Simplified Chinese
• Japanese
• Traditional Chinese
• Korean
• Russian
• Polish
• Hungarian
• Czech |
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Firmware |
User upgradable |
|
Connectivity |
• USB 2.0 (Hi-Speed) mini-B
• Video out (PAL / NTSC)
• E3 type wired remote control |
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Storage
* |
• SD / SDHC card |
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Power
* |
• Lithium-Ion LP-E5 rechargeable battery
(7.4 V, 1050 mAh)
• CR2016 Lithium battery (date/time backup)
• Optional ACK-E5 AC adapter kit |
|
Battery Grip * |
Yes, BG-E5 |
|
Direct printing |
• Canon Selphy Printers
• Canon Bubble Jet Printers with direct print function
• Canon PIXMA Printers supporting PictBridge
• PictBridge |
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Dimensions
* |
129 x 98 x 62 mm (5.1 x 3.9 x 2.4 in)
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Weight (no battery)
* |
475 g (1.0 lb) |
|
Software |
• Zoom Browser EX / ImageBrowser
• PhotoStitch
• EOS Utility (inc. Remote Capture; Windows & Mac except Mac
Intel)
• Digital Photo Professional (Windows / Mac) |
