Product Description
For good photographs, quick and easy, there’s nothing higher than Canon’s new EOS Insurgent XS. With highly effective options together with a ten.1-megapixel CMOS sensor, Canon’s DIGIC III processor, quick capturing and extra, it is a digital powerhouse. With easy, easy-to-use controls, a compact design, a 2.5-inch LCD monitor, and Stay View Operate, it is a newbie’s dream come true.
Canon EOS Insurgent XS Highlights
10.1-megapixel CMOS sensor 10.1-megapixel CMOS sensor Canonยs CMOS (complementary steel oxide semiconductor) sensor captures pictures with distinctive readability and tonal vary, and presents essentially the most pixels in its class. It presents most of the similar new applied sciences first seen in Canonยs skilled EOS-1D Mark III to maximise every pixel’s mild gathering effectivity. Itยs an APS-C measurement sensor (22.2 x 14.8mm), and there is an efficient 1.6x enhance within the lensยs marked focal size when hooked up. Canonยs DIGIC III Picture Processor dramatically enhances picture high quality and hurries up all digicam operations for intuitive operation. It really works in live performance with the EOS Insurgent XSยs sensor to attain unprecedented ranges of efficiency in all lighting conditions.
DIGIC III Picture Processor Developed to maximise efficiency between the seize and recording phases of digital images, the EOS Insurgent XSยs DIGIC III Picture Processor works hand in hand with Canonยs CMOS sensor to attain even larger ranges of efficiency. Your entire digital system is completely redesigned, giving the digicam its unbelievable mixture of pace and picture high quality. Digital noise is considerably decreased in shadow areas, and shade replica is superior.
Auto Lighting Optimizer in motion Auto Lighting Optimizer The EOS Insurgent XSยs Auto Lighting Optimizer is one more image-quality software that involves the rescue in difficult lighting circumstances. It will possibly truly lighten darkish areas of a scene whereas guaranteeing that shiny areas keep tonal element. As well as, it may enhance distinction in “flat” lighting, akin to overcast days. Itยs now accessible in all capturing modes, together with P, Television, Av, and Guide.
Image Fashion settings With the EOS Insurgent XSยs Image Fashion expertise, photographers can change the look of their digital pictures. Shade, saturation, sharpness and distinction settings create noticeable variation within the saved picture. Altering a Image Fashion setting is nearly like a 35mm movie consumer switching from one sort of shade movie to a different. Along with six preset Image Fashion settings, Canon presents extra downloadable “Image Fashion Information” that may be put in into your digicam for much more imaging choices at your fingertips.
Excessive-speed, wide-area 7-point AF with middle cross-type sensors The EOS Insurgent XS encompasses a high-speed, extensive space 7-point AF system. It will possibly focus utilizing One-Shot AF mode, AI Focus AF, AI Servo AF and Guide. The middle, cross-type focus level operates flawlessly in lower-light and lower-contrast settings. In Stay View Operate, the EOS Insurgent XS can focus manually, with 5x or 10x magnification for focusing readability.
Seize as much as 3 frames/second Glorious efficiency with 3.0 fps steady capturing The EOS Insurgent XS operates with such easy pace that operation is nothing in need of intuitive. With instantaneous startup occasions, speedy autofocus and minimal shutter lag, the EOS Insurgent XS is likely one of the quickest cameras accessible at present. It will possibly shoot as much as 3.0 fps (frames per second), in bursts of as much as 514 JPEGs or 5 RAW recordsdata, so you will by no means, ever miss a shot.
Massive 2.5-inch LCD monitor with Stay View Operate The EOS Insurgent XS has a shiny 2.5-inch TFT LCD monitor with 230,000 pixels and a viewing angle of 170 levels. Itยs good for Stay View composition or viewing digicam settings like AF, ISO, Metering, AF Level choice and flash choices. And the utmost brightness of the EOS Insurgent XSยs LCD monitor is about 30 higher than its predecessor, which is a giant profit once you’re utilizing the digicam in shiny daylight.
Stay View Operate Stay View Operate allows you to view your topics straight on the two.5-inch LCD monitor. Itยs simple to enlarge any a part of the scene 5x or 10x for exact guide focus. And now, there are two methods to make use of Autofocus together with Stay View Operate within the EOS Insurgent XS. You possibly can even select a grid overlay, good for preserving strains in your topic straight in your footage. Within the studio, Stay View Operate can be utilized remotely through a pc by the EOS Insurgent XSยs USB connection, and the included EOS Utility software program.
