Strengths: 3" variable angle, articulating LCD, 18 MP, excellent battery life, very good low light performance with high ISO, no noticeable noise up to 3,200, great quality photos, HD video, value.
Weakness: Live view makes the AF a little slow and isn't much use for still shooting.
This camera has met or exceeded my expectations in nearly every respect. I decided to purchased it after reading the reviews about its performance in low light situations. I prefer to shoot using natural light when available and find that a flash often changes the mood of the shot. I am upgrading from the Canon 20D, which while being a pretty good camera, generated noise starting around ISO 400. That meant I had to use some seriously fast glass to get natural looking, low light shots. The Canon 60D is a big improvement over the 20D. I am able to take natural lit shots at ISOs up to 3,200 with no noticeable noise at 100% zoom. If you zoom way in, you will see some, but virtually undetectable to the naked eye. In addition, it has a very nice 3" articulating LCD screen. This is great for reviewing your pictures on the spot. The Canon 20D only had a 1.8" screen, which made it hard to tell if you had a good, sharp photo. Its an HD screen so you can really see how sharp the pictures are. With 18 MP, you can crop photos significantly and still produce high quality, large prints, something I greatly appreciate. I bought 2 batteries and in the 2 weeks I have owned the camera, I have yet to change it. I shoot primarily without the flash, as the manual says i can expect around 1,600 shots on a charge. I have already exceeded that and there is still juice left. Canon definitely makes good batteries.The HD video is a bonus for me. I haven't spent much time as a videographer in the past and this camera just might change that. I can take the stills i want and quickly switch to movie mode without having to change gear. The quality is very good, at least I have no complaints outside of the minor issue of the AF is a little slow in live view mode. I would highly recommend this camera to any photographer that wants more control and flexibility than you get from a starter dSLR, or certainly from a point and shoot. It is an excellent choice for serious hobby photographers or anyone else that wants a mid range dSLR.
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Strengths: Vari-angle LCD, 18MP sensor, 1080 video at 30fps. pcture quality is exellent. Body construction good. Weight and grip good. Battery life is great. Top settings LCD. DIGIC 4 Processor. Price
Weakness: Control buttons on back are a little flush with body. Mode Dial lock takes getting used to. Would be nice if Mode Dial turned 360 to get to Video mode faster. All LCDs are terrible in sunlight.
This is an upgrade from the Canon T1i. An excellent camera. But I wanted more flexibilty to shoot above and below objects as well as video. When I saw that the 60D came a vari-angle/articulate LCD, that sold me. Turns out that this was much more than an upgrade from the T1i. The 60D is not in the Rebel family. It offers more flexibily in audio. Better video. An excellent 3:2, 3 inch, 1.04 million dot screen. A controllable 5.3 frames per second is plenty fast.18MP sensor from 15MP. No big deal there. Both cameras offer excellent picture quality. View finder is a little bigger. The SDHC card are nice since the T1i used them. FYI: buy Class 6 or better for video. I like the upper data LCD. Thats when you know you are in the professonal arena :). Have fun!
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THE GOOD: Very fast; articulated display; excellent video quality and options. THE BAD: Some annoying interface conventions. THE BOTTOM LINE: The Canon EOS 60D is in many ways a great camera: fast, feature-packed, and with excellent photo and video quality. Some annoying aspects of its control layout dim its shine a little, however, so try before you buy.
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The Canon EOS 60D is a high-end digital SLR camera designed for casual users interested in professional grade quality photographs. The EOS 60D features an 18 megapixel CMOS censor combined with Canons Digic 4 processor which Canon claims will work "seamlessly for finer detail and excellent color reproduction". In addition the EOS 60D shoots full 1080HD quality video, and includes an HDMI output...
More clearly aimed at the consumer market, the Canon 60D represents something of a sea change for this formerly enthusiast camera line. With the 7D now tasked to meet the intermediate to professional photographer's needs, Canon has retooled the 60D to better serve as a step-up model for Rebel owners who want a little more, rather than as the lower-priced competition to the 7D. The Canon 60D is...
The Canon EOS 60D is Canon’s latest addition to their DSLR line and sits between the Digital Rebel T2i and EOS 7D in terms of both price and features. Canon certainly seems to have produced another winner in the EOS 60D. It’s a very useful update of the 50D, adding more pixels, HD video, a tilt and swivel LCD and lots of other small refinements. <p>
The Canon EOS-60D is a solid offering in the midrange digital SLR space. With its very good photo quality (especially with a decent lens), rotating, super high resolution LCD, generally snappy performance, full set of manual controls, Full HD movie mode, and decent selection of bells and whistles, it definitely is a worthy successor to the EOS-50D.
The EOS 60D is a new kind of DSLR camera from Canon, blending features from the cheaper 550D / / Rebel T2i and the more expensive 7D to exactly occupy the middle ground between the two. Aimed at the well-heeled amateur with a penchant for video, the 60D is the first EOS camera to offer an articulated LCD screen, making it easier to shoot both stills and importantly video. Read our expert Canon...
There's two ways of looking at the EOS 60D. First is as Canon's new mid-range DSLR, in which case it sits perfectly between the existing EOS 550D / T2i and EOS 7D. It offers a number of benefits to differentiate itself from entry-level models without stepping on the toes of true semi-pro models. So like the Nikon D90, you get some nice higher-end features without the cost, weight, size or...
Canon EOS 60D - Body Only
Strengths: 3" variable angle, articulating LCD, 18 MP, excellent battery life, very good low light performance with high ISO, no noticeable noise up to 3,200, great quality photos, HD video, value.
Weakness: Live view makes the AF a little slow and isn't much use for still shooting.
This camera has met or exceeded my expectations in nearly every respect. I decided to purchased it after reading the reviews about its performance in low light situations. I prefer to shoot using natural light when available and find that a flash often changes the mood of the shot. I am upgrading from the Canon 20D, which while being a pretty good camera, generated noise starting around ISO 400. That meant I had to use some seriously fast glass to get natural looking, low light shots. The Canon 60D is a big improvement over the 20D. I am able to take natural lit shots at ISOs up to 3,200 with no noticeable noise at 100% zoom. If you zoom way in, you will see some, but virtually undetectable to the naked eye. In addition, it has a very nice 3" articulating LCD screen. This is great for reviewing your pictures on the spot. The Canon 20D only had a 1.8" screen, which made it hard to tell if you had a good, sharp photo. Its an HD screen so you can really see how sharp the pictures are. With 18 MP, you can crop photos significantly and still produce high quality, large prints, something I greatly appreciate. I bought 2 batteries and in the 2 weeks I have owned the camera, I have yet to change it. I shoot primarily without the flash, as the manual says i can expect around 1,600 shots on a charge. I have already exceeded that and there is still juice left. Canon definitely makes good batteries.The HD video is a bonus for me. I haven't spent much time as a videographer in the past and this camera just might change that. I can take the stills i want and quickly switch to movie mode without having to change gear. The quality is very good, at least I have no complaints outside of the minor issue of the AF is a little slow in live view mode. I would highly recommend this camera to any photographer that wants more control and flexibility than you get from a starter dSLR, or certainly from a point and shoot. It is an excellent choice for serious hobby photographers or anyone else that wants a mid range dSLR.
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