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Canon EOS 650D Digital SLR Camera - Black (Inc. 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II Lens Kit)

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In addition to the new touchscreen the 650D also benefits from a number of other upgrades and improvements to its core specifications. Perhaps the most significant of these is the APS-C CMOS sensor at its heart. While effective resolution remains pegged at 18MP, the 650D’s revised sensor now employs some of the pixels in the central part of the chip for phase detection AF. Canon calls this ‘Hybrid CMOS AF’ and claims that it improves focus performance when the camera is being used in live view mode and when shooting video. However, you’ll still have to rely on the standard contrast-detection AF method when the subject you’re shooting lies outside of the sensor’s central area. What makes this Canon camera different is that it's the first-ever D-SLR to feature a touch-screen. We've grown to expect smartphones, tablets and some compact cameras to have touch-screen control, but this is big move for Canon's D-SLRs, and is set to revolutionise the D-SLR industry. The Canon EOS 650D has a touch-screen Vari-angle 3-inch Clear View II TFT, approx. 1040K dots. In use, we found the Canon EOS 650D / Rebel T4i to be a responsive and versatile camera that almost never got in the way of picture taking. As noted earlier, the auto focus was fast when using the optical viewfinder, and not always painstakingly slow when using Live View, either. Its continuous shooting speed is good for its class, though its six-frame raw buffer is smaller than we'd like. It takes a bit of time for the camera to fully start up if you wait for the sensor cleaning cycle to be completed, but as sensor cleaning can always be interrupted at a half-press of the shutter release, this is not a real issue. The only thing we found to be truly and somewhat inexplicably slow was entering Live View - it invariably took several seconds for the camera to raise its mirror and display the live image. Canon Speedlites (220EX, 270EX, 270EX II, 320EX, 420EX, 430EX, 430EX II, 550EX, 580EX, 580EX II, 600EX, 600EX-RT, Macro-Ring-Lite, MR-14EX, Macro Twin Lite MT-24EX, Speedlite Transmitter ST-E2, Speedlite Transmitter ST-E3-RT) VIDEO: 720p | 1080p | Uncompressed 1080p | 4K | 5.5K | 8K ⋅ SCREEN: Flip (tilt) F , Articulating A , Touchscreen T ⋅ BODY FEATURE: In-Body Image Stabilization S , Weather Sealed

Canon EOS 650D/Rebel T4i In-Depth Review Canon EOS 650D/Rebel T4i In-Depth Review

One-Shot, AI Focus, AI Servo, Live View (FlexiZone - Multi, FlexiZone - Single, Face Detection, Movie Servo), Manual We found the face recognition mode worked great as you can easily tap the screen to select the person you want to focus on; while the FlexiZone is great for covering a larger area of the frame than you can with the standard nine AF points you see through the viewfinder. Canon EOS 650D: Controls The EOS 650D (Rebel T4i in North America) is equipped with a new 18-megapixel Hybrid CMOS sensor and powerful Digic 5 processor, that enables you to capture excellent, full-resolution images at up to five frames per second (fps). Auto Lighting Optimizer performs in-camera processing to even out the contrast and correct brightness. There are 4 different settings - Off, Low, Standard and Strong. Off

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The 650D’s image processor has also been upgraded to the DIGIC 5 version, and while this isn’t quite as fast as the DIGIC 5 processor used in Canon’s flagship EOS 1Dx and 5D Mark III models, it does offer a six-fold increase in processing speeds over the old DIGIC 4. Sensitivity, meanwhile, ranges from ISO 100-12,800 in standard mode, with an extended mode of ISO 25,600 making the 650D a stop faster than its predecessor. The metering modes offered by the camera include Centre-weighted, Evaluative, Partial and Spot. The difference between Partial and Spot metering is that the former uses 9% of the frame area, whereas the latter uses only 4% (still a bit too much for spot metering, but there you go). Both of these selective metering modes are midtone-based; there is no highlight- or shadow-based spot metering available as with some rivals. In use, we've found that the Evaluative metering mode provided fairly good exposures with a variety of subjects, thanks to the advanced 63-zone metering sensor. When shooting contrasty scenes, it is worth using the Evaluative mode in conjunction with the Auto Lighting Optimiser feature, accessible by hitting the Q button and using the interactive status panel. The full ISO test scene in all its Kellogs Crunchy Nut goodness. The following images are all 100% crops taken from the nut at the centre of the image above. While button shapes may have changed slightly, button layout remains pretty much the same as on the 600D, save for the removal of the Display button that used to be found on the top-plate and the addition of a dedicated ‘Movie’ position to the main on/off switch. While the former is unlikely to be missed, the inclusion of a Movie position on the main on/off switch can be a bit annoying as it’s quite easy to accidentally overshoot the ‘on’ position when turning the camera on, inadvertently putting the camera into movie mode instead. English, German, French, Dutch, Danish, Portuguese, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, Greek, Russian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Turkish, Arabic, Thai, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean and Japanese

