Canon Rebel T5i – Review
The Canon Rebel T5i is one of Canon’s recent productions, go to ” replace ” the previous Canon EOS Rebel T4i with some improvement, although the differences in design, operation, and specifications are really minimal. Presents a substantially more refined body, ensuring a better grip, innovations also at the software level. It is sold in a kit with the new 18-55 IS lens STM stabilized, ensuring optimum performance. It is sold at a price of $799.
Canon Rebel T5i – Basic features.
It is equipped with a Hybrid CMOS sensor with a resolution of 18 effective megapixels and a Digic 5 processor 14-bit the same mounted on the EOS Rebel T4i offers a maximum shutter speed of 1/4000 and you can reach 12,800 expandable to ISO 25,600. It has a measuring system 63-zone iFCL exposure, and you can record movies in Full HD 1080p resolution.
Canon Rebel T5i – Build quality and Ergonomics.
It weighs 580 grams, and the design is similar to the Canon EOS Rebel T3i. The body is made of plastic, but all in all, pretty solid and well assembled. Despite being an entry-level, the first feeling you get when you pick up is positive, there are many control buttons on the body, all easily accessible and very intuitive. In front of the hot shoe, the two stereo microphones are positioned.
New in this Canon Rebel T5i is the shooting mode dial that now runs continuously, while this was not the case on the EOS Rebel T4i. Whichever mode you choose, you will still easily switch to video mode through a switch, the same for on and off the camera. There is also a full range of connectors, including: the USB and HDMI ports, jacks for a shutter release cable and an external microphone and a receiver for infrared remote control.
Canon Rebel T5i – Functions.
The viewfinder pentamirror has a coverage of 95% of the image area, and in some cases it may be uncomfortable, but you can always have a real vision of the scene by activating the liveview. The swivel screen has a resolution of 1 million pixels and a size of 3 inches and above all, it is a touch screen. The clean and intuitive interface allows in many cases to act more quickly than using external controls.
Once clicked you can scroll through photos and enlarge or shrink them just picking on the LCD monitor. The touch screen is not as responsive. The menu navigation is pretty simple thanks to the colored tabs that help you identify them. You can also choose between different creative effects before shooting. The range of options is extensive and offers a fairly high level of customization to be an entry-level.
Canon Rebel T5i – Performance.
The images are of remarkable quality for both the presence of detail that for dynamic range. In most situations, the exposure is almost always correctly even with the automatic white balance, only in certain situations tends to overexpose a bit.
The Digic 5 processor allows multiple processing capabilities of the JPEG format as the correction for lens flaws: chromatic aberrations, vignetting, and more. With 9 cross type points, the focusing is fast and accurate even in low-light conditions and subject movement, also has a continuous shooting speed of 5fps. A little slow focus in liveview mode.
Among the various shooting modes, stands the ” Handheld Night Scene “, which allows the recovery of low-light scenes without using a tripod. It does this by enabling a faster shutter speed and capturing four exhibitions, which are then combined to reduce the image noise.
In this mode, the ISO sensitivity is automatically set at high levels, and this can cause an increase in noise, but well controlled. The final image will be sharp, even if there is a loss of detail. The image quality is excellent up to ISO 1600, above this value, there is a progressive, but minimum degradation clearly visible to ISO 6400.
Conclusions
The challenge of Canon is to offer the traditional features of a digital SLR with an intuitive interface, especially for novice users. It guarantees good performance with minimal effort. If you are in possession of the Canon EOS Rebel T4i consider upgrading to this model useless.
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