The Canon Rebel XTi/400D is a very capable camera and now we got the new Rebel XSi/450D.

There are a lot of new features packed into this camera:

• 12MP: This is the least exciting improvement. We do not favor the Megapixel war, dictated by marketing. But on the other side this camera seems to show that Canon can get more pixels while keeping image quality (see later).
• Live View: This is so far the most complete Live View implementation in any Canon camera. We won't want to miss this new Live View.
  • It makes focusing in Live View possible. We actually use the Quick Mode: the camera flips the mirror down and uses the usual AF camera mode. The second method does not require the mirror to flip down and uses the same contrast method implemented in digicams. This unfortunately is quite slow.
  • Live view features a full color channel histogram to tune exposure
• 3" LCD
• Improved larger Viewfinder view
• Highlight Priority Mode
• 14-bit RAW files

You can read the diary here.