It's done
DPR has completed their review of the 50D (No, I haven't finished mine.). I agree with some of their negatives and I'll even be adding a few (teaser!).
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Again, I suggest you buy a D700. Don’t waste your time on a pixel crammed camera that’s worse than the camera it’s supposed to replace? Why?
I bought a brand new 30D back in March (2008) for $800 at B&H. I shoot night landscapes, mostly at ISO 1600 and mostly with exposures up to 60-seconds.
Aside from some recent ERROR99’s (an issue which I’m still trying to resolve), the camera has performed extremely well for my purposes – and I put cameras to the test like few other photographers in the world. If I had to, I would replace it with another 30D… today… no hesitation.
In light of DPR’s hands-on production model review of the 50D, I echo the concerns mentioned here about the 5D-MkII (both new cameras shares the same imaging technology).
At 2.4 MP/cm², the new 5D-MkII high ISO noise results are sure to be better than those of the 50D. The 5D Mk-II had BETTER be at LEAST as good as the old 30D. After all, the two cameras share the same 2.4 MP/cm² pixel density!
which DSLR you prefer? 40D or 50D?
I simple believe that this camera, that cames ‘before-of-date’ – half year before, has 2 purposes:
– a demand of users for high pixel cameras, without concerns on IQ and reviews;
– the stop of dropping prices of 40D, that is such a great camera and shall sell very well…
After all Canon will sell a lot, but this ‘marketing’ is very questionable!
People are still keen on comparing photos at 100% magnification and blame blame blame.
Did they ever realize doing so to cameras with different megapixels is not a fair test? Or did they know view at such a magnification is equivalent to view a HUGE print?