Press Releases - August 24, 2006

Canon’s New EOS Digital Rebel XTi SLR Raises Resolution, Increases Ease, Lowers Cost and Leaves Other Digital SLRs in the Dust LAKE SUCCESS, Aug. 24, 2006 – Canon’s EOS Digital Rebel XT model – the camera that set all time sales records for digital SLRs of any persuasion (supplanting the original Digital Rebel’s claim to that title) – now takes its place alongside of the newest member of the irrepressible Rebel clan: the 10.1 megapixel EOS Digital Rebel XTi SLR camera. For 16 years, the Rebel brand has stood for advanced, sophisticated and easy-to-use. The new Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi camera continues that legacy, taking discriminating photo hobbyists, enthusiasts, advanced amateurs and SLR aficionados to places digital dreams are made of…and more economically than ever before. “The EOS Digital Rebel XTi camera continues to lead the way with impressive innovations and an array of advancements simply not found on other digital SLRs in the sub-$1,000 price-range,” stated Yukiaki Hashimoto, senior vice president and general manager of the consumer imaging group at Canon USA, Inc. “Canon technology is born of inspiration, imagination and our passion to help photographers make the best pictures possible. Nowhere is the combination of undeniable quality and value more evident than on this new EOS Digital Rebel XTi camera.” In stores mid-September, the EOS Digital Rebel XTi camera is offered in both sleek brushed silver patina and “pro” matte black finishes. It is available in two kit configurations: with and without Canon’s high quality EF-S 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 zoom lens. The EOS Digital Rebel XTi camera will be available for an estimated selling price $899* with the zoom lens kit, while the body only kit will carry and estimated selling price of $799*. In order to maintain an appropriate pricing structure, the Digital Rebel XT model will carry an adjusted estimated selling price of $799* with the zoom lens kit and $699* for the body only kit. No mere intermediate upgrade, this new EOS Digital Rebel XTi SLR continues Canon’s combination of imaging excellence, intuitive ease of use and affordability. Indeed the EOS XTi Digital SLR camera now leads the Digital Rebel revolution with such marquee features as its higher 10.1 megapixel resolution; refined and redesigned Canon CMOS sensor; larger, easier to read 2.5 inch display screen (along with simplified and streamlined menu navigation), and the remarkable EOS Integrated Cleaning System, a self-cleaning image sensor unit/dust removal system that is available on no other camera of any make, at any price. Despite the addition of these and other imaging improvements – including Canon’s fast, high-precision 9-point autofocus system and a new maximum burst rate in large/fine and raw quality modes that – at three frames per second – is double the capability of the Digital Rebel XT SLR, The EOS Digital Rebel XTi SLR makes its debut at a price point that is $100 less than its top-selling sibling was at its introduction and hundreds of dollars less than other SLR cameras and camera kits in its class. CMOS Sensor-tivity At the heart of the Rebel XTi SLR’s high-resolution image capability is its large, single plate, CMOS color image sensor. Designed and manufactured by Canon specifically for the Rebel XTi SLR, this highly responsive sensor’s 10.1 million pixels are fractionally smaller than the pixels in the 8 megapixel Rebel XT model, yet deliver markedly improved resolution, enabling the sensor to capture more image information. This results not simply in the ability to generate larger images, but also permits details from cropped images to be rendered with higher image quality than cropped images from lower resolution sensors. At 22.2 x 14.8 mm in size, this new CMOS sensor maintains the 1.6x conversion ratio found on many other members of the EOS Digital SLR line including the Rebel XT and the EOS 30D models. Inherently more efficient than CCD type image sensors, Canon CMOS sensors significantly reduce image noise levels by converting light values to electrical signals on the chip rather than having them converted elsewhere in the camera. The Rebel XTi SLR’s CMOS sensor goes further still, maintaining an exceptional dynamic range while reducing the noise level that one might typically expect for a pixel size delivering such high resolution. Canon engineers and designers achieved this breakthrough