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kenstogie · 10-22-2009, 07:03 AM

So one of the guys here asked me
"what do you think of the T1i, now that you've had it for a while?"

And here's my response....
"Frankly, It's not all I had hoped it would be. My other camera is a Canon A620 and although it's a "point and shoot" you can still adjust Aperature, speed, go full manual etc and quite frankly the pictures seem to be better. Especially when you zoom in and look at the pixels. Funny because the T1i is a 14Mp and the A620 is 8mp. Could be the glass, and I am no pro but have used/owned SLR's for years. I am thinking of sending it in.
Another dissappointment is the HD video recording is "tempermental" it frequently drops frames or fails to save the video it just recorded or the file gets corrupted. It only shoots at 15 FPS in full HD mode (1080p) which is mediocre at best for an action.
I hate to be so down on this camera but my A620 seems to work so much better with and for so much less. "

Could be my lack of knowledge or maybe a bum camera, what are other's thoughts?

10-22-2009, 07:03 AM	#8
kenstogie following the whiterabbit Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Albany, NY Posts: 1,325 Trading: (3)	Re: Canon Rebel T1i (aka EOS 500d, Kiss X3) So one of the guys here asked me "what do you think of the T1i, now that you've had it for a while?" And here's my response.... "Frankly, It's not all I had hoped it would be. My other camera is a Canon A620 and although it's a "point and shoot" you can still adjust Aperature, speed, go full manual etc and quite frankly the pictures seem to be better. Especially when you zoom in and look at the pixels. Funny because the T1i is a 14Mp and the A620 is 8mp. Could be the glass, and I am no pro but have used/owned SLR's for years. I am thinking of sending it in. Another dissappointment is the HD video recording is "tempermental" it frequently drops frames or fails to save the video it just recorded or the file gets corrupted. It only shoots at 15 FPS in full HD mode (1080p) which is mediocre at best for an action. I hate to be so down on this camera but my A620 seems to work so much better with and for so much less. " Could be my lack of knowledge or maybe a bum camera, what are other's thoughts? __________________ I intend to live forever. So far, so good.