Canon XS Review: Full Review. Imaging Resource rating. Canon Rebel XS / 1. DOverviewby Shawn Barnett and. Siegfried Weidelich. Review Date: 1. 2/1.
Canon's new EOS Rebel XS is a new budget digital SLR designed to compete with Nikon's D6. SLR cameras by Pentax, Olympus, and Sony. To meet the lower price point, the Canon XS includes fewer of the features of the Rebel XSi, but the XS is still a quality offering in its own right. The Canon Rebel XS shares some features with the XTi announced in 2. LCD, compared to the Rebel XSi's 1.
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LCD. The XS also returns to the 7- point AF sensor from the Rebel XT, compared to the 9- point AF sensor in the XTi and XSi). The XS also returns to 1. XSi's 1. 4- bit system, and the infrared remote control on the front and proximity sensors on the back are also removed in the XS. Though Canon says that the Rebel XS is capable of shooting JPEGs at a steady three frames per second up to the available flash card capacity (we got 7 frames with our difficult- to- compress target), RAW shooters may be disappointed to find that the Canon Rebel XS can only manage 1. RAW mode. Even though the pace is much slower, the XS also manages to capture just 6 RAW frames before the buffer fills (we got 4 RAW frames in our testing).
The Canon XS maintains some very important features that could make it a worthwhile upgrade for XT and XTi owners. Most notably, Canon Rebel XS has a live view mode with phase- detection or contrast- detection autofocusing. There's also Canon's DIGIC III image processor, while the XTi was based on the older DIGIC II processor.
- The baby brother to the Rebel XSi, the Canon EOS Rebel XS is the typical, almost-identical, but slightly less-powerful, version of that camera.
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IS zoom lens, at an estimated retail price of US$6. Two versions are available, one in black and one in silver. Canon Rebel XS User Reportby Shawn Barnett. Canon's original Digital Rebel debuted in 2. SLR technology within the grasp of consumers with a sub- $1,0. Until now, Canon has maintained two digital SLRs under that price point, but the two were always the latest model and the previous model. The Canon Rebel XS marks the first time Canon has had two new digital SLRs in the under $1,0.
Though the word "Digital" has been dropped, the Canon Rebel XS continues the tradition of bringing advanced digital camera technology within the range of the casual photographer, with a price that leaves room in the budget for an extra lens or two. While the step from the Rebel XT to the Rebel XTi brought more internal than external changes, the Rebel XSi and XS are more complete overhauls, and the XS is subtly different from the XSi.
Many of the external changes are welcome, including the slightly taller grip and bigger LCD, but the XS has the same sensor as the XTi, so not much is new there. Something the XS has that the XTi does not is Live View with both phase- and contrast- detect autofocus, an image- stabilized lens, and several new automated features. Canon Rebel XS Look and feel. My favorite part about the Rebel series is its small size. I shoot other SLRs when I need more advanced features, like a faster frame rate, but sometimes the only camera that will do is a small SLR, and the last four Rebels are among the smallest.
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The Canon Rebel XS is only a little larger than its predecessor, but it looks bigger, and its contours are a little smoother. The XS is about two millimeters wider and four millimeters taller than the XTi, and weighs about 6. So while it's a little bigger, the Canon Rebel XS is less of a burden when walking around. Canon has improved the grip again, adding a slightly taller grip area. My four fingers fit almost entirely, with only about three millimeters of overhang. The grip is not as nice as the XSi's grip, and the XS has no rubber pad on the back to serve as a thumbgrip.
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The diopter wheel is a little larger than the XTi's for easier access, and. Canon XSi's lens release button is a little larger too. Shutter release. It takes a real camera geek to notice, but the shutter button is set at a more aggressive angle than all Rebels but the XSi; it now matches the angle of the semi- pro Canon 5. D camera and pro 1. D. It's not a big deal, but it does make it easier to gently squeeze that important button when its activation angle matches the natural bend of the finger.
Contours and accents. The Canon XS looks less like the XSi and more like a smoothed- out XTi.
The pop- up flash that was a distinct element of the XTi is flush with the rest of the XS's flow. While the XTi's metal parts, the hot shoe and strap loops, are painted black, those of the XS are metal.
