Canon is one of the most trusted and most popular camera brands in the market. A lot of professional photographers and photography enthusiasts alike are all excited upon the announcement of the release of Canon EOS 550D Digital SLR Camera, Canon’s latest offering to
the market.
The Canon EOS 550D Digital SLR Camera offers a lot of new features that makes it all exciting. Its plastic chassis body feels stiff, sturdy and heavy-duty despite of not having the tough alloy frame Canon 7D have. It also feels lighter which makes it more portable too. It is convenient for people who like to take photographs while traveling.
EOS 550D has a rear LCD that measures around three inches. The text is easier to read and the photos and videos are easier to view in the Live View mode. However, the top viewfinder is quite smaller compared to the rear LCD. The top mode dial also looks crowded with all those exposure presets being presented. If you are an experienced photographer, you would probably feel quite annoyed. Those presets would just be truly appreciated by an amateur photographer.
One of its key features is its 18 megapixel CMOS sensor. It is ideal for those that are planning to create prints that are bigger than posters or those who are planning to crop images without losing details for printing. It also has a a DIGIC 4 processor that works well with its CMOS processor to deliver 14-bit image processing. This enables the smooth gradation, natural looking colors as its result. It also has advanced noise reduction when shooting at high ISO speeds (it
ranges up to 6400, expandable up to 12800 for those environment where flash is undesirable) with split-second start up times and near-instant image review. It also has an IFCL metering system which is a 63-zone dual layer metering sensor that helps to analyze focus, luminance and color information to main accuracy and consistency in metering photo quality.
The Canon EOS 550D Digital SLR Camera also has the ability to record full high definition movies. EOS 550D enables to user to exercise his creative freedom and be able to satisfy it, so the full manual control and selectable frame rates will be definitely enjoyed being tweaked. Shooting at 720P at 50/60 fps is recommended when shooting a high speed sequence. The movie crop feature is also very useful, since it enables the user to shoot at an effective zoom of 7x. it also uses only the center part of the sensor and allows long distance shooting without having to change the camera’s lenses.
EOS 550D has indeed a very impressive good performance especially when it comes to its ISO capabilities and that of recording high definition movies. The detailed shots it can record and produce are exquisite, especially when you take a look of the fine details of the images and videos. It is very easy to use and definitely an upgrade from your typical entry level DSLR. Its price is definitely reasonable considering all the features you will be going to enjoy.