in sensor design by reducing the space between the chip’s microlenses while at the same time increasing the sensitivity of each photodiode. As a result, the camera achieves 20 percent greater resolution than an eight-megapixel sensor with comparable noise reduction and dynamic range. The Digital Rebel XTi SLR also continues the long-standing tradition of featuring a wide range of ISO settings (100 –1600) with the ability to “float” to any intermediate step along that range in fully automatic modes while allowing the user to set the ISO manually at full step intervals in the camera’s creative modes. The Dust Free Zone Beautiful, high-res images marred by the presence of ugly high-res dust spots can be cause for painstaking, time consuming photo retouching (with varying degrees of success). Canon takes the quest for imaging excellence and easier camera maintenance a unified giant step forward with its new, two-tiered dust removal technology called the EOS Integrated Cleaning System, available only on the EOS Rebel XTi camera. While real world shooting rarely achieves “clean-room” standards, Canon has gone out of its way to design the XTi model to first create or attract no dust. Canon begins by minimizing the dust and particles created by the camera itself, by reformulating the materials used in the body cap and shutter to materials more resistant to particle “fall out” due to normal use and wear. Canon also treats the camera’s low pass filter with an anti-static charge to prevent static-charged dust from adhering to it. Still, recognizing that humidity and a variety of real world conditions can cause dust to enter and adhere to the sensor or low pass filter despite the most scrupulous of efforts, Canon created the Self Cleaning Sensor Unit. The low pass filter on the front of the CMOS sensor is attached to an ultrasonic vibrating unit that literally shakes the loose dust particles off of the surface. The newly liberated dust is then captured by an adhesive material that keeps the particles from becoming airborne again once the camera moves. The self cleaning sensor unit’s ultrasonic anti-dust shake activates automatically for one second whenever the camera is powered on or off, ensuring that the camera will be as relatively dust free as possible and can be activated at other times through a simple menu selection. Despite the ingenuity behind the Self Cleaning Sensor Unit there are occasions when dust particles of a stickier nature are not vibrated free of the low pass filter. In these situations, the Dust Delete Data function can be engaged. Simply put, by aiming the camera at a white wall or even a white piece of paper (or, in a pinch, removing the lens from the camera) the Dust Delete Data function will map the size and position of the dust particles remaining on the low pass filter. Once the dust is “mapped”, that information is attached as metadata to all subsequently shot images regardless of recording format, RAW or JPEG. When the images and appended dust data map are transferred to a computer using the Rebel XTi’s new Digital Photo Professional software, the dust information can be subtracted from the images simply by selecting the “apply dust delete data” option. Users can update the Dust Delete Data at any time via controls found in the Rebel XTi’s LCD menu. Bigger and Brighter: XTi Model’s Brilliant LCD Monitor Among the decidedly user-friendly enhancements built in to the new Digital Rebel XTi is the 2.5 inch, 230,000 pixel color TFT LCD monitor with its wide, 160 degree viewing angle. The envy of the EOS digital SLR line, this new screen features a viewing area that is nearly twice as large as the Rebel XT model’s 1.8 –inch monitor, and offers six brightness settings for easy viewing of images and menu options in a wide range of lighting conditions. Indeed, this brilliant monitor is approximately 40% brighter at its maximum setting than screens found on the top-tier EOS-1D Mark II N, EOS 5D and EOS 30D digital SLRs. The monitor is also the new home for all camera settings information. This was previously housed on a separate LCD. This new configuration allows for more information and larger font & icons in one easy-to-view area. The monitor is even intuitive enough to automatically (and temporarily) turn the display off when the camera is raised up to the user’s eye. This feature not only saves valuable battery life but also avoid subjecting the user to distracting screen brightness when looking through the