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| Date | Feb 15, 2012 |
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Canon 60D Review
Hello and Welcome To Our Canon 60D Review
Offering better image quality, in-camera technologies to provide ease of use, more sophisticated features, Canon 60D is an excellent tool for capturing quality photos with subjects of your choice. Featuring an enhanced EOS high definition video mode that comes with manual exposure control, 18.0 megapixels CMOS sensor plus DIGIC 4 imaging processor, SDXC/ SD/ SDHC memory card compatibility, 5.3 fps nonstop shooting mode, dual-layer metering system, improved iFCL 63-zone and ISO 100-6400 that is expandable to 12800, you will definitely enjoy the functionality and the features that Canon EOS 60D offers.
Operate the menus and enter settings of your choice that you want with Canon EOS 60D’s innovative dial that is multi-control. You can find this product at a price ranging from $900 to $ 910. If you are looking for a camera that offers several features that you will enjoy and find very beneficial, then the Canon EOS 60D will suit your preferences.
Pros
One of the major benefits that you will definitely love about Canon EOS 60D is its better APS-C which comes at a size of 18.0 megapixels CMOS sensor to capture excellent quality images. Another plus for Canon EOS 60D is that it offers in-camera technologies that allows it to be used easily and without any hassles that might hinder the success of capturing quality images.
Its innovative DIGIC 4 Image Processor allows finer details as well as great color reproduction for the pictures to have excellent and fine colors resulting in better image quality. The enhanced ISO capabilities of Canon EOS 60D are very useful for quality shooting even if you are capturing photos in dim circumstances. The innovative dial that is multi-control also allows you to easily operate the menus as well as enter settings of your choice.
Canon EOS 60D also offers an extremely fast focus. Aside from this, you can greatly enjoy the fast shooting speed that Canon EOS 60D delivers. You can choose between the two settings for its shooting speed. Whether you are going to pick high shooting speed or normal shooting speed, you can do so to suit your preferences. Canon EOS 60D also includes a built-in wireless flash control. Furthermore, Canon EOS 60D presents excellent Canon software. Through this feature, you can also control your camera from your PC.
Its custom shooting mode is also another bonus for this device. Canon EOS 60D’s sharp flip out rotating screen is also great for capturing photos. Its video performance is also excellent. With this feature, this device presents stable video as well as a fairly easy manual focus that you can use if you want to. Manual controls are extremely beneficial for making videos as you can control all the details from the images to the audio of the video that you are making through the manual controls. With this in mind, you can be assured that details that you want for your video is followed. As you can already notice, Canon EOS 60D presents features that is very helpful for capturing images and making videos with the quality that you are looking for.
Cons
Canon EOS 60D does not present dedicated buttons. For those who would like to have this feature, you may not be satisfied with this limitation of Canon EOS 60D. Its autofocus is also a tad slow and is loud at high ISO. On the other hand, Canon EOS 60D still offers aspects that you will find very favorable for capturing better quality images and videos that you will surely love.
Canon 60D Review
Product Features
Features
- Enhanced EOS high definition video mode that comes with manual exposure control
- 5.3 fps nonstop shooting mode, dual-layer metering system, improved iFCL 63-zone
- 18.0 megapixels CMOS sensor plus DIGIC 4 imaging processor
- ISO 100-6400 and is expandable to 12800
- SDXC/ SD/ SDHC memory card compatibility
- Lenses are sold individually
Customer reviews and scores
Canon EOS 60D received 291 customer reviews and was given an average rating of 4.6 stars out of five. 225 users gave Canon EOS 60D 5 stars, 44 rated Canon EOS 60D as a 4 star product, 11 gave it 3 stars, 4 rated it as a 2 star product and 7 users gave Canon EOS 60D one star.
Canon 60D Review
Conclusion
Canon EOS 60D offers an 18.0 megapixels CMOS sensor, DIGIC 4 imaging processor, an enhanced EOS high definition video mode that comes along with manual exposure control and other features that you will find very easy to use and beneficial for capturing quality photos that you’ll surely love.
