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Canon EOS 550D / Rebel T2i Gets DxOMarked

Zoltan Arva-Toth | Digital SLR Cameras | February 15, 2010 | 10 Comments
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DxO Labs have released their sensor-based data obtained from a pre-production Canon EOS 550D digital SLR camera. The Canon EOS 550D / Digital Rebel T2i, which was only announced a week ago, got a sensor rating of 65.6 on a scale of 1 to 100, which is less than some APS-C competitors (Nikon D5000/D90/D300/D300s, Pentax K10D, Samsung GX20, Sony A380/A550/A700) have received in the past, but it has to be mentioned that all of these competitors offer lower resolution and most of them are prosumer rather than entry-level models.

Website: Canon EOS 550D / Digital Rebel T2i Data on DxOMark



 

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#1 m3 ds

Hello
I always like Canon cameras.I have also a digital Canon camera.Its interesting to know about that comparison with other cameras.Thank you for this informative post.

11:48 am - Monday, February 15, 2010

#2 sleekzz singh

wat evr I'm goin 4 canon EOS 550D anyway a better choice thn others. Tnx canon !

8:21 pm - Monday, February 15, 2010

#3 3097 Photography

You can never go wrong with a Canon. I love my 50D! Mark lll next.

2:03 am - Tuesday, February 16, 2010

#4 eos550d

If you haven't see the amazing video that this excellent camera can produced, please find it here (the movie is canon euorope): http://www.eos550d.com/?p=23

2:17 am - Tuesday, February 16, 2010

#5 Sky

"it has to be mentioned that all of these competitors offer lower resolution and most of them are prosumer rather than entry-level models" - First of all, DxO sensor mark takes resolution into account when scoring, so this actually shouldn't be noted. Also it should be noted that 550D has lower score than entry-level cameras on it's price-level or lower, like D5000, A550 or A380.

Let's face it: Canon sensor sux. The best thing it has is high resolution, but even that doesn't help it.

10:27 am - Tuesday, February 16, 2010

#6 Budi

Here are a few observations from using Canon EOS Rebel T2i for the past 2 days:
* RAW files from this camera not supported in OS X yet
* MOV files created will test your computers speed
* MOV files in 1080p will eat up ~330MB/min and use ~15mbit/s bitrate
* Good starter lens, but I can already tell I’ll want something to supplement it
* Great fit and finish
* Very light

11:23 am - Tuesday, March 9, 2010

#7 sleek singh

wat evr guys ... I wu experiment wi canon 550D 2 know its draw backs if any n be happy thr after :D !!!

12:55 pm - Tuesday, March 9, 2010

#8 ee

I am a happy EOS550D user!

3:58 am - Tuesday, April 13, 2010

#9 HANK

@sky:

have u seen real life samples?? dxomark isnt everything it's just one side of the story

1:35 pm - Sunday, May 9, 2010

#10 Bob Wilson

I like the new t2i, but setting the best shot function is a little rough to understand.

9:19 pm - Sunday, May 16, 2010

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