If you're into photography, you're familiar with how challenging it can sometimes be to make a crucial equipment decision.
With the Canon Rebel series now offering two compelling products, buyers and potential customers are weighing pros, cons, prices, features and finding themselves a bit unsure about which model to purchase.
Well this article will do its best to assist you, provide information, insight, and hopefully make the decision making process just a little less...
stressful.
Round 1: The Price Tag According to Amazon.
com, the Canon Revel T2i is valued at about $677 and you can purchase it directly from their web site at this price.
The newer, naturally more expensive model, the Tt3i is on at its full/standard retail-selling price of $799.
99-or nearly $800.
What does this mean to you? Well if you're a novice in the field, there's no need to splurge when you can obtain a comparably proficient item in the Canon T2i.
If you want to give it a test drive or simply don't feel comfortable paying that much money, you may able to get a nice deal on a pre-owned model of either on auction sites like eBay.
com.
Round 2: Resolution Both of these models boast and impressive revolution, especially relative to the 15.
1 megapixels of the original t1i model (which in the grand scheme of things ranks fairly high.
) But the Canon T3i and the Canon T2i both exceed the mark with 18 megapixels apiece.
Guess it's wash in that department.
Round 3: The Flash The Canon T3i is victorious when it comes to flash.
The model comes equipped with a pop-up flash mechanism that its predecessor would be benefited from immensely.
Round 4: The Video The Canon T2i features some pretty nice video amenities, such as impressive quality and a more professional rate of frame.
However, the Canon T3i offers similar specifications, with 30 frames per second.
This does trump its predecessor, which works a not too shabby 24 frames per second.
In this field, with the newer model comes better results, and the Canon Rebel t3i takes this cake.
Also-the T3i provides an impressive LCD display for video capturing that brings a little bit more to the table.
Who wins this one? Well like most product comparisons, the answer is anything but cut and dry/black and white/A or B.
The better option depends on your particular needs and circumstances.
If you want a powerful and inexpensive solution that meets your budget and introductory needs, get an older model with competitive specs in the Canon Rebel T2i.
If you need the best of the best with wireless flash control and other advances features, perhaps the Canon Rebel T3i is is more your speed.
It's all about your use, preferences, and personal interests, after all!