Canon EOS 450D / Digital Rebel XSi

The Canon EOS 450D delivers hands-down, best-in-class photo quality. Its colour accuracy, dynamic range and consistently good noise clearly put this 12-megapixel model in front of the pack, even though its features and design do little to impress. It's ce...

Excellent photo quality for its class; better-than-average speed

Maximum ISO 1,600; huge spot-for-spot metering

It doesn't stand out for its feature set or design, but the Canon EOS 450D delivers on performance and photo quality

12-megapixel DSLR with new Live View capabilities

The Canon 450D is a top-notch introductory model for those seeking to enter the digital SLR market. It's a lightweight, reliable camera that offers good capture features and manual control. A few tweaks to body design would help shooting, but as it is it

This 12.2Mp pixel digital SLR uses a CMOS sensor and Digic III processing

The XSi delivers image quality that's identical to Canon's EOS 40D, but for a lot less. What are you giving up if you go for the XSi? The EOS 40D has a faster burst rate (five frames per second versus the Canon Rebel XSi's three), more customization, the

12 megapixels for Canon's pro-am SLR

As prices of digital SLRs fall with more people moving up from smaller and cheaper compact cameras, so the average resolution of such cameras increases.

Is Canon's consumer DSLR too little, too late?

If the Canon EOS 450D is intended to be an entry-level camera then it is going to have some problems. It is too expensive, and requires too much user input to get the best from its outstanding image quality. Where it may win however is for the undoubtedly...

Canon's EOS-450D adds 14bit capture, Live View, a larger 3in LCD and faster continuous shooting.

Be that as it may, the Canon EOS-450D is a fine performer. The only real problem is price. The 450D sits uncomfortably close to the 10Mp EOS 40D. With the maker's current cashback offer, the better-quipped semi-pro model can be had for roughly the same pr...

Canon EOS review : The Canon 450D is Canon's fourth entry-level model, launched right after Canon set the world on fire with the EOS 300D that was responsible for a price breakthrough. And although we talk about a period of 5 years, which may be considere...

Canon EOS Rebel XSi advertising campaign : In full support of the Company's two leading digital camera brands, Canon USA launched the first of two new television commercials to support the Canon EOS Rebel and Canon PowerShot digital camera lines. The firs...

Canon's budget DSLR range, starting with the Canon EOS 300D, has been Canon's best-selling DSLR since its launch back in 2004. At the time, it had no competition at the price point, but things have moved on significantly since then.

A significant overhaul for the series and a great camera, but a shifting market means it's no longer the bargain buy it once was.

3-inch screen, 12 megapixels, SD card, 9-point AF system, Live View

No CompactFlash, still on the large side compared to Olympus E-Series, images appeared flat and under exposed

If you're new to the digital SLR world and want Canon go for it. If you're looking to upgrade from a previous EOS digital go for the more powerful 40D