My 20D

[mbworldz]

When I was cleaning up my garage yesterday morning, I found my old 20D. So I brought it up and fully charge the battery. Test couple shots to see if the camera still functioning. I am still very pleased with the quality back in the days.

 

[Marsu42]

When I was cleaning up my garage yesterday morning, I found my old 20D.

Amanzing how similar these things look from the front ... but as I have started my dslr age with a 60d, I couldn't imagine using such a tiny lcd screen unless forced at gunpoint or very low budget.

 

[mbworldz]

hahaha ya tell me about it. The LCD so small , so is the mirror inside. I think I am going to keep it.

When I was cleaning up my garage yesterday morning, I found my old 20D.

Amanzing how similar these things look from the front ... but as I have started my dslr age with a 60d, I couldn't imagine using such a tiny lcd screen unless forced at gunpoint or very low budget.

 

[Random Orbits]

The 20D was my first Canon camera. I gave it away to a friend a few years ago when I switched to the 5DII. She still uses it.

 

[KateH]

When I was cleaning up my garage yesterday morning, I found my old 20D.

Amanzing how similar these things look from the front ... but as I have started my dslr age with a 60d, I couldn't imagine using such a tiny lcd screen unless forced at gunpoint or very low budget.

After being used to the fantastic touchscreen on my EOS M, I thought I'd feel that way when I bought a 5D "Classic" recently (which I think has the same LCD as the 20D) - but with no Live View, I don't really miss the better display. The only thing I use it for is checking the Histogram in difficult lighting and occasionally changing Custom Function settings; most of the time I don't even think about it. I'd be perfectly happy to have a digital camera with no LCD at all if the EVF/OVF was good enough and it wasn't a camera I'd use on a tripod much.

It's funny how fast tech moves; seems like not that long ago the 20D was the new hot thing! We still sold new ones occasionally at a camera shop I worked at in 2007 even though the 30D and 40D had replaced it. A lot of people who weren't fooled by the Megapixel Race got a great deal on a several-year-old DSLR with much better build quality than the Rebels we were hawking at the time for the same price. A whole EIGHT Megapixels, can you believe it?

 

[pvalpha]

I still have a 10D that I was actively using until about 3 months ago. Needless to say, I wrung every penny it was worth out of it, and then some. And its still functional tens of thousands of shots later. Its quality was how I really knew my first 7DmII was bad, actually. Its now my backup.

 

[Dylan777]

It reminded me my 1st DSLR, 40D + 50f1.4

 

[Tinky]

my wife runs my old 10d, i use my 20d for timelapse. Both have very ckean images at lower isos. 10d prone to bottlenecks though, although I still love the heft and built. my 60d feels like a toy next to it, my 7d doesn't even seem as solid!

if they keep clicking and you aren't printing huge then no need to bin them.

 

[Marsu42]

I still have a 10D that I was actively using until about 3 months ago.

I often see a guy on a veeeeery low budget shooting outdoors all day with his (if I remember correctly) 20d and a 30d. For his purpose, you probably cannot beat this combination as it allows him to get lens reach w/o bulk or cost.

For his documentary stile, the iq is still ok and most ppl that aren't tech geeks probably won't notice a difference vs. a camera 10x the cost ... here's the stream:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/forstamtpankow/

 

[dak723]

if they keep clicking and you aren't printing huge then no need to bin them.

Absolutely right! The main differences in each generation of camera is not the IQ - it's the improvement in AF and other bells and whistles, it seems to me. You can't tell the difference between an 8" x 10 print from my ancient 6 MP 300D or my new 18 MP SL1.

 

[scrup]

The images are still usable but there is a difference compared with newer tech. I sold my 40D shortly after getting the M3. I would rather use better tech for pictures I want to keep.

 

[mistaspeedy]

I just upgraded TO an ancient Canon 20D (with 50mm F1.8 II lens). It is light years ahead of my Canon Powershot A640 (10 megapixel) and Canon Powershot SX130 IS (12 megapixel) in terms of image quality and usability.

20D + 50mm F1.8 'nifty fifty' = 7 effective megapixels of image quality according to dxomark... this is better than all of Canon's compact cameras, even newer ones such as the large sensor $800 G1X (6 megapixels) and G16 (5 megapixels).

So how do Canon's best APS-C camera's compare? Well, if you put a kit lens (Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM) on a 20 megapixel 70D you get only 9 megapixels of effective image resolution! Not much more than I get with my ancient 20D and cheapest Canon lens
Obviously if you put a decent lens on the 70D, the image resolution will be way superior... but I am just comparing what the most common lens on Canon cameras is... the kit lens that you get with the camera.

The point of the above paragraph is this: if you don't put decent glass in front of your camera, no matter how new your camera body is, you will not get great detail out of it, and others with older cameras (but decent glass) will get better results.

Enjoy your old cameras - and if you have a decent lens on them you should be able to get similar or better results than the majority of people are getting with their kit lenses.

I am going to get the new Canon 50mm F1.8 STM soon... and keep enjoying my 20D

 

[Deleted member 91053]

The 20D is still a good camera, I loved mine when I had it.
A friend of mine is still producing competition winning images with her 20D and 40D cameras. So long as the light is good and the subject is not too challenging for the AF then all the rest is excuses!
Is her 20D as good as my 1DX = NO! But she often gets better images, simply she is a better photographer so the camera is not a handicap.