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Product name

Canon EOS 1000D

Olympus E-420

Nikon D60

Canon EOS 450D

Sony Alpha DSLR-A350

Editors' ratings

(How we rate) 		72 out of 10 7.2
Very good 		70 out of 10 7
Very good 		75 out of 10 7.5
Excellent 		78 out of 10 7.8
Excellent 		72 out of 10 7.2
Very good

Review Summary

The EOS 1000D may be a good camera for beginners, but they'll soon crave other useful features such as spot-metering and high ISO sensitivity that this shooter doesn't provide.

The Olympus E-420 is a good beginner's dSLR with an extremely compact footprint that should go well with travelers. Just don't expect any fancy features for this budget model.

Despite modest improvements in performance and a couple of new features, Nikon's D60 fails to impress and costs more than some competing models.

It doesn't stand out for its feature set or design, but the Canon EOS Rebel XSi delivers on performance and photo quality.

Unless you're prepared to spend a disproportionate amount of money on a really good lens, the resolution bump offered by the Sony Alpha DSLR-A350 isn't worth the price.

User ratings

  7.7
Excellent
(from 3 users) 		 9
Spectacular
(from 2 users) 		 8
Excellent
(from 2 users) 		 7
Very good
(from 5 users) 		 9
Spectacular
(from 2 users)

List price

 N/A List price as of Jul 14, 2008:
S$999 		N/A List price as of Apr 8, 2008:
S$1499 		List price as of May 14, 2008:
S$1199

  Basic product specifications


 

Price

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Camera type

 Digital SLR Digital SLR Digital SLR Digital SLR Digital SLR

Color options

 Black Info unavailable Black Black Black

Dimensions

 Info unavailable 129.5 x 91 x 53 mm 126 x 94 x 64 mm 128.8 x 97.5 x 61.9 mm 130.8 x 98.5 x 74.7 mm

Weight

 450 g 380 g 495 g 475 g 582 g

Resolution

 10.1 megapixels 10 megapixels 10.2 megapixels 12.2 megapixels 14.2 megapixels

Photodetectors (effective)

 10.1 million 10 million 10.2 million 12.2 million 14.2 million

Zoom range

 By lens Info unavailable By lens By lens By lens

Digital zoom

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Light sensitivity (auto)

 Info unavailable Info unavailable 100, 1600, 3200 ISO 100, 200, 400, 800 ISO 100, 3200 ISO

White balance (new)

 Info unavailable Info unavailable Info unavailable Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Custom, Shade, Flash Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Custom, Shade, Flash

Focusing

 7-point AF Info unavailable Single servo AF; continuous servo AF; auto-servo AF; manual focus AI focus, one shot, AI servo Single-shot AF, Automatic AF, Continuous AF

LCD size (new)

 2.5 inch 2.7 inch 2.5 inch 3 inch 2.7 inch

Viewfinder type

 Info unavailable Info unavailable Info unavailable Pentamirror Pentamirror

Type of flash

 Pop-up Pop-up Pop-up Pop-up Pop-up

Optical image stabilizer

 Info unavailable Info unavailable Info unavailable Info unavailable Yes

Connection (new)

 USB USB, PictBridge USB USB, PictBridge Info unavailable

Battery type(s) (new)

 Lithium Info unavailable Info unavailable Lithium Info unavailable

Storage type(s)

 Secure Digital, Secure Digital HC CompactFlash Type I, CompactFlash Type II, xD-Picture Card, Microdrive Secure Digital, Secure Digital HC Secure Digital, Secure Digital HC CompactFlash Type I, CompactFlash Type II, Memory Stick PRO Duo, Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo, Microdrive

Still image capture speed

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Max. image resolution (new)

 Info unavailable 3648 x 2736 3872 x 2592 4272 x 2848 Info unavailable

Digital video capture

 No Info unavailable No No No

Digital video format (new)

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Max video resolution (new)

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Face recognition

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Service/Support

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See full specifications

Canon EOS 1000D

Olympus E-420

Nikon D60

Canon EOS 450D

Sony Alpha DSLR-A350

 

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