Canon's original Digital Rebel 300D lit the fuse that started the sub-$1,000 digital-SLR war. With the "DRebel" now in its fifth iteration, it's hard to believe just how far this camera has come. The original DRebel sported a dust-sensitive 6.3MP ...

The real eyebrow-raising feature of the Rebel T1i, though, is its support for 720p and 1080p video modes. While we once believed that DSLRs would never do video, it's now the top checkbox on newer models. The T1i supports 720p at 30fps, but at 1080p ...

Look into the viewfinder of a consumer-grade digital SLR and you'll notice a startling difference compared with a film camera and the same lens: Your view is cropped, in much the same way black bars crop a widescreen movie to fit an older TV. Click ...

Butter-smooth images in low light, no crop factor, and a huge LCD

Soft-touch shutter release feels mush ; skimpy viewfinder info

That "black bar" effect is due to the size of the camera's image sensor. While a normal frame of film is roughly 36x24mm in size, the average consumer digital SLR, such as Canon's EOS 20D or Rebel XT, features a sensor that's about 22.5x15mm. The ...

Nikon's D50, the company's latest foray into the sub-$1,000 digital-SLR category, outstrips most other budget bodies in its class and kicks much point-and-shoot ass. Much of that capability comes from the D50's lineage. The body feels and functions ...

The body is rated for 2.5fps, which sounds slow, but thanks to fast write times, the D50 will shoot almost continuously until your memory card is full (provided you own a fast card, of course). We tested the D50 with a SanDisk Ultra II SD card and ...