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I prefer the black, but paint wears off, and the XS's silver won't show the wear quite as clearly as the painted parts. The new design also eliminates more parts compared to both the XTi and XSi. Button displacement. The 3- inch LCD on the XSi's rear pushed the buttons off the left side, necessitating quite a shuffle of buttons and their assignments.
Though the XS's LCD is smaller, they likely used the same internal components from the XSi, and so the left buttons did not return. The result actually looks a lot cleaner, though, and your eye has to search fewer places for the various controls. The downside is that the button for one of the most- changed functions, ISO, has moved to the Canon XS's top deck, right behind the Command dial.
When I first saw this move, I liked the idea; in use, though, it's a pain. ISO buttons only belong on the top deck when there's a separate Status LCD up there, like on the Canon 4.
D or Nikon D3. 00. But because the Status display is on the back, the ISO button should be there too, since you're less likely to even think of looking at the top deck. Some of the buttons and logos on the rear of the XS also got larger than those on the XSi, perhaps to make them more obvious. The. four navigation buttons, which Canon calls Cross Keys, behave better than they. Record mode. Specifically the White Balance button, which was the. XTi, used to require pressing the left and right arrow keys.
That button has been reassigned to the Picture Styles menu. The AF button, for its part. Naturally, using the left. White Balance has been given its own button, so you still have. Canon XS Viewfinder.
Click to see the callouts. Canon Rebel XS Viewfinder. One key complaint about past Rebels was the extremely tight viewfinder. While the Rebel XSi remedied that somewhat, with a 0. XS's viewfinder is only 0.
XTi's 0. 8. 0x magnification. Coverage accuracy according to our tests is 9. Canon claims. The viewfinder is also supposed to be brighter, thanks to a more efficient coating on the pentamirrors. I didn't notice any difference. The viewfinder's status display now shows the ISO setting all the time, which.
Just press the ISO button on the top deck, and turn the Main dial. So it appears. there is some advantage to having the ISO button on the top after all. Those used to the Rebel XTi and XSi won't recognize the Rebel XS's AF arrangement, which only has seven points instead of the later diamond- shaped, nine- point AF system. This system was introduced in the original Digital Rebel, and also appeared in the followup Rebel XT.
It's a good system, and works very quickly, as our test results show. Canon Rebel XS Live View. Though I still advocate using the optical viewfinder most of the time when. SLR, I've used the Live View mode often enough now that I know. There are two modes to the XS's Live View system, selectable via Custom Function 7. Live View is disabled by default, by the way, so you'll need to find this menu item in Settings Menu 2 to turn it on. The two options are called Quick and Live modes.
Quick mode works as most Live View modes do, dropping the mirror when you press the AE- Lock button (marked with an asterisk) to use the conventional phase- detect autofocus system. This temporarily blacks out the Live View image, which makes it impossible to know that you're still framing the subject and holding your AF point in the proper place. That's why they added the second mode, which they call Live, but is better.
This works just like a digicam, reading. A small square appears in the center. Just like. Quick mode, unfortunately, you have to press the AE- Lock button first until. It's a little slower at times than phase- detect mode, but it gets the job done. Live mode is really better for tripod work, where you can place the AF area. Both modes offer the ability to zoom in on your live view, excellent for confirming.
Using the Magnify button just right of the AE- Lock button. AE- Lock button to focus if you like. Another "digicam" benefit that comes thanks to Live View mode is. Exposure Simulation, where the image you see onscreen in non- flash shots will.
If you're about to underexpose. Live View image will appear dark; or too bright. It's great for fine- tuning in Manual mode. Exposure Simulation isn't always desirable, but it's something many digicam.
A grid can be displayed on the display in Live View, as well as a histogram, though like the Canon 5. D, the histogram isn't translucent, instead blocking almost 1/4 of the screen. Like all other Canon Live View cameras, you can connect the Canon XSi to your. USB 2. 0 cable and see a live image on the computer, as well as. Unlike the XSi, the Rebel XS doesn't have a dedicated Live View button; instead Live view is activated with the Set button. Imperfection. It's frustrating when they get so very close to excellence, yet leave out something important. Though I think it's great that the Rebel XS's main Quick mode includes an image of the seven autofocus points overlaid on the image, the chosen AF points don't light up red after you've pressed the AE- L button (marked with an asterisk above the button) to focus, making them almost useless.