Canon's system is obviously limited by which lenses you choose, but it does offer the slight advantage of showing the stabilising effect through the viewfinder. The Video feature shooting in HD is very good but I have not used it a lot as it requires a larger and faster SD card to get the best results.

The 500D also allows a grid overlay and live histogram to be shown on screen to aide composition and exposure. This can be used to capture moving objects using a fast shutter speed, or to take images in low light without using a flash. This could delay the need for manual sensor cleaning, perhaps indefinitely, but it won't be able to remove ‘sticky' deposits like salt spray, pollen or the smears left behind by careless sensor cleaning or the wrong kind of solvent. For those times when you prefer to concentrate on great composition the EOS 500D also offers several Basic Modes, which control all the settings. I wonder why Canon does not put the Video capability on to each of their cameras, surely it is almost compulsory these days?Monochrome – for black and white shooting with a range of filter effects (yellow, orange, red and green) and toning effects (sepia, blue, purple and green).

Indeed, Canon is the only camera manufacturer to produce their own sensor and years of imaging experience are borne out by the results - a range of sensors designed to perfectly match the performance requirements of each specific EOS model and superb clean detailed images with minimum noise. The 500D can record Full HD 1080p video as well as 720p and VGA quality footage, and is the second Canon DSLR to offer video recording after the professional 5D Mark II model. earnest thanks for dropping in and I am sure that you as a man that appreciates fine machinery would love the feel and fit of this Canon DSLR 500D Camera it does feel great! By offering video capture in a DSLR, Canon has made it possible for filmmakers to play with depth of field the way they never could, taking advantage of the relatively big APS-C image sensor and the wide assortment of Canon lenses.Canon and Nikon also claim that a lens-based anti-shake system is inherently better too, but the jury's still out on that one. The new 15 megapixel CMOS sensor and expanded ISO range thankfully haven't compromised image quality in any way, quite the opposite in fact. The difference between Canon (and Nikon) and the others is that Sony, Olympus and Pentax have opted for stabilisation via the camera body, rather than the lens, which therefore works with their entire range of lenses. From the 15mm ultra wide angle to 800mm super telephoto, the 60+ lenses in the EF series cover all possible shooting requirements.