New Canon EOS Rebel T1I / 500d in stock!!!
The BRAND NEW Canon Rebel T1I / 500D will be in stock tomorrow, Friday 4/24!!!
That's right! The brand new addition to Canons successful digital EOS Rebel series will be in stock at Berger Brothers Camera this Friday April 24!
The Canon EOS Rebel T1i (500d) is Canons newest digital SLR camera in the popular Rebel series of entry-level DSLR cameras. The Rebel T1i is the fifth generation of digital Rebels from Canon and is being released just over a year after its predecessor, the EOS Rebel XSi (450d).
The new Rebel T1i has some great new features that make it a great entry-level DSLR camera and a nice upgrade from the Rebel XSi. First and foremost, the Rebel T1i features a newly designed APS size 15.1 MP Canon CMOS sensor similar to the one that appears in the Canon 50d, but specially designed for the Rebel T1i. This makes the Rebel T1i a great camera for making large prints or allowing for tremendous cropping ability while still maintaining great print quality.
The Rebel T1i is first DSLR camera to feature video. In fact the Rebel T1i features 1080p HD video! An HDMI port allows the Rebel T1i to be connected to HDTVs and monitors for easy viewing of video and still images.
Also new to the Rebel series is the 3" Clear View LCD screen that features a 920,000 dot VGA monitor. This is the same screen that is used on Canons more expensive 5D MarkII DSLR. This allows users to have a large preview of their images to check focus, composition and exposure. The Rebel T1i also features a 'live view' mode that allows real time images to be displayed on the rear LCD, allowing for compact camera style shooting with DSLR quality images.
The Canon DIGIC 4 processor allows for continuous shooting at speeds up to 3.4 frames per second up to 170 jpgs, making the Rebel T1i a great choice for parents wishing to shoot action shots of their young sports stars.
The Rebel T1i has many of the features found on the Canon 50d, packed into a lighter body similar to the Rebel XSi body.
Overview of the Rebel T1i features:
- 15.1 Canon APS size CMOS sensor
- ISO range of 100-3200 (expandable to 6400 and 12800)
- Full HD video recording at resolutions up to 1920x1080 (20fps at 1920x1080; 30fps at 1280x720 and 640x480)
- HDMI connection to allowing for viewing on HDTVs
- 3.4 Frames per second burst rate shooting for up to 170 jpgs or 9 RAW images
- Large 3" Clear View LCD screen with Live View mode
- 35 zone evaluative metering
- 9 Auto-focus points with cross type center point (AI focus, One Shot and AI Servo modes)
- EOS integrated sensor cleaning system
- Compatible with all Rebel XSi accessories
- Full compatibility with Canon EF and EF-S lenses and EX-Speedlites
Also new from Canon is the Speedlite 270EX Flash
The Canon Speedlite 270EX Flash replaces the 220EX Speedlite. The 270EX features a pivoting flash head that allows the flash head to pivot up for bounce flash photography.
Labels: 270ex, cameras, canon, d500, digital, dslr, eos, flash, lens, new, news, Photo, photographic, Photography, rebel, SLR, speedlite, t1i
Street Photography
Almost from the birth of photography in 1839, there were people taking pictures on the street. Of course, in those early days of photography the shutter was so slow that any people in a street picture showed up as a blur if at all. Beyond this, the cameras were so big and unfamiliar to the public that street photography and the candid seizing of moments of urban reality weren't really possible.
And then, circa 1930 the Leica 35mm camera changed everything. Suddenly, it was possible to have a camera with you at all times. Because of its small size the Leica and the other 35mm cameras that followed permitted photographers to operate with a certain amount of stealth.
The social landscape, as street photography is sometimes called, became a school. The French had a word for these photographers - flaneur...a walker in the city. It implied not only a person walking about looking at things but reflecting on them. Degas, himself a novice photographer was quoted as describing such images as "what you see when passing in the street."
This fascination with life in the street very quickly found its way to the USA and most specifically, to New York City. New York street photography is a genre. In its most perfected form it is a way of seeing the irony and ephemeral nature of city reality. It is not simply a snapshot taken of a street. Rather, it is the use of timing, juxtaposition and framing to capture what Cartier-Bresson called the decisive moment.
Such pictures are not easy to come by. Yet there are those photographers, like Elliot Erwitt, Bruce Davidson, Helen Levitt, Berenice Abbott, Garry Winogrand and many more who have the gift of vision and skill to capture images that speak volumes about human nature, irony and the magic of life.
I believe that some of us are hardwired to appreciate the confluence of seeable elements and reading these is a form of visual intelligence. Such people do not necessarily take photographs...still they see the unspoken message. After all, before there was language there was seeing.
Street photography is a valuable tool for understanding ourselves. Looking at these frozen slices of reality in the calm of a book or gallery permits us to lower our defenses and let in what we might otherwise have missed in the city's hustle and bustle.
Ken Nadle
Labels: Photo, Photography, Street Photography
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KEN NADLE - editor
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