Any problems with your 60D? What are things you don't like about 60D?

[nk414]

Totally agree, Pros treat their camera and lens as tools. They do not baby their tools. Amateur treat their gears as toys. They are a lot more sensitive about their toys.

Of course, Pros have a way to recover their equipment cost, whereas the amateurs, don't. What could be used as a business write-off for Pros, amateurs don't. Even more, since Pros can get their equipments' cost from jobs, amateurs don't.

What Pros see could be upgraded in about year or two's time, amateurs have to see their equipments being able to use for time periods longer than that.

 

[epsiloneri]

Of course, Pros have a way to recover their equipment cost, whereas the amateurs, don't. What could be used as a business write-off for Pros, amateurs don't. Even more, since Pros can get their equipments' cost from jobs, amateurs don't.

I agree, but the point was that the equipment often are more than tools for the amateur. If the impact of scratches or dust is insignificant for its function, it is of no consequence for a pro; but for an amateur, they can be a major issue.

 

[kentutz]

I have had 2 issues within 1 month of purchase. This is my 3rd NEW body.. wth?

1st. Mechanical.
My lens release button was stuck on the pressed position, this was 2 days after purchase. I had probably swapped lenses less than a dozen times. Took it back to the shop to get the lens (24-105) out, and they gave me a new body. The pin on the release button was bent and per camera shop, I was the first to experience this issue.

2nd. Software.
In the middle of shooting, the red indicator light was lit as if it's trying to process something. The screen above reads "Err" ... so like anything else, I took out the battery to 'reboot'. When I insert it back in, the screen above no longer display "Err", instead it displays blinking out of battery sign. Charged the battery full, took out and swapped lenses, battery and memory card ... still no go. Took it back to the shop for my replacement.

Hopefully it's just my unlucky streak. Maybe it's telling me to get 7D.

 

[mattwilliams]

The 60D screen doesn't fold out far enough. Has anyone else been having this problem? I've now had 2 of these cameras and both have the same issue - the articulated screen doesn't fold out on its hinge quite far enough - it's not quite 180 degrees (according to the manual it's 175 degrees). This is a problem as the irregular viewing angle makes it alot harder to judge when the horizon is level. Whilst this is manageable for static setups, when filming a walking/tracking shot from the hip for example it becomes alot more difficult to quickly compensate.

 

[F1to10Dbill]

Not to mislead anyone, I don't own a 60D, so I can only address the second question.

I totally agree with mattwilliams about the articulating screen. The 175-degree limited fold out and the lack of micro-focus adjustment are the only two deal breakers for me. Otherwise, the camera is very attractive on paper, and handles quite nicely in the store, even just after handling the 50D and venerable 7D for comparison. It's light and compact, yet it doesn't feel like a toy to me.

Kudos to Canon for bringing back the interchangeable focusing screens first introduced in the xxD line with the 40D, but which are shamefully lacking in the 7D. Some early 7D reviewers believed that the transmissive LCD overlay prevented the use of user-interchangeable screens, but third party screen makers have shown this to be false. All my gratitude to them. Whether they influenced Canon or not, the 60D has both user-interchangeable screens and LCD overlay. The more viewing and focusing options, the better.

Autofocus will sometimes fail. That's why "L" lenses have full-time manual focus, because many people will need it in a split second. I do. That's when I need a ground-glass focusing screen that speaks to me. I will trade the brightness of the autofocus-optimized stock screen for the accuracy of a manual-focus optimized screen any day. And Canon, how about micro-focus adjustment to make up for manufacturing variances among body and lens components?

The articulating rear-panel LCD screen on the 60D feels well constructed, but limited in movement. Some might argue that the 175-degree screen position can be gotten used to. Not by me, unfortunately. I have a six-year-old Panasonic video camera with this design issue. I have never gotten used to it, and vowed long ago never to buy another camera that is like this.

Canon, why hold back on those five degrees which could really complete the sublime experience of shooting with intuitive symmetry?

