Canon EOS Rebel T1i vs. Nikon D5000 Popular Photography Magazine
Now the two biggest guns—Canon and Nikon—have these buyers in their sights, with DSLRs that bring high-definition video capture and other major-league features to kits costing $900 or less.Canon’s entry, the 15.1MP EOS Rebel T1i, inherits capabilities from the EOS 50D and 5D Mark II. Similarly, the 12.3MP Nikon D5000 is packed with much of the tech coolness of Nikon’s upmarket D90. But these contenders also demonstrate some divergence in thinking by their respective makers.
Let’s look at them side by side in several key areas.
Imaging :
Both cameras use sensors and processors from existing models of what might be called the high-midlevel class.
The Canon gets its 15.1MP CMOS sensor from the 50D, plus 14-bit A/D conversion, and like the 50D, ISOs can be pushed into an extended range to 12,800. Naturally, we expect that image quality from the Rebel T1i will closely match that of the 50D.
The Nikon D5000 plays it a little more conservatively, using the 12.3MP CMOS sensor of the D90, with its 12-bit A/D converter, and ISOs expanding up to 6400. This hardly makes it a slouch. As the Nikon D90 ran practically neck and neck with the Canon 50D in our lab tests—and bested the 50D in noise performance at higher ISOs—we expect a comparison of the two new cameras to be quite competitive. Keep in mind, too, that camera makers often tweak the processing firmware for newer models with the same sensor, so we might even see some improvement.
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