| Canon EOS 450D Digital Rebel XSi Specifications | |
| Type | Digital AF/AE SLR, with built-in flash |
| Recording Media | SD or SDHC card |
| Image Sensor Size | 22.2 x 14.8mm |
| Lens Mount | Canon EF mount |
| Compatible Lenses | Canon EF lenses, Canon EF-S lenses |
| Max Resolution | 4272 x 2848 pixels |
| Effective Pixels | 12.2 million |
| Dimensions (W x H x D) | 129 x 98 x 62mm (5.1 x 3.9 x 2.4") |
| Weight (incl. battery) | 524g (18.5oz) |
Reviews
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BobAtkins.com
The Digital Rebel XSi viewfinder is slightly larger than that of the XTi, but slightly smaller than that of the EOS 40D/50D. The difference from the XTi is fairly small and you might not even notice it unless you compared the cameras side by side. The XSi viewfinder also seems slightly brighter than that of the XTi, but again the difference is small.
PhotoZone.de
The Canon EOS 450D is an excellent all-round DSLR and much more than a toy as suggested by some Canon ads. It is great DSLR for beginner but also for enthusiasts who are looking for a light-weight DSLR at a very fair price level.
Imaging-Resource.com
The Canon Rebel XSi is indeed a worthy successor to the Rebel throne. A camera with the Rebel name has never carried such sophistication, nor so rich a feature-set. It has all that makes the Rebel XTi great, but with more resolution, live view, a faster frame rate, a new look, and an image-stabilized lens.
DCResource.com
The Canon EOS Rebel XSi is a very good entry-level digital SLR. It offers very good photo quality (with the appropriate tweaks), lighting fast performance, live view, and a large LCD display. The camera has its share of flaws, though, including soft JPEGs at default settings, redeye, sluggish contrast detect autofocus, and a rather high price.
Luminous-Landscape.com
My observation is that this camera's resolution is very high, requiring Canon's best lenses if one really wants to make the most of it. Noise is also very well controlled up to and including ISO 1600, the camera's top setting. Except during extreme pixel peeping the difference between ISO 100, 200 and 400 is minimal in terms of noise. ISO 800 starts to show a bit of noise in the shadows and at ISO 1600 it's noticeable, but in no way objectionable.
Steve's Digicams
The XSi's image quality is excellent, and has improved at high ISO settings over the former model. Images were consistently well exposed with natural color saturation and accurate white balance. When shooting portrait style photos, skin tones were also very pleasant.
DigitalCameraReview.com
Sporting one of the cleanest ISO 1600 settings I've seen in awhile, the latest Rebel has raised the bar. The look beyond ISO 400 is what we've come to associate with Canon's CMOS sensors: slightly grainy, but finely textured and generally more film-like that the blotchy chroma noise seen from many competitive cameras and sensors.
DPReview.com
The EOS 450D feels like a mature product, it is capable of superb results (even if it's actually now good enough to reveal the limitations of the cheaper EF-S lenses) and it has a feature set that offers an excellent balance between beginner-friendly ease of use and the manual control / customization demanded by those wanting something a little more serious.
CameraLabs.com
In terms of image quality, Canon has struck a sensible balance between marketing demands of increasing the resolution, while attempting to maintain noise levels. As our results pages show, there may not be much difference in the real-life detail recorded by 10 and 12 Megapixel DSLRs, but at least the noise levels remain pretty much matched to the earlier 400D / XTi.
Steve's Digicams
The Rebel XSi is the latest edition of Canon's entry-level dSLR. If you were expecting refinement and improvements in this new model, you will not be disappointed. Canon has upped the resolution to 12.2-megapixels, added Live View capability, included the EOS Integrated Cleaning System, and topped it off with a larger, 3.0" LCD.
