In Camera Editing

[Carol and Banjo]

I've narrowed my search for a camera down to the Nikon D5000 and the Canon Rebel T1I.   Decisions...decisions....decisions!!!!!    I spent a bit of time in a local camera shop yesterday where the salesman showed my the Nikon D5000 (he'd just sold his last Canon Rebel T1i).   I really loved the Nikon's ability to do "in camera" editing and am wondering if the Canon Rebel offers the same feature.
In reading about the Rebel online I don't see any reference to that.
I'm leaning towards the Rebel but loved the post -shooting editing capabilities and also there is a "color outline" option that I thought was really cool.   Maybe that's is available with editing software which would work for me too.    
Do the Rebels offer the in camera editing?   I was going to wait a while to get a camera....but with the beautiful fall foliage here NOW....I'm going to take the plunge this week!!!!!!

[Clifford, Cloud, Jake..and Kim]

Carol - don't know if you have a Costco membership but they have both on sale this month. A kit with an extra lens, camera bag and assorted other goodies. Good luck!

[Carol and Banjo]

Thanks Kim! I WISH I did.....that's a great deal on the Rebel package! :(

[Linda and "Toby"]

www.steves-digicams.com is a great place to look up detailed reviews on cameras. I found this in a thread on their forum:

NICK GEORGE: I'm a railfan (train photographer) and am buying my first DSLR. I have narrowed it down to the D5000 and the T1i, but I can't seem to pick one over the other. Most of the time my shots are taken in bright daylight, with fast moving subjects (the trains). Another thing that is important to me is night performance, because I love to take extended exposures. I need to narrow my two choices down based on:

1. Night Performance
2. Reliability/Quality/Durability
3. Quality of the 18-55mm Kit Lens, since I'll be using it for a few months until I can afford a better standard and/or telephoto lens.
Any opinions would be REALLY appreciated, thanks!!


STEVE: The Nikon D5000 has a mediocre AF system for moving subjects, and it doesn't have an internal AF motor, so large aperture medium telephoto lenses that you might use at night won't autofocus. This may or may not matter, since you might be using smaller apertures anyway to increase the depth of field, so focus accuracy won't be important, and you won't need the large aperture telephotos. Also, the 18-55 kit lenses are both good, but Canon's is better.

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I found a couple comparison reviews:
http://www.neutralday.com/nikon-d5000-vs-canon-eos-rebel-t1i-500d-b...
http://www.popphoto.com/Features/Canon-EOS-Rebel-T1i-vs.-Nikon-D500...
http://gizmodo.com/5234607/canon-rebel-t1i-vs-nikon-d5000-entry+lev...

[Richard Crowe]

Here is a pretty comprehensive review...

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos500d/

I use Canon cameras (30D and 40D) and I like the fact that all EF and EFS (auto focus) lenses are compatible with the EFS mount cameras. Using an entry level Nikon, you sometimes cannot use certain Nikkor lenses in auto-focus mode...

The T1i as well as most other cameras have some limited post processing capability when you are shooting as JPEG...

However, I prefer to shoot RAW and do all of my processing on my computer either in Photo Shop Elements or Photoshop CS5. Shooting RAW, I don't have to worry about color balance and I also have better controls over mu images. I really consider RAW an easier format with which to work than I do JPEG.

[Carol and Banjo]

Thank you Richard and Linda! Everyone here is so helpful! It seems to me that Canon is the way to go!