viewfinder. For maximum battery life, the LCD display can be shut off manually as well. Picture Style Optimizes Images In keeping with this new, bigger, brighter monitor is the Rebel XTi SLR’s redesigned menu, made bolder, easier to read and easier to navigate. Notable among the expanded info screen menu features offered for the first time on a Digital Rebel camera are the RGB histogram and the Picture Style functions first introduced on the Canon EOS-1D Mark II N, EOS 5D cameras and most recently added to the EOS 30D’s imaging arsenal. With Picture Style, users can more easily select presets for sharpening, contrast, saturation, and color tone that most closely reflect their needs and intent for a particular picture. Similar to selecting the film type in order to achieve a desired result, the Picture Style feature offers six setting choices—Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Neutral, Faithful and Monochrome—with an additional three user defined settings available. Fast Focus Also migrating to the Rebel XTi camera from the upper reaches of the EOS Digital SLR line is Canon’s flexible folder management system with capability to store 9,999 images in a folder as well as manual creation of new folders and perhaps most importantly, the same high precision 9-point Autofocus sensor and AF unit found on the EOS 30D SLR. Like its Digital Rebel predecessors, the EOS Digital Rebel XTi camera is equipped with Canon’s standard EOS EF lens mount making it compatible with Canon’s complete line of EF lenses as well as the EF-S line of lenses created specifically for the EOS 20D, and EOS 30D prosumer digital SLRs, and the EOS Digital Rebel models. While the Digital Rebel XTi offers the same fast 3 frames per second as the Digital Rebel XT model, the burst rate in Large/Fine JPEG and Raw settings has nearly doubled, from 14 eight- megapixel JPEG images and five eight- megapixel RAW images on the Rebel XT model to 27 10.1 megapixel JPEGS and ten 10.1 megapixel RAW images on the new Rebel XTi camera. CANON Software $avings: Bundled and In the Box Purchasers of the EOS Digital Rebel XTi camera or any of Canon’s digital SLRs are never faced with extra-cost software to make the camera perform to its full capabilities. Rather, Canon continues its long-standing tradition of including “in the box”, a comprehensive software bundle that includes both the camera’s utility programs and Canon’s Digital Photo Professional software (presently in version 2.2). Compatible with both Mac OS X and Windows XP operating systems** formats, the Digital Photo Pro software assists users with everything from image transfer and viewing, image enhancement and editing, RGB image editing functions, image noise reduction, viewing, processing and editing of RAW images, Direct Print functions and Canon’s groundbreaking new Dust Delete Data functions. The EOS Technological Legacy The EOS Digital Rebel XTi camera maintains the top-tier technologies that have helped power the EOS line of digital SLRs to the forefront of the industry and the marketplace. These include Canon’s power efficient DIGIC II Image Processor and E-TTL II, Canon’s evaluative-through the lens exposure control that ensures optimal exposure even in difficult lighting conditions. About Canon U.S.A., Inc. Canon U.S.A., Inc. delivers consumer, business-to-business, and industrial imaging solutions. The Company is listed as one of Fortune's Most Admired Companies in America and is rated #35 on the BusinessWeek list of "Top 100 Brands." Its parent company Canon Inc. (NYSE:CAJ) is a top patent holder of technology, ranking second overall in the U.S. in 2005, with global revenues of $31.8 billion. For more information, visit www.usa.canon.com.

EOS Digital Rebel XTi / EOS 400D Specifications
Type	Digital AF/AE SLR with built-in flash
Recording Medium	CompactFlash (CF) Card Type I & II
Image Format	0.87 x 0.58 in./22.2 x 14.8mm (APS-C size sensor)
Compatible Lenses	Canon EF and EF-S lenses
Lens Mount	Canon EF mount
Lens Focal Length Conversion Factor*	1.6x
Image Sensor
Type	High-Sensitivity, high-resolution, single-plate, CMOS sensor
Pixels	Approx. 10.10 megapixels
Total Pixels	Approx. 10.50 megapixels
Aspect Ratio	3:2 (Horizontal : Vertical)
Color Filter System	RGB primary color filters
Low-pass Filter	Fixed position in front of the CMOS sensor
Recording System
Recording Format	JPEG, RAW, and RAW+JPEG simultaneous recording provided. The RAW and JPEG images are saved as separate files in the CF card.
