The Latest Flagship Consumer camera Canon Digital Rebel T3i is Simply Awesome

In the same way that the Canon 60D DSLR was targeted squarely at the Nikon D90 and D7000, the new Canon EOS Rebel T3i has the D5000 and D5100 in its sights. We've now spent rather a lot of time with the Rebel T3i, aka 600D, that has a swiveling LCD screen and a slightly heftier body, and both feels and looks a bit more heavy than past Rebels. Bundled with a new 18-55mm IS II kit lens, or the 18-135mm IS lens that's also available with the 60D, the new T3i feels and looks like its prosumer sibling, except for the grip spacing. It'll be superb for those with small to medium hands, but those with larger hands could be more at ease with the 60D.

Indeed, the major differences between the T3i and 60D are few. It's down to frame rate ( 3.7 vs . 5.3 fps ), maximum shutter speed ( 0.25 vs. 1/8,000), AF refinement ( just one cross-type vs. All nine cross-type ), viewfinder size ( 0.85x vs . 0.95x ), buffer depth, battery type, and grip size. There are a few more minor things different, but those are the big items. Therefore, the T3i seems like a pretty good choice.

Compared to the Rebel T2i, the T3i adds the moveable LCD, the new lens, more reduced-resolution image options, and an Auto Picture style mode. The Canon T3i (body with batt and memory card) also weighs a bit more than the T2i, coming in at 20.6 ounces ( 583g ) compared to the T2i's 18.5 ounces ( 525g ). As mentioned, it's slightly larger in all dimensions : 133.1 x 99.5 x 79.7, matched against 128.8 x 97.5 x 75.3. Some of those differences will make a difference, and I believe people fans of moveable LCD's will opt for the T3i, while people who don't like them can choose happily a T2i and not feel like they are missing a lot.

As it stands, the Canon T3i is the flagship Rebel, with the T3 and T2i beneath it in features. Its still image quality is among the very best in its price range, and its video modes are quite complete, offering wonderful quality, provided you can handle shooting video more carefully than you would with a digital camera or mpeg recorder.

Taken as a whole, the Canon T3i is an excellent digital SLR, with almost every feature we have been longing for in a sub-$1,000 camera. The articulating screen stands out particularly as a terribly handy feature, and with the Nikon D5100 having the same side-swiveling design, it was critical that a Rebel have one too. The LCD is beautiful and very high resolution, wonderful in sunlight, and if an accident happens to it and it's cracked you can find Canon camera repair to put it right again. The only problem we had with it was that it was harder to notice out-of-focus areas while shooting video.

Either available lens option is a very good one, with the 18-55mm keeping the final camera size light and nimble, and the 18-135mm lens taking care of most photographic desires with aplomb. Optically, both are better matches to the 18-megapixel sensor than past offerings, and both include optical image stabilization.

Images printed from ISO one hundred to thirty-two hundred are pretty good even at 20x30 inches, which is inspiring ; and even ISO 12,800 pictures make a great 8x10-inch print.

The sole major problem Canon has on its hands is that there are three excellent 18-megapixel digital SLRs that are priced inside a few hundred greenbacks of each other. The T2i was already wonderful, then the 60D came along with its moving LCD and a decided lean toward the Rebel line, and then the T3i entered the scene. The good news is that you can't go wrong with any of them, particularly re overall image quality. They are all glorious. It's then just a question of which features you'd like your wonderful new DSLR camera to have.

When you're trying to find the most complete camera between the three, the Canon EOS Rebel T3i is it; and fortunately if you ever have the misfortune of having to have a look for Canon EOS 600D repair you'll find that it's easily worth fixing as prices are way more affordable than one might think.
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