Fast mode/Stay mode In Stay View Operate, the EOS Insurgent XS has two AF modes: Fast mode, which makes use of the digicamยs customary 7-point AF system, and Stay mode, which is a contrast-based AF system that reads the sharpness of topics proper from the imaging sensor, and will be overridden by urgent the AF mode choice button. A well-known function in PowerShot cameras, Stay mode AF makes use of related applied sciences to attain focus, whereas Fast mode is extra applicable for capturing motion or for capturing in low mild.
The goal space for Stay Mode AF is on the middle by default, however it may be moved round many of the image space with the cross keys on the again of the digicam.
EOS Built-in Cleansing System Photographers who should change lenses in dusty environments will discover the superior Canon EOS Built-in Cleansing System an incredible time saver. Mud that settles on the sensor floor is eliminated utilizing ultrasonic vibration. This Self Cleansing Sensor Unit routine is robotically activated every time the digicam is powered on or off. (It will also be manually activated.) A particular collar positioned across the sensor collects the loosened mud. Mud particles will also be robotically eliminated through software program. By capturing a plain white topic, the photographer can purchase mud place information that’s transmitted together with the picture (whether or not JPEG or RAW). Canon Digital Picture Skilled (DPP) model 3.3 or later software program can be utilized to manually or robotically erase the mud spots. Itยs not one function, itยs a built-in system to reduce the impact of mud in high-resolution digital pictures.
Self Cleansing Sensor Unit A key ingredient of minimizing mud is stopping it from clinging to the entrance floor of the imaging sensor. To fight in opposition to this, the EOS Insurgent XS encompasses a Canon-designed Self Cleansing Sensor Unit. The low-pass filter on the entrance of the sensor shakes off mud robotically with ultrasonic vibrations, eradicating mud from the sensor meeting. The EOS Insurgent XS additionally has a coating on the entrance floor of the low-pass filter, to extend its resistance to mud sticking to the sensor.
Mud Delete Information Detection Mud Delete Information Detection Mud that will nonetheless stay on the entrance of the sensor will also be erased with software program included in Digital Picture Skilled (DPP) Model 3.3 or later software program. A easy take a look at shot of a plain, white object will be taken, utilizing a menu setting. This Mud Delete Information picture is analyzed in-camera, and the placement and measurement of any remaining mud is added to any subsequent footage taken. This information is transmitted together with the picture, whether or not JPEG or RAW, and will be both manually or robotically erased in Canonยs DPP model 3.3 and later software program. This added software program possibility ensures the cleanest attainable picture, good for printing or archiving.
Canon’s lightest and most compact EOS Digital SLR so far (as of July 2008) Measuring 4.96 x 3.8 x 2.4 inches and weighing in at underneath 16 oz., the EOS Insurgent XS is certainly the smallest digital Insurgent ever produced. Its light-weight and compact design doesn’t, nevertheless, omit controls and shows one would count on from an EOS Digital digicam. The EOS Insurgent XS has the complete array of buttons and controls discovered on the Insurgent XSi, plus a 2.5-inch, 230,000-pixel LCD monitor, which is ideal for composing in Stay View mode, or reviewing photographs already recorded onto the digicamยs SD/SDHC reminiscence card.
Suitable with compact SD and SDHC reminiscence playing cards Compact, cheap and accessible in more and more massive capacities, SD and SDHC reminiscence playing cards are an ideal complement to the EOS Insurgent XSยs compact and light-weight physique design.
Suitable with over 60 Canon EF/EF-S lenses and most EOS System equipment
EF & EF-S Lenses The EOS Insurgent XS is suitable with all Canon lenses within the EF and EF-S lineup, starting from ultra-wide angle to tremendous telephoto lenses. Canon lenses make use of superior optical experience and micron-precision engineering to ship unprecedented efficiency in all aspects of the photographic course of. Particular optical applied sciences, akin to Aspherical, ultra-low dispersion, or fluorite components are featured within the universally acclaimed L Collection lenses. And Canonยs Optical Picture Stabilizer expertise is featured in choose lenses to reduce the impact of digicam shake. By Canon lenses, photographers can really maximize the standard and liberating efficiency of the EOS Insurgent XS.
