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The Canon EOS Digital Rebel camera now has a new, faster, even smaller, brother. Sibling rivalries aside, the 8.0 megapixel Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT SLR adds resolution, speed, an extra dollop of creative control and enhanced comfort in the hand, to one of the smallest and lightest digital cameras in its class. Despite its advancements in ergonomic design and technology, this easy to use EOS digital camera is compatible with all of Canon's EF lenses including the EF-S lenses.
The new EOS Digital Rebel XT camera has increased resolution, speed, responsiveness and energy efficiency while the size and weight have decreased, making it more comfortable to hold and use. Indeed, it is nearly three ounces lighter and more than a half-inch smaller than the original EOS Digital Rebel model.
- High-performance digital SLR with 8.0 Megapixel CMOS Sensor and DIGIC II Image Processor.
- Smallest and lightest EOS Digital SLR to date.(as of February 2005)
- Fast 3 frames-per-second shooting with 14 frame burst and 0.2 second startup time.
- High-speed, Wide-area 7-point AF with superimposed focusing points.
- USB 2.0 Hi-Speed interface for quick downloads.
Rebel Without A Choice No More - The EOS Digital Rebel XT camera will take its place alongside the original 6.3 megapixel EOS Digital Rebel camera that placed a high resolution digital SLR into the hands of SLR Photographers.
The EOS Digital Rebel XT SLR Body is offered with Canon's high-quality EF-S 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 zoom lens.
While many of the feature advancements and innovations on the new EOS Digital Rebel XT digital camera are inherited from Canon's recently introduced upper level model EOS 20D SLR , the two cameras' most striking technological similarities are their use of Canon's newly-developed, large single plate, high sensitivity, high resolution color CMOS imaging sensor technology. While the size of the APS-C CMOS sensor on the EOS Digital Rebel XT SLR is fractionally smaller than the APS-C CMOS sensor on the EOS 20D camera (22.2 x 14.8 mm versus 22.5 x15.0 mm respectively) accounting in part for the cameras 8.0 vs. 8.2 megapixel resolution rating, individual pixel dimensions are identical, and they both provide the same effective angle of view, equivalent to 1.6 x the normal EF lens focal length.
Finer Photos Faster - The new EOS Digital Rebel XT digital camera can shoot up to 14 consecutive Large/Fine (8.0 megapixel) JPEGs, five RAW files, or four RAW + Large/Fine JPEGs at a rate of up to three frames-per-second. The EOS Digital Rebel camera's smaller buffer permits bursts of only four Large/Fine (6.3 megapixel) JPEG or RAW frames at a rate of up to 2.5 frames per second.
While reprising the Digital Rebel SLR's ISO range of 100, 200, 400, 800 and 1600, Canon raised the Auto ISO setting on the Digital Rebel XT model to 400 in order to help improve image quality, reduce camera shake and brighten the scene behind the subject when taking a flash photo. The new Digital Rebel XT camera also offers 12 exposure modes that are user selectable at the turn of a conveniently placed dial. The exposure modes take into account virtually all shooting conditions and preferences are: Full Auto, Portrait, Landscape, Close-up, Sports, Night Portrait, Flash Off, Program AE, Shutter speed-priority AE, Aperture-priority AE, Manual and Auto Depth-of-Field AE.
In addition to its lossless compression 8.0 megapixel RAW image file option, the Rebel XT Digital SLR offers users the option of shooting in a range of sizes and quality JPEG settings (based on shooter's preference, need and end-use requirements) from large (8.0 megapixels) and medium (4.15 megapixels), to small (2.0 megapixels). Within each resolution option, the user may also select quality settings: large/fine, large/normal, medium/fine, medium/normal, small/fine and small/normal.
RAW Power - What's more, where the original Digital Rebel camera required dedicated software to extract embedded middle/fine resolution JPEGs from the larger, uncompressed RAW image file, the new Rebel XT model saves RAW and large/fine resolution images as separate files on the Compact Flash card. The user also has the option of selecting RAW (8.0 megapixel) files only, saving valuable space on the CF card. As with the EOS 20D, the Digital Rebel XT camera's RAW files are denoted by the CR2 extension.
Creative Control - Among the new features found on the EOS Digital Rebel XT camera are user selectable metering and AF modes, flash exposure compensation control, improved E-TTL II evaluative flash metering and for the first time in this product category, custom function control. The Digital Rebel XT SLR even offers a monochrome mode for consumers who enjoy the subtleties and shadings that only black and white images offer. These additional controls greatly increase the creative power of the Digital Rebel XT, without taking away any of the automated functions that made the original Digital Rebel so popular with beginning photographers.
