I. OVERVIEW
The Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi is the best entry-level digital single lens reflex (DSLR) camera on the market today. Compared with its competitors at the sub-$1000 price point, lens included, the XTi produces the finest images with the purest colors and the lowest noise, and has the most comprehensive solution to the problem of dust on the sensor. It also has the clearest and most elegant user interface, the fastest and most precise autofocus, and the most powerful and useful software package.
The original Canon EOS Digital Rebel, introduced in September, 2003, was the first interchangeable lens DSLR marketed for less than $1000 including a lens, the EF-S
18-55 mm zoom. Purchasers were delighted to find the camera small, light and easy to handle. Its image quality was remarkable thanks to its high-quality Canon CMOS sensor, producing lower noise levels than more expensive rival products offered. The original Digital Rebel enjoyed immense success in the marketplace, selling more than 1.2 mil- lion units worldwide in less than 18 months. In March, 2005, Canon introduced the second generation Digital Rebel XT with an 8.0 megapixel CMOS sensor vs. the 6.3 MP CMOS sensor of the Digital Rebel. The new camera was 3 ounces lighter and a half inch smaller than the original. A newly-developed DIGIC II image processor made the XT much faster, yet more frugal with battery power. E-TTL II flash control , nine Custom Functions, White Balance Bracketing, long-exposure noise reduction, a monochrome mode and a host of other changes gave XT users tremendous control over the photo- graphic process. It was amazing that Canon could sell this camera for less than $1000, lens included. Once again, Canon had a wildly successful DSLR.
The new Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi builds on this inheri- tance. It uses a new, highly evolved 10.1 megapixel
CMOS sensor that is designed and manufactured entirely by Canon using equipment which was also designed and manufactured by Canon. In this and many other respects,
Canon is unique in the world of photogra- phy. Canon’s world-leading R&D division (second or third globally each year for 14 consecutive years in the number of U.S. patents granted) sees to it that every Canon DSLR has the highest image quali- ty and the lowest noise in its category.
