Summary Of New And Improved Features; Design; Image Recording; Image Processing - Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT White Paper

II. SUMMARY OF NEW AND

Design

• 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 smallest and lightest cameras in its class
• Exterior color choice of black or silver
• As with the EOS 20D camera, Canon logo embossed and colored Image

Image Recording

• Entirely new 8.0 million pixel CMOS sensor designed and made by Canon with
improved microlenses and 2nd-generation on-chip noise reduction technology
• New DIGIC
reproduction, precisely optimized white balance and expanded dynamic range
• Maximum shooting speed: 3 frames per second with a burst rate up to 14 frames in
Large/Fine JPEG, 5 frames in RAW or 4 frames in RAW + Large/Fine JPEG
• New, high-performance, 3-layer optical low-pass filter, the same quality used in
top-of-the-range Canon DSLRs, provides high resolution while minimizing false colors
• Startup time now approximately 0.2 seconds
• Shutter release time lag reduced from about 120 milliseconds to 100 milliseconds
(compared to Digital Rebel)
• Viewfinder blackout time reduced from about 225 milliseconds to 170 milliseconds
(compared to Digital Rebel)
• CF card data-writing speed approximately 3.5 times faster than Digital Rebel
• New RAW + JPEG setting with separate Large/Fine quality JPEG files written, rather than
embedded, and saved as separate files on the CF card
• No dedicated application needed to extract JPEG data

Image Processing

• Improved auto white balance performance, especially at higher ISO ratings and in
conjunction with flash color data transmission from the built-in flash or the accessory
580EX Speedlite
II. SUMMARY OF NEW AND IMPROVED FEATURES
IMPROVED FEATURES
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