So what do I think? I must admit that I was impressed. I had a fairly standard 70-300 f4.5-5.6 on the camera and I was not expecting too much. I did find the auto focus to be incredibly slow, drove me crazy. But looking at the camera, if you were not used to the more upmarket cameras, focusing issues would not be an problem.
Controls are fairly simple and if you are used to operating other Canon cameras, then it is not too difficult to work it out. For the sake of the test I shot all images as both a Raw file and a Jpg saved at it's highest setting. For those not sure what a Raw file is, that is a later blog post.
So
a quick look at the details of the camera:
Imaging Sensor/Effective Pixels Effective Sensor Size
CMOS / 18.0 MP 22.3x 14.9 mm
A/D Resolution Power Colour Filter Size
14-bit Primary Colours, APS-C
35mm Focal Length Equivalent
1.6X
Medium
SD/SDHC/SDXC
AF Points
9
Metering Modes
Evaluative, Partial, Spot, Centre-weighted average
ISO Speed Range
ISO 100-6400 (H: 12800)
Shutter Speed
1/4000 sec รป 30, bulb, X-sync 1/200 sec.
Shooting Speed
3.7 fps
This information is taken directly from the Canon website.
So performance. I was taking photographs of parachutists jumping from a plane at 3500 feet. Not an easy task. The results to me were quite staggering.
Great results and for the price I was staggered. Would I buy one, no, but I am used to high end cameras. As a first camera or an update, absolutely, this is a good camera, especially for the price.