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the Canon EOS Rebel t4i introduces a few enhancements over its predecessor the t3i including a touch screen and the incorporation of a hybrid CMOS that makes the camera better at auto focusing in live view and video provided you use it with one of the new STM line of Canon lenses the body remains very similar to the t3i slight weight and a little plasticky feeling but it has a couple major exceptions in the design first cannon move the video mode from the dial to the power switch since you used to have to rotate the dial all the way around to get from one mode to the other this makes a huge difference if you frequently jump between still and video shooting second the addition of the touchscreen makes performing operations like rack focus during video much easier if in fact you use the auto focus but it also makes it faster to change settings like iso sensitivity because you can choose them directly rather than cycling around the options the cameras performance is also improved a bit putting it on par with recent competing models it's fast burst drop significantly when you're shooting moving subjects though with the servo autofocus with one of the STM kit lens is the live view autofocus actually becomes usable but with the cheaper 18 to 55 millimeter kit lens it's still pretty bad in Live View I do like the tonality of low light video despite the appearance of some color noise on blacks the camera tins to disappoint on the features front however it's got the basics you'd expect from a nine hundred dollar body but lacks a lot of modern options like GPS or wireless as well as interesting traditional features like time-lapse multiple exposures and intervalometer if you're considering the camera I'd opt for the more expensive kit with the 18 to 1 35 millimeter lens the lens is pretty good for a kit faster than the cheaper 18 to 55 millimeter lens but still sharp and it's a nice flexible focal range the 24 eyes overall a good option but it's not a no-brainer if you just want a decent still Canon DSLR the t3i still fills the bill and it's cheaper if a bit slower for video the t4i is a great cannon pick but they're comparable alternatives available if you're willing to sacrifice an optical viewfinder I'm Lori Brennan and this is the canon eos rebel t4i