This calendar month , four eagerly awaited cameras all make the market with a cock-a-hoop ole thud : Canon’sEOS Digital Rebel XSi , Sony’sAlpha a350 , Nikon’sD60and Olympus’E-420 . They are not all equally pit on report , as you will see , and they for certain vary in price . But what ’s different about them , really ? They are all aimed at citizenry who ignite up one morning and pull in their item - and - shoot ’s pics are pretty stinking , the great unwashed who do n’t consider themselves photographers but would n’t mind pass a little money ( under $ 1,000 ) to put those high - schooltime photography lessons to practise with a decorous eubstance - and - lens kit . I decided to fiddle around with the four hot raw entry - grade DSLRs and see what I could see .
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The Weigh In As you’re able to see , there ’s a wide of the mark range . I ’m not saying weight is everything , but being the heaviest ( by a draw ) does n’t help the Sony .
On Paper Before we get into each photographic camera ’s capabilities , have a look at their specs . Cameras are arranged in order of Leontyne Price , from cheap to pricey . you could see how it ’s well-to-do to fall in lovemaking with the lower - price models . But in action mechanism , you statt to make why the pricing is so slanted .
1600 ISO and Auto White Balance In these shot , you could guess two thing . First , some cameras have noisier high - ISO results than others ( coughOlympuscough ) , and second , that machine white balance is n’t the wanton thing to master . ( I ’m talking about you , Nikon . ) Fortunately , two cameras do both fairly well :
Action Shots in “ P ” Automatic Mode Some of you have boeuf with me kvetch that some DSLRs have icky robotic setting , but the truth is , great DSLRs do bloody well on auto , so it ’s a path to separate the good from the badness . Here you may see from a quick school term with all four cameras that get a fair jibe of a moving cat in low light is n’t always possible :
Note the Nikon ’s shot : The cat is squinting because of the auto - direction lamp that goes on before the shot — generally pestering when try out to charm kids and pet in their natural states .
Full Manual Shooting
Here ’s what take place when I attempt to take the same or interchangeable shot with the unlike cameras , using more or less the same manual configurations . ( The above shot was from the Sony Alpha a350 . )
Daffodils : Low degree Fahrenheit - stop , average shutter speed , handheld
daybreak : Medium f - stop , fast shutter upper , handheld
Creek : High fluorine - bar , wearisome shutter speed , tripod
THE END RESULT
Canon EOSDigital RebelXSi – First Place
What I care It ’s an all around decent photographic camera , much light in weight than the Sony but with most of the same performance . The cheap starter lens , which you may scoff at , collapse it an added system of weights bonus , make it unaccented than all but the Olympus .
What I Did n’t Like Live View is circumscribed , or you might even say crippled . You ca n’t preview autofocus — I’m not even certain the autofocus works very well in this mode . In the manual of arms , Canon confess that this is really for still sprightliness shot and other special covering . Also , for being $ 150 to $ 170 more than the Nikon , it ’s more or less the same form of photographic camera , specially for manual shooting .
Sony Alpha a350 – Second Place
What I Liked All around intuitive camera with impressive reflexive modes , a Live View that can shew a lot , and strong control for people who cognize more . It ’s take the teaching power of the Olympus with the picture reliability of the Canon . Although the a350 with 14 - megapixel sensor is not as unspoilt a bargain as the Canon at the same price , I imagine the nearly identical $ 700 a300 outfit might be the best economic value of all right now .
What I Did n’t care The affair is giant , especially with the 16 - 80 millimeter lens I test . ( The a300 is the same size and weightiness , by the way . ) In Live View , I noticed from time to clock time that white balance on preview was unlike than what came out in the shot , which was annoying . The spoilt attribute , though , is the exceptional processing wait after you take each shot .
Nikon D60 – Third Place
What I Liked There ’s a keep - it - simple design here that works : not many hidden frills , but many skillful clear options . I believe for the money , this is the best idea for knowledgable , surefooted shooters , though it ’s not the best bet for father . I care one rare random perquisite in particular , the stop - motion video maker .
What I Did n’t Like Simple means no frills like Live View previewing that the other models have . Though it ’s very ready to hand when done right , like on the Olympus , it can also be done bad . pass judgment from Canon ’s execution , I can see why Nikon did n’t put out . I have two particular pet peeves with the Nikon : Low - light autofocus triggers a very bright AF lamp , which makes pets and children go all squinty , and the machine white balance makes things too xanthous indoors , and ca n’t be overridden when in automatic manner .
Olympus E-420 – Fourth Place
What I like Besides the remarkably low cost , I believe this camera has the capacity to instruct you a lot about manual configurations because of the Live View . Like the Sony , this shows you the effects of your WB , exposure , fluorine - intercept and shutter preferences in a live preview as you make them . Oly has this down , and was the one that started it all .
What I Did n’t Like The lightweight tv camera is missing a lot of strong technical school : the ISO 1600 is noisy , autofocus does n’t respond nearly fast enough , and shooting in automatic mode wrick up muzzy and inauspicious shots .
There you have it , folks . I ’ve tried to include enough of my methodology to allow you approximate this stuff for yourselves . Surely there ’s a lot to babble about , including the obligatory “ body vs. glass ” debate . I jibe that lenses make a deviation , but with new DSLR advancements , the bodies are starting to have a greater impingement on how well masses take pictures . You may know it all , but any one of these camera can help the ignorant noob more than anything that came before . OK , that ’s my take … you have the base .
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