The 500D is the first affordable DSLR camera from Canon that shoots HD video. It competes directly with the Nikon D90 . Expect the price of the 500D to be almost exactly the same as the D90.
From the images it would appear to be slightly more solid than the 1000D and the 450D. This is a good thing, because those two cameras in particular are built to a price and feel much less solid than say, a 40D.
The camera is 15 Megapixels on an APS-C sensor and this worries us a little. This is more than enough pixels. Don’t purchase a camera based on whether it has enough megapixels. This is not a good thing. There are good megapixels and there are bad megapixels. All lots of megapixels does is fill up your computer with images, make everything run more slowly and force you get larger and larger memory cards. 15 megapixels will at least let you print at oversize A3 no problems. That’s for professionals - but we’ll end the rant there.
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Video Capture Mode
And here’s where things get crazy—the T1i’s video capture mode is almost exactly the same as the 5D Mark II, short of 10 extra frames per second at 1080p made possible by the 5D’s beefier processing power. But still, shooting at 720p will serve most people just fine (and it’s as high as you can go on Nikon’s D90, keep in mind). You do notice the lower framerate at 1080p, especially if you’re panning a shot, but for slow-moving subjects, it’s not significantly jerky. Some people may even prefer the ability to switch-up frame rates.
But aside from that, everything else from the 5D Mark II is there: the ability to capture stills while video is rolling, the same slow AF system, etc. In fact, the T1i actually makes some improvements over the Mark II—a quick menu summoned via the SET button can change resolution and video settings easily while you’re shooting, and the movie capture mode has conveniently been moved to its own spot on the mode dial, rather than tied to live view.
The ISO range is from 100-3,200 which is solid. It all depends on image quality at those higher ISO’s. Nikon have certainly been setting the agenda as far as high ISO performance is concerned, and if this camera performs well at ISO 3,200 you will have a brilliant camera at a brilliant price.
