Canon has updated its entry-level digital camera for the first time in over 15 months, but has the wait been worth it? We had a chance to get an early hands on with the new 450D (or the Digital Rebel XSi for our American readers) at the company's Spring Collection event in London.
Normally when a DSLR from Canon is updated there are tweaks here and there perhaps implying why it has always gone for the increase of the number 50 in the model number rather than a whole 100. But here it seems Canon has not simply stopped at increasing the megapixel count from 10 to a 12.2-megapixel CMOS sensor but added stacks of other features and design changes.
From a design perspective it's not a completely new design but there are improvements and changes from the 400D. The most obvious is the increase in screen size from 2.5 to 3-inches.
The change, which also promises to be 50% brighter than the one on the 400D makes a massive difference especially when viewing images on playback. Because of the new screen buttons have been moved around accordingly.
A dedicated ISO button is now next to the shutter button, while the menu keys to the left of the screen on the 400D have also found a new home.
The rearranging has also meant there are more rubberised grips, a la the 40D.
Stuart Miles
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