Image Format	JPEG, RAW (Canon .CR2)
File Size	(1) Large/Fine: Approx. 3.8MB (3,888 x 2,592) (2) Large/Normal: Approx. 2.0MB (3,888 x 2,592) (3) Medium/Fine: Approx. 2.3MB (2,816 x 1,880) (4) Medium/Normal: Approx. 1.2MB (2,816 x 1,880) (5) Small/Fine: Approx. 1.3MB (1,936 x 1,288) (6) Small/Normal: Approx. 0.7MB (1,936 x 1,288) (7) RAW: Approx. 9.8MB (3,888 x 2,592)
Folders	Automatic folder creation; up to 9,999 images per folder (new folder created when the file number reaches 9999)
File Numbering	(1) Continuous numbering (2) Auto reset (3) Manual reset (the image numbering is reset to 0001, a new folder is created where subsequent images are saved)
Color Space	Selectable between sRGB and Adobe RGB
Interface	USB 2.0 Hi-Speed, mini-B port. NTSC/PAL for video output
White Balance
Settings	Auto, Preset (Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten Light, White Fluorescent Light, Flash), Manual (Custom, or user-set Color Temperature)
Auto White Balance	Auto white balance with the image sensor
Color Temperature Compensation	White balance bracketing: +/- stops in 1-stop increments White balance correction: blue/amber bias +/- 9 levels, magenta/green bias +/- 9 levels
Viewfinder
Type	Eye-level SLR with pentamirror
Coverage	Approx. 95% horizontally and vertically
Magnification	0.8x (-1 dpt with 50mm lens at infinity)
Eyepoint	Approx. 21mm
Dioptric Adjustment Correction	-3.0 to +1.0 diopter
Mirror	Quick-return half mirror (Transmission: reflection ratio of 40:60)
Viewfinder Information	AF (AF points, focus confirmation light), Exposure (shutter speed, aperture, exposure level, AE lock, exposure compensation, AEB level, bulb), Flash (flash ready, red-eye reduction lamp on, high-speed sync, FE lock, FEB shooting, flash exposure compensation, insufficient flash warning during FE lock), White balance correction, Maximum burst, CF card full warning, CF card error warning, No CF card warning
Depth-of-Field Preview	Enabled with depth-of-field preview button (with Speedlite 580EX, 430EX, MR-14EX or MT-24EX; pressing the depth-of-field preview button fires a modeling flash)
Eyepiece Shutter	None (eyepiece cover provided on strap)
Autofocus
Type	TTL-CT-SIR with CMOS sensor
AF Points	9 AF points
AF Working Range	EV -0.5-18 (ISO 100 at 73°F/23°C)
Focusing Modes	Autofocus: One-Shot AF, Predictive AI Servo AF, AI Focus AF (automatic switching between One-Shot/Predictive AI Servo AF); Manual Focus (MF)
AF Point Selection	Automatic selection, Manual AF point selection
Selected AF Point Display	Superimposed on viewfinder and LCD monitor
AF-assist Beam	Intermittent firing of built-in flash (Emitted automatically when necessary under low light, and linked to all 9 AF points. Not emitted in the Landscape, Sports and Flash OFF modes)
Exposure Control
Metering Modes	Max. aperture TTL metering with 35-zone SPC (1) Evaluative metering (linked to all AF points) (2) Partial metering (approx. 9% at center of viewfinder) (3) Center-weighted average metering
Metering Range	EV 1-20 (ISO 100 at 73°F/23°C with EF 50mm f/1.4 USM lens)
Exposure Control Systems	Program AE (shiftable), Shutter-priority AE, Aperture-priority AE, Auto Depth-of-field AE (non-shiftable), Full auto (Program AE, non-shiftable), Programmed image control modes, Manual exposure (including bulb), E-TTL II autoflash program AE
ISO Speed Range	Basic Zone: automatically set by the camera Creative Zone: equivalent to ISO 100-1,600
Exposure Compensation	(1) User-set with multi-controller (2) AEB (Auto Exposure Bracketing) Bracketing range: +/- 2 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments
AE Lock	Auto: Applied in One-Shot AF mode with evaluative metering when focus is achieved User-set: Applied with AE lock button
Shutter
Type	Vertical-travel, mechanical, focal-plane shutter with all speeds electronically controlled
Shutter Speeds	1/4000 to 30 sec. (1/3- and 1/2-stop increments), X-sync at 1/200 sec. Shutter durability: Approx. 100,000 exposures
Shutter Release	Soft-touch electomangetic release; shutter "lag time" approx. 100 msec.