Flash Images The EOS Insurgent XS options the acclaimed E-TTL II flash metering system. With any of the flashes within the EX Speedlite line, E-TTL II gives dependable flash output whether or not capturing fill-in flash footage in daylight, or utilizing flash in complete darkness. With E-TTL II, the very same 35-zone metering sensor used for measuring ambient mild can also be used for flash metering – giving even finer metering command of the picture space. In the event you favor a broader space for flash metering, thereยs a menu setting to vary to “Common” flash metering — the place all the 35-zone space is measured evenly for flash publicity.
The non-compulsory Canon Speedlite 430EX II is the best step-up accent for highly effective flash capturing with the EOS Insurgent XS. It has wonderful flash energy (most information variety of 141 ft./43m at ISO 100), and is the proper strategy to get nice flash footage when you possibly canยt get proper as much as the topic. The 430EX II can also be nice for bounce flash, with its tilting and swiveling flash head. It robotically zooms the flash head to cowl lenses starting from 16mm as much as 105mm or longer with the EOS Insurgent XS. After all, it really works with the digicam to supply full E-TTL II computerized flash publicity. And the 430EX II has a strong AF-assist beam, which permits the digicam to autofocus even in complete darkness on topics so far as 32 ft. from the digicam.
Software program
Canon EOS Digital Resolution Disk (Model 17.0) The EOS Insurgent XS comes bundled with an up to date Canon EOS Digital Resolution Disk, which options highly effective software program packages designed to increase the EOS expertise to the pc. These embody Canonยs ZoomBrowser EX for Home windows (Model 6.1), ImageBrowser for Macintosh OS X (Model 6.1), Digital Picture Skilled (Model 3.3), the completely new Image Fashion Editor (Model 1.0), Canon’s EOS Utility (Model 2.2), RAW Picture Activity (Model 2.8), PhotoStitch, and PTP TWAIN Driver. Every software is designed to good the captured pictures and streamline the digital workflow. ZoomBrowser EX v.6.1 and Digital Picture Skilled v.3.3 for Home windows are suitable with the brand new Home windows Vista working system.
Digital Picture Skilled (Model 3.3) is a picture processing program that allows high-speed RAW picture processing, high-speed previewing for real-time picture adjustment and assist for sRGB, Adobe RGB and Huge Gamut RGB shade areas. As a result of itยs CMS (Shade Administration System) suitable, Digital Picture Skilled permits for straightforward picture structure and printing in Adobe RGB together with Simple-PhotoPrint and PictBridge printers. It additionally options the Mud Delete Information Detection software for cleaner pictures.
EOS Utility (Model 2.3) for Macintosh or Home windows handles the connection between the digicam and laptop, every time theyยre related through USB. It permits distant managed capturing from the pc, handles downloading of pictures from the digicam to the pc, and permits seamless linking to both Canonยs ZoomBrowser/ImageBrowser or Digital Picture Skilled software program as soon as pictures have been copied to the laborious drive. Moreover, itยs used to add settings again right into a USB-connected digicam.
ZoomBrowser EX (Model 6.1) for Home windows and ImageBrowser (Model 6.1) for Mac OS X are the straightforward, user-friendly choices for viewing and modifying of JPEG and even RAW picture recordsdata. Each permit viewing of quite a few forms of pictures together with completed TIFF and BMP recordsdata. Each even have quite a lot of search choices for locating pictures, permit re-naming of single pictures or batches of recordsdata, and provide quite a lot of choices for printing with out utilizing a separate image-editing program.
RAW Picture Activity (Model 2.8) for Home windows/Macintosh This software program is an built-in element of ZoomBrowser EX (Home windows) or ImageBrowser (Mac). It permits processing of RAW pictures from EOS cameras, together with the brand new EOS Insurgent XS, with quite a lot of adjustment prospects. These choices, in addition to the general shade, distinction and “look” of RAW Picture Activity, intently mimic the traits of Canonยs in-camera JPEG processing.
What’s within the Field
Insurgent XS physique, EF-S 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6 IS lens, Eyecup Ef, Huge Strap EW-100DBIII, Video Cable VC-100, USB Interface Cable IFC-200U, Battery Pack LP-E5, Battery Charger LC-E5, EOS Digital Resolution Disk and Instruction Manuals, “Nice Images is Simple” Booklet and “Do Extra with Macro” Booklet
Massive 2.5-inch LCD show; consists of Canon’s EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens
DIGIC III picture processor gives quick, correct picture processing; Stay View Operate
EOS Built-in Cleansing system and Canon-designed Self Cleansing Sensor Unit, plus Mud Delete Information Detection in included software program
Shops pictures on SD/SDHC reminiscence playing cards (not included)