The Rebel XT camera incorporates nine of the Custom Functions previously found on the EOS 20D model. Designed to fine-tune camera operation according to personal preferences, the custom functions offer users a set of programming options for the SET button/Cross keys, as well as control over long exposure noise reduction; flash sync speed in AV mode; AF start from the shutter button or AE lock button; AF assist beam; mirror lockup; E-TTL II metering patterns, and shutter curtain sync.
All This and most powerful SLR imaging engine, DIGIC II provides high-precision and high speed, natural color reproduction including high-saturation, bright subjects, improved auto white balance, along with increased white balance correction control and white balance bracketing (another legacy of EOS 20D advances), compared to the original Digital Rebel camera.
The white balance correction control is a digital color filter that works like a light balancing filter or a color-compensating filter. Both the blue/amber bias and the magenta/green bias can be adjusted to +/- 9 levels. While the blue/amber bias adjustment is standard on the original Digital Rebel model, the Rebel XT camera's additional magenta/green bias adjustment provides increased color compensation from the earlier model.
The Rebel XT SLR's white balance bracketing mode enables the camera to automatically take three images for every shot snapped, each with a different bias setting. The user can then select the best shot and discard the other two. White balance bracketing can also be used in combination with white balance correction. The benefit of all of this white balance wizardry can be found in the photographs with colors captured accurately and precisely under a wide range of conditions.
In addition to the legion of image quality improvements, DIGIC II speeds up the camera's performance from start up that is ten times faster on the EOS Digital Rebel XT model than it is on the EOS Digital Rebel with the original iteration of DIGIC (.2 of a second on the EOS Digital Rebel XT model compared with 2 seconds on the EOS Digital Rebel camera).
Utilizing the same 7-point autofocus system as the EOS Digital Rebel camera, the new EOS Digital Rebel XT SLR is capable of analyzing where a subject is -- even when it is off center - and almost immediately bringing it into focus. It can also analyze subject movement and automatically select locking or tracking AF modes as needed. These features simplify the camera's operation and optimize its performance. The Digital Rebel XT allows users to select locking or tacking AF modes independently, adding a new dimension of creative control.
What's more, even though both Digital Rebel SLRs use that identical 7-point autofocus system, the Rebel XT model's new DIGIC II chip actually help increase the speed of autofocus calculation and hence the responsiveness of the autofocus itself. For greater creative control, both cameras also offer users the option of automatic and manual focusing point selection.
Another feature improved by the presence of DIGIC II is the speed of the direct printing function, which is PictBridge compatible. DIGIC II also produces faster startup times, faster CompactFlash card writing speed; and approximately 10X faster data transfer speeds thanks to the processor's new USB 2.0 high-speed interface. As an added bonus, the DIGIC II chip is so efficient, it actually reduces the EOS Digital Rebel XT camera's power consumption (and extends battery life) by approximately 35-percent. Indeed, this new Rebel XT camera is so energy efficient, it is powered by the same lighter-weight NB-2LH battery pack used by the PowerShot S60 (as opposed to the larger BP-511A battery pack used by the original Digital Rebel model). While the NB-2LH battery and charger are included with the Digital Rebel XT camera, both a new vertical grip (BG-E3) that accepts up to two NB-2LH battery packs or six AA-sized batteries and an AC Adapter Kit (ACK700) for powering from an AC outlet, are available as optional accessories.
E-TTL II: Exposure Control In A Flash - The new Rebel XT camera also features the next step in the evolution of evaluative- through the lens exposure control, E-TTL II. Though compatible with all Canon EX-series Speedlites, this ?smarter? new E-TTL II system helps ensure that, even in situations with highly reflective subjects or backgrounds or when shooting in most other similarly difficult lighting situations, the image will be optimally exposed.
The E-TTL II system compares the ambient light with the reflected pre-flash off the subject reported in all 35 metering zones and selects the areas with a small difference to be weighted for flash exposure calculation. This system also helps eliminate or underweights areas with large differences, recognizing them as an extremely reflective object in the background or a highly reflective subject.