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Noise handling is also very good considering the pixel density. Shooting RAW is again a good idea if you plan on taking lots of high-ISO shots, as you can get better detail with less chroma noise than by shooting JPEG. As regards the colours, we have found them to be a little on the dull side, though this is nothing you can't change in-camera, by way of tweaking the available Picture Styles or creating your own. The 650D’s built-in Creative Filters offer three levels of intensity, which means they can be used to achieve subtly different effects. Processing times are a little on the long side though. One benefit of processing images post-capture though is that the original version is retained. Westlake, Andy (23 July 2012). "Canon EOS M hands-on preview". Digital Photography Review . Retrieved 25 July 2012.Metering is handled via the 650D’s iFCL 63-zone metering system, and for the most part this proves highly accurate with no particular bias towards shadows or highlights, including high-contrast situations. The Auto Lighting Optimizer works well too, although it can make certain images – particularly those captured in high-contrast conditions – look a little HDR-esque, which may not be to everyone’s tastes. Conventional autofocus has also seen a performance boost. Whereas the 600D offered only one cross-type AF sensor in the centre of the viewfinder, all nine AF points of the 650D are of the cross-type variety. This makes the 650D’s AF module more flexible than its predecessor, as each AF point is equally able to function irrespective of whether the camera is being held in landscape or portrait orientation. In addition to improved AF performance, the 650D also sees a boost in Continuous shooting speed from 3.7fps to a much more credible 5fps. Whereas Canon’s consumer-grade DSLRs have traditionally been a bit slower than their direct rivals, the increased burst speed of the 650D puts it on par, something that will doubtless increase its overall appeal to sports and action photographers.

Canon EOS 650D Digital SLR Camera - Black (Body Only)

The Live View button is within easy reach of your right thumb. Using this button it is easy to enter Live View, but it takes a surprising amount of time for the camera to actually display the live image (think several seconds). A grid line display and very useful live histogram can be enabled to help with composition and exposure, and you can zoom in by up to 10x magnification of the image displayed on the LCD screen. Focusing in Live View via a half-press of the shutter release as normal.

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The camera is compatible with Canon's latest radio-controlled flashes, but the built-in transmitter is infrared-only. Most of the controls are in the same place as on the 600D, with the changes being mostly cosmetic in nature. The Display button on top of the 600D has completely disappeared on this new model, some of the shooting modes on the top dial have changed, there's an additional Movie setting on the On/Off switch, plus stereo speakers on top in front of the flash hotshoe. All of the buttons are clearly labelled but, being flush to the body, can be a little hard to press at times. The EOS 650D (like the Canon EOS 600D, but unlike the normal LCD on the Nikon D3200) also has a Vari-angle LCD, which helps when shooting at awkward angles, up high or low down, and you can flip it round for some fun self-portraits. ISO sensitivity can be set between ISO 100 and ISO 12800 in full-stop increments, and a boosted setting of ISO 25600 is also available. Here are some 100% crops which show the noise levels for each ISO setting, with JPEG on the left and the RAW equivalent on the right.

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Although it's overflowing with functions and features, there's still lots of easy auto and scene modes to do the hard work for you if you prefer. Based on the CIPA Standard and using the batteries and memory card format supplied with the camera, except where indicated Grunin, Lori (7 June 2012). "CNET Editor's Take: Canon EOS Rebel T4i". CNET . Retrieved 10 June 2012. The 650D has roughly the same dimensions as the 600D, and apart from the touchscreen has largely the same physical controls as previous models. One notable difference is that the two-position power switch of the 600D is replaced with a three-position switch on the 650D, with the added position used to activate the video shooting mode. [11] Speed [ edit ]Highlight Tone Priority is a custom function which can be enabled from the menu. Use of this custom function improves highlight detail by expanding the camera's dynamic range in the highlights. As you can see from these examples, Highlight Tone Priority reduced the extent of highlight blow-out considerably. Essentially a more extreme version of the well-established Picture Styles, Creative Auto offers nine options including Standard, Vivid, Soft, Warm, Intense, Cool, Brighter, Darker and Monochrome, all of which can be interactively tweaked to suit your taste. Standard points AF system, all cross-type at f/5.6. Center point is high precision, double cross-type at f/2.8

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