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This is a basic feature listing for the Canon EOS 500N / Rebel G / New Kiss.
Canon EOS 500N / Rebel G / New Kiss:
Cheap, lightweight and cheerful. This camera is a modern computerized SLR stripped down to its basics. A small step up from the EOS 500/Rebel/Kiss it replaced, it allowed more control over focus points and introduced E-TTL flash support.
Canon EOS 500N / Rebel G / New Kiss Camera medium type 35mm film European/Australasian name EOS 500N North American name EOS Rebel G Japanese name New EOS Kiss Asian name EOS 500N Date introduced September 1996 Date discontinued Marketing position when introduced Bottom of SLR lineup Physical body Canon EOS 500N / Rebel G / New Kiss Body type and material Plastic Body build quality Inexpensive Body colour Black or silver/black Lens mount type Canon EF Lens mount material Polycarbonate plastic Dimensions (width, height, depth) 145 x 92 x 62mm Relative size Small Weight 370g Weatherproofing None Flash weatherproofing with supported flash units Exposure settings Canon EOS 500N / Rebel G / New Kiss Basic (icon) modes Full auto, portrait, landscape, macro, sports and night scene Program AE (P), aperture priority (Av), shutter speed priority (Tv), and manual (M) modes P, Av, Tv, M, A-DEP Metering types Evaluative, partial, centre-weighted averaging iFCL: Dual layer (red/green and green/blue) metering sensor Manual selection of metering types No. Metering type determined by shooting mode used. Evaluative metering zones 6 Partial metering size 9.5% Spot metering size n/a Multi-spot metering No Manual exposure metering No Manual exposure metering display Simulated matchneedle Metering (not autofocus) range at 20°C, ISO 100 EV 2-20 DEP or A-DEP A-DEP Shiftable DEP mode No Exposure setting increments 1/2 stop increments Exposure compensation increments 1/2 stop increments Auto-exposure (AE) lock Single-shot AE/AF lock retention (keep shutter release halfway) Multiple exposures Yes; up to 9 exposures Auto exposure bracketing (AEB) +/- 2 EV in 1/2 stop increments Tv/Av safety shift to reduce overexposure ISO safety shift Camera shake warning Stop-down metering for manual-only lenses ISO (film speed/sensor sensitivity) Canon EOS 500N / Rebel G / New Kiss Manual ISO range ISO 6-6400 DX-encoded ISO range (film only) ISO 25-5000 Automatic ISO selection in icon modes (digital only) Always displays ISO setting in viewfinder Dedicated ISO button Displays ISO setting in viewfinder when ISO button pressed Digital image processing Canon EOS 500N / Rebel G / New Kiss Highlight tone priority (D+) Auto lighting optimizer High ISO speed noise reduction Peripheral illumination correction Peripheral illumination correction database Ambience effect Creative filters Focus Canon EOS 500N / Rebel G / New Kiss Autofocus points 3 | + | Additional “invisible” AF points No Cross sensors 1 Autofocus modes One-shot and predictive AI Servo Autofocus point expansion (verifies surrounding points if AF cannot be achieved) Zone autofocus (enables multiple points as a cluster) Spot (reduced area of points) autofocus Manual selection of AF modes No AF limit of linear sensors 5.6 High precision limit of cross sensor(s) Focus point illumination Yes Autofocus speed Slow Eye control focus (ECF) No Autofocus beep confirmation Can be turned off AE lock button can lock focus separately (sometimes known as CF 4) No Dedicated rear-panel autofocus start (AF-ON) button Low-light autofocus abilities (AF working range) at 20°C, ISO 100 EV 1.5 - 18 (poor) Manual autofocus micro-adjustment IS (image stabilization) compatible The viewfinder may shake slightly after photo taken if IS is engaged. This is distracting but does not affect the image. With AF off IS may disengage. Teleconverter (TC) compatible Tilt-shift (TS-E) lens compatible EF-25 (25mm extension tube) compatible Yes Autofocus Assist Canon EOS 500N / Rebel G / New Kiss Body integral patterned red autofocus assist light No Incandescent white AF assist light Yes Pulses built-in flash annoyingly to serve as AF assist light No Can use external Speedlite AF assist Yes Can disable internal AF assist Can disable Speedlite AF assist No Can disable internal and Speedlite AF assists independently Flash support Canon EOS 500N / Rebel G / New Kiss Maximum flash sync shutter speed (X-sync) 1/90 sec Type A or Type B camera body Type A camera (E-TTL flash metering) TTL flash metering Yes TTL flash metering zones 3 A-TTL flash metering Yes E-TTL flash metering Yes E-TTL II flash metering No FP (high speed sync) mode Yes Built-in flash unit Yes Guide number of built-in flash (metres, ISO 100) 12 Maximum coverage of built-in flash Built-in flash can auto pop-up Yes Built-in flash can auto lower No Built-in flash has zoomable flash head No Built-in flash zoom detents Tall built-in flash No Manual output control of built-in flash MULTI (stroboscopic) mode for built-in flash Wireless E-TTL No Built-in flash can serve as wireless E-TTL controller Supports wireless E-TTL group C when using built-in flash as master Wireless E-TTL ratios No Flash exposure compensation (FEC) for internal flash No FEC for external flash No FEC scale in viewfinder No Flash exposure