The EOS 450D is a 12.2-megapixel digital single-lens reflex camera

Digital single-lens reflex camera

Most digital single-lens reflex cameras are digital cameras that use a mechanical mirror system and pentaprism to direct light from the lens to an optical viewfinder on the back of the camera....

 that is part of the Canon EOS

Canon EOS

The Canon EOS autofocus 35 mm film and digital SLR camera system was introduced in 1987 with the Canon EOS 650 and is still in production as Canon's current DSLR system...

 line of cameras. It is the successor to the EOS 400D/Digital Rebel XTi

Canon EOS 400D

The EOS 400D, called Digital Rebel XTi in North America and EOS Kiss Digital X in Japan, is a mid-range digital single-lens reflex camera introduced by Canon August 24, 2006....

. It was announced on the 23 January 2008 and released in March 2008 and April 2008 in North America. It was superseded by the Canon EOS 500D

Canon EOS 500D

The Canon EOS 500D is a 15.1 megapixel digital single-lens reflex camera, announced by Canon on 25 March, 2009. It was released in May 2009. It is known as the EOS Kiss X3 in Japan, and as the EOS Rebel T1i in North America...

 (Rebel T1i in North America) which was announced on 25 March 2009.

Like its predecessors, it takes EF

Canon EF lens mount

Introduced in 1987, the EF lens mount is the standard lens mount on the Canon EOS family of SLR film and digital cameras. EF stands for "Electro-Focus": automatic focusing on EF lenses is handled by a dedicated electric motor built into the lens...

 and EF-S

Canon EF-S lens mount

The EF-S lens mount is a derivative of the EF lens mount created for a subset of Canon digital single-lens reflex cameras with APS-C sized image sensors. It was released in 2003. Cameras supporting the EF-S mount are backward-compatible with the EF lens mount and, as such, have a flange focal...

 lenses as well as a large selection of EOS system accessories.

Features

• 12.2-megapixel CMOS sensor.
• DIGIC III image processor
• 14-bit analog to digital signal conversion LCD monitor
• Live View
  Live preview
  Live preview is a feature that allows a digital camera's display screen to be used as a viewfinder. This provides a means of previewing framing and other exposure before taking the photograph. In most such cameras, the preview is generated by means of continuously and directly projecting the image...
  
   mode
• Nine-point AF with centre cross-type sensors
• Four metering modes, using 35-zones: spot, partial, center-weighted average, and evaluative metering.
• Built-in flash
• Auto lighting optimiser
• Highlight tone priority
• EOS integrated cleaning system
• sRGB and AdobeRGB colour spaces
• ISO
  Film speed
  Film speed is the measure of a photographic film's sensitivity to light, determined by sensitometry and measured on various numerical scales, the most recent being the ISO system....
  
   100–1600 (separate ISO button feature similar to the Canon EOS-1D professional series)
• Continuous drive up to 3.5  frame/s
  Frame rate
  Frame rate is the frequency at which an imaging device produces unique consecutive images called frames. The term applies equally well to computer graphics, video cameras, film cameras, and motion capture systems...
  
   (53 images (JPEG
  JPEG
  In computing, JPEG . The degree of compression can be adjusted, allowing a selectable tradeoff between storage size and image quality. JPEG typically achieves 10:1 compression with little perceptible loss in image quality....
  
  ), 6 images (RAW
  RAW image format
  A camera raw image file contains minimally processed data from the image sensor of either a digital camera, image scanner, or motion picture film scanner. Raw files are so named because they are not yet processed and therefore are not ready to be printed or edited with a bitmap graphics editor...
  
  ))
• Canon EF
  Canon EF lens mount
  Introduced in 1987, the EF lens mount is the standard lens mount on the Canon EOS family of SLR film and digital cameras. EF stands for "Electro-Focus": automatic focusing on EF lenses is handled by a dedicated electric motor built into the lens...
  
  /EF-S lenses
• Canon EX Speedlites
• PAL
  PAL
  PAL, short for Phase Alternating Line, is an analogue television colour encoding system used in broadcast television systems in many countries. Other common analogue television systems are NTSC and SECAM. This page primarily discusses the PAL colour encoding system...
  
  /NTSC
  NTSC
  NTSC, named for the National Television System Committee, is the analog television system that is used in most of North America, most of South America , Burma, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, and some Pacific island nations and territories .Most countries using the NTSC standard, as...
  
   video output
• SD
  Secure Digital card
  Secure Digital is a non-volatile memory card format developed by the SD Card Association for use in portable devices. The SD technology is used by more than 400 brands across dozens of product categories and more than 8,000 models, and is considered the de-facto industry standard.Secure Digital...
  
   and SDHC memory card file storage
• File Formats include: JPEG, RAW (14-bit, Canon original, 2nd edition)
• RAW and large JPEG simultaneous recording
• USB 2.0 computer interface
• LP-E5 battery
  Battery (electricity)
  An electrical battery is one or more electrochemical cells that convert stored chemical energy into electrical energy. Since the invention of the first battery in 1800 by Alessandro Volta and especially since the technically improved Daniell cell in 1836, batteries have become a common power...
  
  
• Optional BG-E5 battery grip
  Battery grip
  A battery grip is an accessory for an SLR/DSLR , which allows the camera to hold multiple batteries to extend the battery life of the camera, and adds a vertical grip with an extra shutter release , facilitating the shooting of portrait photography.It usually attaches to the camera body through the...
  
  
• Approximate weight 0.475 kg

External links

• Product Page