The Canon EOS 550D is a 18.0 megapixel digital single-lens reflex camera, announced by Canon (Canon (company)) on February 8, 2010. It was made available starting February 24, 2010 and to US dealers starting early March. It is known as the EOS Kiss X4 in Japan , and as the EOS Rebel T2i in North America. It continues the Rebel line of consumer DSLR cameras, and is currently placed by Canon as the next model up from the EOS 500D.
Model: Canon EOS 550D/EOS Rebel T2i/EOS Kiss X4
Kind: Digital single-lens reflex camera
Sensor: CMOS APS-C 22.3 x 14.9 mm (1.6x conversion factor)
Res: 5,184 × 3,456 (17.9 recorded megapixels)
Lens: Canon EF lens mount, Canon EF-S lens mount
Shutter: focal-plane (focal-plane shutter)
Shutterrange: 1/4000 to 30 sec and Bulb, 1/200 s X-sync
Metering: Full aperture TTL (Through-the-lens), 63-zone SPC
Emode: Full Auto, Portrait, Landscape, Close-up, Sports, Night Portrait, No Flash, Program AE, Shutter-priority, Aperture-priority, Manual, Auto Depth-of-field, Movie
Mmode: Evaluative, Spot (4% at center), Partial (9% at center), Center-weighted average
Farea: 9 AF points, f/5.6 cross-type center (extra sensitivity at f/2.8)
Fmode: AI Focus, One-Shot, AI Servo, Live View
Cont: 3.7 frame/s for 34 JPEG or 6 RAW frames
Viewfinder: Eye-level pentamirror SLR, 95% coverage, 0.87× magnification
Speedrange: ISO 100 to 6400 (expandable to 12800)
Flash: E-TTL II (Canon EOS flash system) automatic built-in pop-up
Flbkt: Yes
Wb: Auto, Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Flash, Custom
Wbbkt: +/- 3 stops for 3 frames
Rearlcd: 3 in 3:2 color TFT LCD, 1,040,000 pixels
Storage: Secure Digital Card,Secure Digital High Capacity (Secure Digital#SDHC),Secure Digital Extended Capacity (Secure Digital#SDXC)
Battery: LP-E8 Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery
Dimensions: 129 mm × 98 mm × 62 mm
Weight: 530 g (including battery and card)
Obp: BG-E8 grip (battery grip)
Madein: flagcountryJapan
Msrp: Body only: $799.99,EF-S 18-55mm IS (Canon EF-S 18-55mm lens) kit: $899.99