lock (FEL) button No FEL icon in viewfinder Supports Speedlite modelling light No Flash exposure bracketing (FEB) No Can communicate digital subframe size to flash unit Menu control over external Speedlites (with compatible flash units) Can control flash unit custom functions (with compatible flash units) Auto fill-flash can be disabled No Flash hotshoe painted or bare metal PC (studio flash) socket built in No Supports high voltage (maximum 250 volts; not 6) studio flash No Supports second-curtain sync Yes Second-curtain sync custom function No Redeye reduction lamp Yes Viewfinder Canon EOS 500N / Rebel G / New Kiss Viewfinder quality Poor Eye level pentaprism/pentamirror Roof mirror Viewfinder coverage of frame 90% Viewfinder magnification (-1.0 dioptre w/ 50mm lens at infinity) 0.7x Built-in dioptric adjustment Fixed -1 dioptre Eyepoint Eyepiece shutter No Viewfinder display information Default viewfinder focus screens Viewfinder proximity sensor (turns off LCD when using viewfinder) FEC scale on side of image in viewfinder No On-demand grid in optical viewfinder Interchangeable viewfinder focus screens Not interchangeable Depth of field preview Shutter and mirror Canon EOS 500N / Rebel G / New Kiss Maximum shutter speed 1/2000 sec Minimum shutter speed 30 sec Bulb mode Yes Camera maximum aperture range (available aperture range is lens dependent) Shutter release lag time Shutter life expectancy Mirror blackout time Fixed pellicle mirror No Active mirror control No Rotary magnet (low power) shutter No Mirror lockup No Mirror prefire (sort of lockup) No Self-timer Yes; 10 sec Continuous (multiple shot) self-timer Built-in intervalometer (interval timer) No Intervalometer through external computer interface No Film motor drive Canon EOS 500N / Rebel G / New Kiss Motor drive speed (frames per second) 3 fps Framerate with booster Motor drive sound Supports mid-roll rewind Yes Custom function to leave the leader out on rewind No Film winding type - standard or prewind Prewind Other film-related features Canon EOS 500N / Rebel G / New Kiss Interchangeable backs Not interchangeable Date-printing back Fake panorama masking Japanese version only Optional leader-out rewind No Barcode reader for loading shooting modes No Computer interface for recording shooting data No Data printing on film leader (frame zero) No Compatible with high-speed infrared film No Body and controls Canon EOS 500N / Rebel G / New Kiss Rear (quick control) dial No Customizable function (C) mode dial setting No Lockable top-deck mode dial (press to turn) Rear cursor buttons No Multi-controller joystick No Multi-controller built into rear dial M.Fn button by shutter release button Film transport and metering controls operable by feel (lever position) No Power-on time Batteries Two CR123A lithium Battery charger AC adapter Official shooting capacity per charge Battery increments in LCD Backup battery (for date/time, etc) Battery door Wired remote socket E3 type (2.5mm stereo minijack) Compatible wired remotes Canon Remote Switch RS-60E3 and many E3 (2.5mm minijack) third-party remotes Compatible with RC-1, RC-5 wireless remotes No Tripod socket aligned to centre line of lens mount Tripod socket material Backlit topdeck standard LCD No Standard LCD size and position Right side of top deck Secondary LCD Standard top-deck mode dial Handgrip GR-80TP Grip Extension (contains mini tripod) and Battery Power Pack BP-8 (contains AA cells) Optional case Custom functions Personal functions Canon EOS 500N / Rebel G / New Kiss User-contributed reviews.
Canon EOS 500N / Rebel G / New Kiss
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Product names
A note about names. The reason certain camera bodies may have multiple names is because Canon often use different model names for different regional markets. This usually applies only to consumer and some midrange products, and mainly to the USA and Japan. Whereas the international name is usually just a number or number/letter combination, the USA name will often be some cool or tough-sounding name such as “Rebel”. Canon Japan, on the other hand, typically use cute marketing names such as “Kiss” for their consumer products. Under certain rare circumstances there may be actual differences between the differently named products. For example, Japanese versions of the product may support wireless remotes whereas other versions may not.
In addition, note that date-back equipped versions of many film bodies are and were available, often with QD (quartz date) or DATE added to their product names. Japanese versions of consumer and midrange film cameras, however, almost always have date printing as a standard feature.
I generally organize the information by the European/Australasian name, since it’s usually a logical numeric system. Basically, the fewer the digits the more expensive the camera. Thus the 1000 cameras are consumer, the 100 cameras are advanced amateur, the 10, 5 and 3 cameras are semi-professional and the 1 cameras are professional. The terms “consumer” and “professional” aren’t judgement terms here - just Canon’s descriptions of the market segments to which the cameras are aimed.
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