Page 2 - Processing Parameters; IV
Table of Contents I OVERVIEW 3 II SUMMARY OF NEW AND IMPROVED FEATURES 7 Design 7 Image Recording 7 Image Processing 7 Enhanced User Controls 8 Flash Performance 8 Connectivity and Compatibility 9 Power Issues 9 Software Package 9 III FEATURE DISCUSSION 10 New 8 Megapixel Image Sensor 10 New DIGIC I...
Page 3 - Canon’s EOS
I . O V E R V I E W 3 Canon’s EOS ® Digital Rebel XT camera combines outstanding performance and creative control in a small and elegant package for an estimated retail price of under $1,000* complete with zoom lens. This makes the XT an exceptional value in digital single lens reflex cameras. With ...
Page 4 - Only Canon Could Produce the EOS Digital Rebel XT; investment levels between Canon; 003 Gross Reveue and R&D Investment
I . O V E R V I E W 4 unit sales and revenue figures of both compact cameras and digital SLR cameras combined, according to NPD. In addition, Canon had 62.8 percent of the DSLR market and 18.6 percent of the point-and-shoot market, also both number one according to NPD. Further, according to NPD, Ca...
Page 5 - that is also designed, made and maintained by Canon.; EOS Digital Rebel XT Advantages; SLR with lower resolution.
I . O V E R V I E W 5 Canon’s patents are a measure of intellectual wealth and corporate ethos. Discoveries in the core technologies are applied to products for industry, healthcare, broadcasting, business and consumers. Because Canon continues to innovate at a furious pace, each new product incorpo...
Page 7 - Design; II. SUMMARY OF NEW AND
I I . S U M M A R Y O F N E W A N D I M P R O V E D F E AT U R E S 7 Design Image Recording Image Processing II. SUMMARY OF NEW AND IMPROVED FEATURES • Smallest Canon EOS Digital SLR ever: 25% smaller in total volume and 2.5 ounces lighter than the original EOS Digital Rebel/300D Digital • Among the...
Page 8 - Enhanced User Controls
I I . S U M M A R Y O F N E W A N D I M P R O V E D F E AT U R E S 8 Enhanced User Controls Flash Performance • New white balance correction, same as on EOS 20D, allows fine tuning in Blue-Amber and/or Magenta-Green color ranges, +/- 9 levels • New white balance bracketing in Blue-Amber or Magenta-G...
Page 9 - Connectivity and
I I . S U M M A R Y O F N E W A N D I M P R O V E D F E AT U R E S 9 Connectivity and Compatibility Power Issues Software Package • Built-in flash is 5.5 mm higher than EOS Digital Rebel camera, reducing red-eye and vignetting, and covers 17mm focal length • Modeling flash for preview purposes, a 1 ...
Page 10 - New 8 Megapixel; III. FEATURE DISCUSSION
I I I . D I S C U S S I O N 1 0 New 8 Megapixel Image Sensor The component of the new Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT camera that will receive the most first-look attention is the all-new, Canon-designed and manufactured, 8.0 effective megapixel, single-plate, CMOS sensor. It has a 2:3 aspect ratio (the ...
Page 11 - New DIGIC II Image
horizontally. The linear polarized light is converted into circular polarized light by the phase plate. The second crystal plate separates the images vertically, resulting in four duplicate images arranged in a square matrix. The image separation in the horizontal and vertical directions is optimize...
Page 12 - Autofocus
I I I . D I S C U S S I O N 1 2 Autofocus With the addition of the DIGIC II and some fine-tuning, the AF system of the EOS Digital Rebel camera has been adapted to the Rebel XT camera and is fully compatible with the handling speed of the new camera. The EOS Digital Rebel XT camera uses the same 7-p...
Page 14 - White Balance; increments has been added.
I I I . D I S C U S S I O N 1 4 White Balance the presence and location of a high-reflectance object. The selected pre-flash readings are added and averaged and the output of the main flash is calculated. Even if the subject changes position, reflectance or size, the flash metering remains highly ac...
Page 15 - Controls
I I I . D I S C U S S I O N 1 5 Controls For a custom WB setting, first take a picture of a white subject serving as the white balance standard. Then, set the custom WB mode on the onscreen menu and specify that image. In a substantial upgrade from the EOS Digital Rebel camera, the flash color data ...
Page 17 - Menus
I I I . D I S C U S S I O N 1 7 C. Fn. 5 controls the AF-assist beam. The three choices are ON, OFF and fire only the external flash. C. Fn. 6 controls whether manually-adjusted exposure level increments are in 1/2 or 1/3 stop units. C. Fn. 7 enables the mirror lockup function. When C. Fn. 7-1 i sel...
Page 18 - Image Display
I I I . D I S C U S S I O N 1 8 Image Display In playback mode, a timely revision of the Jump function enables the user to move quickly to a particular image or group of images, no matter how far one needs to go. Carried forward is the ability to jump 10 frames. New are both the ability to jump 100 ...
Page 19 - Exposure Controls
I I I . D I S C U S S I O N 1 9 Exposure Controls The EOS Digital Rebel XT camera offers a broad and flexible range of exposure controls. In the Basic Zone modes, evaluative metering, linked to all 7 AF points, is automatically selected. In the Creative Zone modes, partial metering at the center (9%...
Page 20 - Power Management
I I I . D I S C U S S I O N 2 0 Power Management Recording System The EOS Digital Rebel XT camera is powered by the NB-2LH lithium-ion rechargeable battery pack. This battery is much smaller and lighter than the BP-511 used in the EOS Digital Rebel camera and is a key to the approximately 25% reduct...
Page 21 - Design and Construction
I I I . D I S C U S S I O N 2 1 Design and Construction There are six JPEG quality options, as well as .CR2 RAW only (the new RAW image type featured in Canon digital cameras from the EOS-1D Mark II onward) and a RAW+ JPEG setting in which a RAW file and a Large/Fine JPEG are recorded simultaneously...
Page 23 - Interfaces and
I I I . D I S C U S S I O N 2 3 Interfaces and Compatibility Camera Direct Printing Three interface terminals are provided on the side of the body. The EOS Digital Rebel XT camera has a USB 2.0 Hi-Speed, mini-B connector that transfers data from the camera to a computer approximately ten times faste...
Page 24 - Software
I I I . D I S C U S S I O N 2 4 Software a printer compatible with direct printing, select playback and choose the image to be printed; confirm the print setting and press the Direct Print button while its blue LED is lit. The software bundled with EOS Digital cameras in 2004 was composed of product...
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I I I . D I S C U S S I O N 2 5 EOS Capture v. 1.3 (Windows/Mac) is a remote shooting software application. It allows the camera to be controlled and camera settings to be specified from the computer and saves shot images to the computer. It also allows the user to take shots by pressing the shutter...
Page 26 - whole new category once again.
I V. CO N C L U S I O N 2 6 When the original EOS Digital Rebel camera was introduced, it was the first interchange- able-lens digital SLR to break the $1,000 price barrier. The approximate retail price was $899* for the body and $999* for the kit with the EF-S 18-55 mm lens. It had 6.3 megapixels, ...
