Canon EOS 30D 8.2MP Digital SLR Camera (Body Only)
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Canon EOS 30D 8.2MP Digital SLR Camera (Body Only)
Customer Review: One years worth of use...
Summary: 5 Stars
I have now had this camera for one year. I have two lenses: the Canon 50mm mk.II, and the Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS. Pictures come out good and after editing I have printed out 20x30s and they look perfect!
Be advised, you will need some experiance with photography, because buying a camera like this and keeping it on auto is the biggest waste of money i've ever heard of.
If you intend to use a flash, buy a canon speedlight because the internal flash eats up a lot of the 20D's really super long battery life and is not so powerful. High ISOs on this camera still look good, ISO3200 even!
This is a SLR camera. That means that the lenses are interchangable. Zoom is all optical on the lens, and the only 'live preview' you will get is in the optical viewfinder. The LCD screen is for reviewing the photos and changing menu settings.'
Customer Review: much more improvement than 20D
Summary: 5 Stars
I am not a pro but do spend much time for taking pictures. Gave it 5 stars because of its much better performance than 20D. Yes, it should be since it is an upgrade version of 20D. I like shooting animal and people in the motion, and this one is much faster than 20D. Never used 5D but it seems like 30D has faster shot. In terms of picture quality, even though 20D and 30D both are 8 million pixel but still the image quality is much better by 30D, especially in weak lighting condition.
The only thing I have noticed that 30D is not as good as 20D is the color of LCD of 30D is a little bit more yellow tone(the true picture is not), which is more precise on 20D.
Considering its price and performance, I will gave it 5 stars since it has met all my needs at current stage.
Customer Review: Amazing camera - upgraded from the 10D
Summary: 5 Stars
I upgraded from the 10D - skipping the 20D completely. Here are a few of the highlights, for people considering the switch:
The viewscreen is larger. Really, can't tell you how important this is. Great for checking focus, color, and so on.
The images are larger - now you can crop more, keeping enough pixels to print large.
Noise is greatly reduced at ISO's above 200 - 400 is almost no noise, and even 1600 ISO on the 30D has less noise than the 10D's 800 ISO.
Much larger image buffer, just hold down the shutter release and watch it go.
Shutter's louder than the 10D.
Even if you have to eat ramen for a month to pay for it, you should really get this camera as an upgrade to your 10D.
Customer Review: Not to much, not too little... juuust right!
Summary: 5 Stars
This camera is perfect for my needs. Any more than 8 megapixels makes for file size that chew up my computer's hard drive capacity too quickly. The options and controls give me all the flexibility I could desire in taking pictures. The 5 frames per second exposure rate is great for Little League picture taking, capturing all the action needed. The 1.6 focal length multiplier is also great for my needs, making all of my lenses effectively 60% longer (I don't need wide angle shots often, and am content with panoramas when needed). The low noise, high ISO capabilities have been fantastic to date, and the high shutter speed capability has allowed me to take some great low depth of field exposures on bright days with an f2.8 lens. Highly recommended.Customer Review: Much better than what I expected from a EOS 20D upgrade
Summary: 5 Stars
A lot of reviewers have advocated the pixels count to be not a worthy reasons to upgrade. They claimed that 30D is just a 20D with a larger LCD. After 250 shots in low light and tried out the auto focus at 1250 ISO, I proved to myself that it is a worthy upgrade in many aspects:
1) The LCD validated the picture's focus completely
2) I lost none of the focus on 250 shots on a stage rehearsal
3) The low light perfomance and high ISO performance are just excellent. Comparing to 30D, I would lost 20-30% shots due to out-of-focus.
4) The larger buffer in allowing you to take rapid 5 shots/per sec is just increditable.
Based on the above reasons, I felt that the upgrade from 20D to 30D is well justified.