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the eos rebel sl1 represents canons attempt to make a DSLR to attract folks who are abandoning DSLRs because they're too big the camera has a few inches shaved off it compared to the t5 i but the most notable changes the grip which is shorter and shallower and the cameras definitely a smaller lighter version that feels quite at home in my female a relatively small hands aside from the size though there's nothing that particularly stands out in fact because of the smaller size it loses the articulated display of the t5 I it gains three extra scene modes kids food and candlelight on top of the three other multi-shot modes but otherwise it's feature set is really subpar for the money it lacks built-in wireless and GPS it doesn't have any interesting options like special effects and intervalometer extra bracketing modes or any of that it does have a soft shutter mode but I found that a necessity more than an option not just because of the loud shutter slap but because there's a bit of camera shake at shutter speeds under about 100th of a second the soft shutter fixes that the camera delivers the same image and video quality as the t5 I though not to as high ISO sensitivities JPEGs look okay through iso 1600 and they're clean through iso 800 but the t5 eyes seem to do about a stop better with the same lenses videos are fine for personal use they show the same aliasing and waray problems though performance is also very good well it can't sustain the t5 eyes burst rate it's comparable to others in its class and fast enough for catching kids and pets in action my bigger problem with continuous shooting is the viewfinder like all the rebels it has these tiny little dots that are hard to spot until after you focused and they've lit up that makes keeping a moving subject and focus difficult unlike most consumer DSLRs the automatic focus point selection servo autofocus aren't accurate enough live view autofocus works well especially with touch autofocus and I really like the responsiveness of the touch screen in its interface but the LCD is really reflective and hard to see in direct sunlight so you can't use it as much the sl1 is a nice basic DSLR that should probably be a little cheaper and a little smaller through the lens optical viewfinder is the primary reason left for consumers to buy a DSLR and the SL ones simply isn't that good especially compared to the newer electronic viewfinders on mirrorless interchangeable-lens models you can get so much more with an ilc for the same money and they tend to be more compact with smaller lenses I don't think people will be really disappointed with the sl1 but it's just not the best option at its current kit price of around seven hundred fifty dollars I'm Lori grinning and this is the canon eos rebel