Bundled Software - Both the Rebel XT Camera and lens kit and the body only kit are shipped with three software discs including EOS Digital Solutions Disc 10 featuring ZoomBrowser EX, ImageBrowser and ArcSoft PhotoStudio together with other utilities, another disc containing Digital Photo Professional 1.6 for RAW file conversions, and a third disc containing PDF versions of the instruction manuals for each application.
Digital Rebel XT Camera Specifications
Camera Type
- Camera Type: Digital AF/AE SLR
- Recording Medium: CF card Type I and II
- Image Format: 0.87 x 0.58 in./22.2 x 14.8mm
- Compatible Lenses: Canon EF Lenses including EF-S Lenses (Focal length conversion factor: Equivalent to approx. 1.6x indicated focal length compared to 35mm format)
- Lens Mount: Canon EF mount
Image Sensor
- Type: High-sensitivity, high-resolution, single-plate color CMOS sensor
- Pixels: Approx. 8.0 Megapixels
- Total Pixels: Approx. 8.2 Megapixels
- Aspect Ratio: 2:3 (Vertical:Horizontal)
- Color Filter System: RGB primary color filter
- Low-pass Filter: Fixed position in front of the image sensor
Recording System
- Recording Format: Design rule for Camera File System (JPEG) and RAW. Exif 2.21 compliant
- Image Format: JPEG and RAW (CR2)
- File Size: JPEG: (1) Large/Fine: Approx. 3.3 MB (3456 x 2304), (2) Large/Normal: Approx. 1.7 MB (3456 x 2304), (3) Medium/Fine: Approx. 2.0 MB (2496 x 1664), (4) Medium/Normal Approx. 1.0 MB (2496 x 1664), (5) Small/Fine: Approx. 1.2 MB (1728 x 1152), (6) Small/Normal: Approx. 0.6 MB (1728 x 1152); RAW: Approx. 8.3 MB (3456 x 2304)
- Folders: Automatic setting
- File Numbering: (1) Continuous numbering, (2) Auto reset
- Image-processing Parameters: Standard parameters plus up to three custom processing parameter sets and monochrome can be set
- Interface: USB 2.0 Hi-Speed
White Balance
- Settings: Auto, Preset (Daylight, Shade, Cloudy/Twilight/Sunset, Tungsten light, White fluorescent light, Flash), Manual (Custom: read off photo quality gray card or white subject)
Viewfinder
- Type: Eye-level SLR (with fixed pentamirror)
- Coverage: Approx. 95-percent vertically and horizontally (against JPEG Large)
- Magnification: 0.8x (-1 diopter with 50mm lens at infinity)
- Eyepoint: 21mm
- Dioptric Adjustment Correction: -3.0 - +1.0 diopters
- Focusing Screen: Fixed
- Mirror: Quick-return half mirror (Transmittance: reflection ratio of 40:60, no mirror cut-off with lenses up to EF 600mm f/4)
- Viewfinder Information: AF points, AE lock, FE lock, AEB in progress, Flash ready, Improper FE lock warning, High-speed Sync, Flash exposure compensation, Red-Eye reduction, Shutter speed, Bulb, FE lock, Processing data, Built-in flash recycling, Aperture, Exposure level display (Exposure compensation, Manual exposure level, AEB level, Flash exposure compensation, Red-Eye Reduction lamp on time display), Max burst during continuous shooting, AF/MF focus confirmation, CF card full, CF card error, no CF card
- Depth-of-Field Preview: Enabled with depth-of-field preview button
- Eyepiece Shutter: None (provided on strap)
Autofocus
- Type: TTL-CT-SIR with AF-dedicated CMOS sensor
- AF Points: 7
- AF Working Range: EV 0.5 - 18 (at ISO 100)
- Focusing Modes: One-Shot AF, Predictive AI Servo AF, AI Focus AF (Automatically selects One-Shot AF or AI Servo AF selected according to shooting mode), Manual Focusing (MF)
- AF Point Selection: Automatic selection, manual selection
- Selected AF Point Display: Superimposed in viewfinder and indicated on LCD panel
- AF-assist Beam: Intermittent firing of built-in flash, effective range: approx. 13.1 ft./4m at center, approx. 11.5 ft./3.5m at periphery
Exposure Control
- Metering Modes: Max. aperture TTL metering with 35-zone SPC. (1) Evaluative metering, (2) Partial metering at center (approx. 9-percent of viewfinder), (3) Center-weighted average metering
- Metering Range: EV 1-20 (at 68 F/20 C with 50mm f/1.4 lens at ISO 100)
- Exposure Control Systems: Program AE (shiftable), Shutter-priority AE, Aperture-priority AE, Automatic Depth-of Field AE, Full Auto, Programmed Image Control modes (Portrait, Landscape, Close-up, Sports, Night Portrait, Flash Off), E-TTL II Autoflash Program AE, and Manual
- ISO Speed Range: Equivalent to ISO 100-1600
- Exposure Compensation: Up to +/-2 stops in 1/2- or 1/3-stop increments (1) Manual exposure compensation (2) AEB (Auto Exposure Bracketing)
- AE Lock: Auto: Operates in One-Shot AF mode evaluative metering when focus is achieved; Manual: Enabled with AE lock button (No AE lock in Basic Zone modes)
Shutter
- Type: Vertical-travel, mechanical, focal-plane shutter with all speeds electronically-controlled
- Shutter Speeds: 1/4000 to 30 sec. in 1/2- or 1/3-stop increments, bulb, X-Sync at 1/200 sec.
