
It's pretty clear that there's no significant difference in resolution between the 8.2MP EOS 20D and the 8MP Digital Rebel XT. If there are differences, they're too small to matter.īelow are two shots which are 200% crops from the center of the image of a resolution test chart, shot with a These are shots of a gray card and each is a 100% crop from the center of the image.Īs you can see, noise levels are very similar.
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Here's a set of images showing noise levels at various ISO settings, from 100-1600 for the Digital Rebel XT and from 100-3200 for the EOS 20D. They were recorded with the microphone about 2" behind the camera. If you click on the links you should hear a sequence of 4 shutter firings for each camera.

Below are plots of the recorded audio of each shutter. Quite a few people have commented on the difference in shutter sound of the Digital Rebel XT and EOS 20D. Any fears about higher noise or lower sharpness than the EOS 20D seem totally unfounded. Without doing scientific tests, they look identical, even at 200% enlargement. Color and noise levels were very similar indeed. My conclusion is that both cameras produce images of essentially the same quality, both at ISO100 and at ISO 1600.

The EOS 20D? Well, I took a few shots with both cameras in normal daylight set to the same ISO, parameter settings (contrast, sharpness, saturation etc.) and using the same lens. How does the image quality of the Digital Rebel XT compare to that of Compatible with more than 50 EF and EF-S Lenses and most EOS System accessories including EX-series Speedlites and a dedicated Battery Grip.USB 2.0 Hi-Speed interface for quick downloads.Direct Print support with PictBridge compatible printers.User-selectable metering patterns, AF modes, custom functions and flash exposure compensation.High-speed, Wide-area 7-point AF with superimposed focusing points.Fast 3 frames-per-second shooting with a 14 frame burst and 0.2 second startup time.High-performance digital SLR with 8.0 Megapixel CMOS Sensor and DIGIC II Image Processor.

Here are some of the main features of the Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT: This is slower and less convenient, but at least you can do them (you couldn't on the 300D without hacking the firmware). On the 20D using control buttons and dials, you have to do on the Digital Rebel XT by going into menus and selecting options. Just playing briefly with the camera it's evident that some things you can do With the 20D you just turn the rear control dial to get to any item. To get from a setting in one page to a setting in another, you have to scroll up to the top of the page, then over to the next page, then down to the menu item using the 4 direction buttons on the back of the camera. The menu structure resembles that of Powershot cameras with several selectable "pages" of settings, whereas the 20D has all the options in a long list on one page. I find the menu screens a little less convenient than on the 20D and the menus are a little harder to read in daylight, because they are slightly "grayed out" until selected. Viewfinder sizes of the EOS-3, EOS 20D and Digital Rebel XT. The illustration above gives an approximate idea of the relative The viewfinder image is noticeably smaller, though probably good enough unless you're a The Digital Rebel XT is slightly roughened plastic. However I wouldn't want to see it get any smaller! The camera seems less "substantial" than the 20D, probably because of the light weight and more "plastic" finish. Now I'm 6ft tall and I have much larger hands than someone who is 5ft tall, so comments about size are relative. I think it looks better than the silver version shown down below.

Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT Hands-on Review (EOS 350D)Ībove is a shot of the Digital Rebel XT in black with the EF-S 18-55/3.5-5.6 Kit lens attached.
