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Review: I purchased the Canon 10D as a replacement for my Olympus OM system and medium format Bronica kit. I was very trepidatious about changing from my well tried setup, to the realms of all digital, having only had experience of a couple of basic digital cameras, but my worries were definitely in vain. In short it’s marvellous! The flexibility in shooting it affords, ranging from “point and shoot” to full manual control, with a positive wealth of possibilities in between, coupled with the ability to view, magnify, evaluate and keep or delete pictures at will, is worth the price alone. Add to this the stunning quality from its 6.3 Megapixel CMOS sensor, the 7 point, selectable, rapid auto focussing system, the adaptable metering system, virtually noise free images at up to1600 ISO and beyond and the vast array of excellent Canon EF lenses available make it an absolute bargain. Although it is packed with features, I found it very easy to operate even though I had never used a Canon EOS camera before. The controls are well placed, well labelled and the most commonly used ones seem to fall right under the fingers, and although a good read of the manual is recommended, if you’re like me you’ll be shooting and reviewing pictures within minutes of unpacking it. I’m always extremely picky about image quality and usually things that other reviewers rave about just don’t meet my high standards. This time though I can honestly say I’m more than impressed. The Canon EOS 10D has exceeded all of my expectations, and for once when the magazines say that you’ll be blown away, they’re right, but don’t just take my word for it, there’s a wealth of images available on the web for you to download and see for yourself. So far I have found the battery life to be very good, despite spending a long time with the camera on and not taking pictures, to familiarise myself with all the many and varied features. The software package supplied is comprehensive and ranges from the fairly simple Canon Zoom Browser EX picture download program to Adobe Photoshop Elements (with applications in between) which although is normally thought of as a cut down version of Photoshop 7.0 has a few tricks up its sleeve the full version lacks. The bottom line, if you’re looking for a flexible, controllable, digital camera that produces uncompromised quality results, at a price that doesn’t involve re-mortgaging the house, then look no further. |
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