- Shutter Release: Soft-touch electromagnetic release
- Noise Reduction for Long Exposure: Set with C. Fn-02
- Self-timer: 10-sec. delay
- Remote Control: Remote control with RS-60E3 Terminal or Wireless remote controllers RC-1/RC-5
Built-in Flash
- Type: Auto pop-up, retractable, built-in flash in the pentaprism
- Guide Number: 13 (at ISO 100 in meters)
- Recycling Time: Approx. 3 sec.
- Flash-ready Indicator: Flash-ready indicator lights on in viewfinder
- Flash Coverage: Up to 17mm focal length (equivalent to 27mm in 35mm format)
External Speedlite
- EOS External Flash or Dedicated Speedlites: E-TTL II autoflash
Drive System
- Drive Modes: (1) Single, (2) Continuous, (3) Self-timer/Remote Control
- Continuous Shooting Speed: Approx. 3.0 fps (with Battery Pack NB-2LH, at Tv=1/250 sec. for all recording qualities)
- Max. Burst During Continuous Shooting: 14 shots (Large/Fine)
LCD Monitor
- Type: TFT color LCD monitor
- Screen Monitor size: 1.8 inches
- Pixels: Approx. 115,000 pixels (Displayed pixels)
- Coverage: Approx. 100-percent (for JPEG images)
- Brightness Control: 5 levels (settable with menu's LCD brightness)
Playback
- Image Display Format: (1) Single image, (2) 9-image Index, (3) Magnified Zoom, (4) Auto Play, (5) Auto Play right after shooting
- Highlight Alert: In the single image with information display mode, the highlighted portions containing no image information with blink
Image Protection and Erase
- Protection: A single image can be protected or unprotected
- Erase: A single image or all images stored in a CompactFlash card can be erased if they are unprotected
Menus
- Menu Categories: (1) Shooting 1 [6 items], (2) Shooting 2 [7 items], (3) Playback [5 items], (4) Setup 1 [7 items], (5) Setup 2 [7 items]
- LCD Monitor Language: Any of the following 15 languages can be selected: English, German, French, Dutch, Danish, Italian, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, Simplified/Traditional Chinese, Korean, Russian, and Japanese
- Firmware Update: Enabled by the user
Power Source
- Battery: Battery Pack NB-2LH (x1)
Dimensions and Weight
- Dimensions (W x H x D): 4.98 x 3.71 x 2.63 in./126.5 x 94.2 x 64mm
- Weight: 17.1 oz./485g
Operating Environment
- Operating Temperature Range: 32-104 F/0-40 C
- Operating Humidity Range: 85-percent or less
EF-S 18-55mm Lens
- Focal Length & Maximum Aperture: 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6
- Lens Construction: 11 elements in 9 groups
- Diagonal Angle of View: 75-degrees 20' - 27degrees 50'
- Focus Adjustment: Inner focusing system with MM
- Closest Focusing Distance: 0.28m / 0.92 ft. to infinity
- Zoom System: Rotating Type
- Filter Size: 58mm
- Max. Diameter x Length: 2.7 x 2.6 in. / 69mm x 66.2mm
- Weight: 6.7oz./ 190g
Package Contents:
- EOS Digital Rebel XT Digital Camera Body
- EF-S 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 Zoom Lens
- NB-2LH Battery pack
- Charger
- Software
- Manuals
- USB Interface Cable
- Video Out Cable
- Neckstrap
- Canon U.S.A. limited warranty.
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