Self-timer	10 sec. delay, 2 sec. delay with C.Fn-7-1 (mirror lockup)
Remote Control	Remote control with Remote Switch RS-60E3 or Wireless Remote Controllers RC-1/RC-5
Built-in Flash
Type	Auto pop-up, retractable, built-in flash in the pentaprism
Guide Number	43 ft./13m (ISO 100)
Recycling Time	Approx. 3 sec.
Flash-ready Indicator	Flash-ready indicator lights in viewfinder
Flash Coverage	17mm lens focal length (equivalent to 27mm in 135 format)
Flash Metering System	E-TTL II autoflash
Flash Exposure Compensation	+/-2 stops in 1/3- and 1/2-stop increments
External Speedlite
EOS External Flash or Dedicated Speedlites	E-TTL II autoflash with EX Series Speedlites
PC Terminal	Provided; not sensitive to flash polarity
Drive System
Drive Modes	Single, Continuous, Self-timer/Remote control
Continuous Shooting Speed	Approx. 3 fps (at shutter speed of 1/250 sec. or faster)
Max. Burst During Continuous Shooting	JPEG: approx. 27 frames (Large/Fine) RAW: approx. 10 frames RAW+JPEG: approx. 8 frames (Large/Fine)
LCD Monitor
Type	TFT color, liquid-crystal monitor
Screen Monitor size	2.5 in. diagonal with a viewing angle of approx. 160° vertically and horizontally
Pixels	Approx. 230,000 pixels
Coverage	Approx. 100%
Brightness Control	7 levels provided
Playback
Image Display Format	Single image, 9-image index, Magnified zoom (approx. 1.5x to 10x), Auto play, Auto review right after shooting, Histogram, Rotate, Jump
Highlight Alert	In the single image (INFO) display mode, the highlight portions containing no image information will blink
Image Protection and Erase
Protection	A single image can be protected or unprotected
Erase	A single image or all images stored in a CF card can be erased if they are unprotected
Direct Printing from the Camera	Enabled with the Print/Share button
Compatible Printers	CP and SELPHY Compact Photo Printers, PIXMA Photo Printers and PictBridge compatible printers (via USB Interface Cable IFC-400PCU)
Settings	Print quantity, style (image, paper size, borders, date), trimming
New Features
Dust Delete Feature	(1) Auto Sensor Cleaning (2) Dust Delete Data (3) Manual Sensor Cleaning
Picture Style	Six preset Picture Style settings plus three user-defined custom Picture style settings with individual adjustments for Sharpness, Contrast, Color saturation, 2nd Color tone; Filter effect, Toning effect for black & white images
Menus
Menu Categories	Shooting menu: red Playback menu: blue Setup menu: yellow
LCD Monitor Language	15 languages provided (English, German, French, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Japanese)
Firmware Update	Enabled by the user
Power Source
Battery	One Battery Pack NB-2LH
Number of Shots	Approx. 500 (73°F/23°C, flash off), approx. 370 (32°F/0°C, flash off) The above figures comply with CIPA testing standards and apply when a fully-charged Battery Pack NB-2LH is used.
Battery Check	Automatic
Power Saving	provided; power turns off after set time of 30 sec., 1, 2, 4, 8, 15 min. or off
Back-up Battery	One CR2016 Lithium Battery
Dimensions and Weight
Dimensions (W x H x D)	4.98 x 3.71 x 2.56 in./126.5 x 94.2 x 65mm
Weight	18 oz./510g (body only)
Operating Environment
Operating Temperature Range	32-104°F/0-40°C
Operating Humidity Range	85% or less
	Note: Note: All the specifications above are based on Canon's Standard Test Method. The camera's specifications and physical appearance are subject to change without notice.

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