 

[kamilchan_89]

I want to inquire about the canon 60D video recording..

the problem I've been facing is that I can't record video for more than 1 minute or so.. when I'm recording for awhile.. a message will pop up saying that the camera will shut down automatically... one more thing is that my 60D will heat up quite fast when I'm doing video recording.. Is this normal? or is there alternatives that I can do to my camera so that it can record more?

thank you

 

[kubelik]

kamil, that's well below the recording capacity of the 60D. I suspect it's because of your SD card, you may not be using a fast enough card to keep up with the data transfer rate.

 

[colinu]

I love almost everything about the 60D - almost. The Depth of Field preview button is placed in a very illogical location. It is difficult to activate as well. It should be on the opposite side of the lens mount - where it was on previous Canon bodies.

 

[unexposure]

I want to inquire about the canon 60D video recording..

the problem I've been facing is that I can't record video for more than 1 minute or so.. when I'm recording for awhile.. a message will pop up saying that the camera will shut down automatically... one more thing is that my 60D will heat up quite fast when I'm doing video recording.. Is this normal? or is there alternatives that I can do to my camera so that it can record more?

thank you

You'll need at least SD-Card Class 6 (as mentioned in the manual) to make use of the 60D's Video-function (same goes for 550D and 7D (and pretty sure also the next models) - this is due to the transfer rates needed... but still theres a build-in time-limit (of which I currently don't now how long it is - but it's defenatly more than one minute)
The heating-up is pretty normal and affects all dslr's in video mode. Deal with it. It won't destroy your cam, unless you ignore the heating-warnings.

 

[Admin US West]

I want to inquire about the canon 60D video recording..

the problem I've been facing is that I can't record video for more than 1 minute or so.. when I'm recording for awhile.. a message will pop up saying that the camera will shut down automatically... one more thing is that my 60D will heat up quite fast when I'm doing video recording.. Is this normal? or is there alternatives that I can do to my camera so that it can record more?

thank you

You'll need at least SD-Card Class 6 (as mentioned in the manual) to make use of the 60D's Video-function (same goes for 550D and 7D (and pretty sure also the next models) - this is due to the transfer rates needed... but still theres a build-in time-limit (of which I currently don't now how long it is - but it's defenatly more than one minute)
The heating-up is pretty normal and affects all dslr's in video mode. Deal with it. It won't destroy your cam, unless you ignore the heating-warnings.

If your card is too slow, a warning showing the buffer being too slow will appear in the viewfinder. If the sensor overheats, the camera will warn you and then shut down to give you a chance to let it cool. It should not overheat in one minute as long as you turn it off to cool for 20-30 minutes after it overheats. If it overheats and you start it right back up before its cooled, it will go into overheat very quickly.

However, I've shot my 5D MK II on very hot summer days as well as indoors and have never has a problem with memory card or overheat. I've taken video of a outdoor concert in near 100 degree temperatures until the memory card was full. It could be that the larger sensor disappates heat better, it has a much lower pixel density which helps.

 

[Canonix]

Does anyone have a trouble with the weight of the camera, especially with a lens like the 18-135? Holding the camera in a shop, especially with the right hand only, I find it leans heavily to the left, requiring a lot of thumb pressure to hold it steady. The grip moulding has a nice bump for the thumb just for this purpose, but it still feels weighty and unbalanced. Is that something one gets used to?

 

[WarStreet]

If your card is too slow, a warning showing the buffer being too slow will appear in the viewfinder. If the sensor overheats, the camera will warn you and then shut down to give you a chance to let it cool. It should not overheat in one minute as long as you turn it off to cool for 20-30 minutes after it overheats. If it overheats and you start it right back up before its cooled, it will go into overheat very quickly.

However, I've shot my 5D MK II on very hot summer days as well as indoors and have never has a problem with memory card or overheat. I've taken video of a outdoor concert in near 100 degree temperatures until the memory card was full. It could be that the larger sensor disappates heat better, it has a much lower pixel density which helps.

With a 500D I shot under very hot conditions in summer (I am in Malta) using two cards of 8GB with 720p.
I did get the warning after a long time and after just 5 mins of waiting I can record again. I got this warning only once in a while and still managed to work well.