Although Canon EOS 60D presents some flaws, the features that it offers still makes this product a temptation for purchasing one and benefiting from its aspects. If you would read a Canon EOS 60D review, you’ll know more about this device and learn the testimonials of those who have already used the Canon EOS 60D.
Canon 60D Review
1 comment
Marly
Apr 1, 2012
(Electronics) To be fair, there isn’t a great deal of difference bteween this and the 550d, but I went for it for the articulated screen. This has proved useful for taking shots of small children as you can place the camera down at their height and compose the shot without laying on the floor. Rather than looking through the view finder you can switch to live view’ where the photo you take will be shown on the lcd panel. This is also good for taking photos of flowers in meadows etc, you can get some quite fresh looking viewpoints. I got this camera to take me to the next level, from a Canon Ixus 800 point and shoot (which in itself is a very good camera). As I wanted to really step up the quality of my photos I didn’t get the kit lens, but instead started off with the Canon 50mm 1.8 II lens, which is around a385. This lens is notorious for taking very high quality photos for little money. (Be aware that serious lenses for these cameras are usually hundreds of a3a3 each). I also got a Trascend 16GB class 10 memory card which can handle photos and video capture very quickly. I took the camera down to family and friends and took plenty of photos inside and out. To begin with I just used the Scene Intelligent setting and let it do it’s thing. Well the photos the camera / lens combination took were outstanding, much better than I have taken before. The sharpness and detail is really amazing when you zoom in to look at the detail. The photos look professional quality, whereas I am an amateur, so very pleased. Shots inside the house, which was not well lit look brilliant even without using the inbuilt flash. The 50mm lens is really a bargain, but is probably best used as a portrait lens, as on this body it is more like an 80mm. This means you can’t really get group shots in a confined space. I have just ordered the 15-85mm EFS lens which will cater for wide angle and mild telephoto, and be a good general walkaround lens. But I will keep the 50mm, as it’s low light performance is brilliant, being a 1.8 lens. I had a quick go at videoing with the 50mm lens, but the result wasn’t great, because it is a bit of a telephoto, the results were jerky handheld but I’ve no doubt with some practice/tripod and a different lens the results will be great (especially one with inbuilt image stabilisation like the 15-85). But my gut feeling is this isn’t going to be as convenient to use as a mini camcorder but I don’t mind I bought it for the photos. In terms of weight, this is a very light camera to walk around with and fairly small. With the 50mm lens on it was quite inconspicuous and I carried it around on my neck all day without any neck-ache problems. I think the Canon bigger brothers are more like bricks to carry. There are an array of different modes to use apart from the simple point and shoot mode. I have been learning about things I never knew about with my Ixus, for example varying the depth of field by changing the aperture. In fact, this is probably one of the reasons why the photos I took of people are so good, the 50mm lens allows just the face to be in focus while the background is soft and fuzzy really makes a difference to the quality of the shot. These other functions bring a lot more creativity to taking photographs and I feel that this camera will give me a lot of pleasure as a hobby for many years. You can be confident that with a good lens or two the quality of the photos will never disappoint. I think with 18 megapixels, this is honestly as much, if not more than enough detail I will ever need. Photos can be printed at a large size at top quality. Also, with a sharp lens and 18 megapixels, you can easily crop the photos quite hard and still have a great result. For even more creativity, you can shoot photos in RAW mode. This means no processing is done in the camera. For this, you can use the included Digital Photo Professional software. This allows you to set the colour balance, saturation etc AFTER the photo is taken, rather than you being stuck with the settings you chose when you originally took the photo. Cleverly, you can tell the camera to take both a normal photo and a RAW photo at the same time. The RAW files are very large, but if you do happen to take a really fantastic shot you can edit it just how you like it, while deleting all the RAW files for the average photos to save space. I think that the 600D is capable of taking photos as good as it’s bigger brothers, but at a fraction of the cost. However, it isn’t built like a tank or weatherproof etc, so will need to be looked after.