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Canon EOS 50D

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Canon EOS 50D

Section The Good The Bad



Tour


Rugged body


Uninspired design


Testing/Performance


Good overall results


Did not perform particularly well in any test


Components


High quality, 3-inch, 920,000-pixel LCD screen. Vastly improved Live View


No in-camera image stabilization


Design/Layout


Solid and well designed camera, good menu system


Weighs over three pounds with lens and battery


Modes


Fast burst mode, Creative-Auto Mode for simplified manual controls


Minimal editing controls in playback


Control Options


Very wide range of ISOs and white balance options


Only one fluorescent white balance preset


Image Parameters


Multiple size RAW files


Limited picture effects


Connectivity/Extras


Industry standard plugs for all inputs, great battery life


Included software is uninspiring

The 15-megapixel EOS 50D is Canon's newest mid-range SLR. Available for $1399 for the body alone, or packaged with a variety of kit lenses, it's the successor to 2007's 40D. After putting the 50D through a rigorous body of tests (undertaken using the 28-135mm lens, part of a $1600 kit set), we came out with an impression of it being a solid, dependable camera, but without any amazing new features. The improved Live View functionality is a pleasant addition, as is the new, 920,000 pixel LCD screen, and the bump up to 15 megapixels. However, the 50D didn't blow us away in any of our tests, instead maintaining a universally average result. The 50D showed itself to be a solid, incremental upgrade in the mid-level Canon cameras.

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