Canon EOS 450D digital SLR

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PaulW

7:56 AM on 18 July, 2008

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Oops .. part of review is missing. Page 4 ends...

"Since the EOS 450D is significantly mo" & there's no conclusion!

Cliff .. was the camera so good that you were actually lost for words? ;)

Rgds Paul

P.S. Still chuffed with my FinePix S9600 bought as a direct result of your 10/10 review!

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CliffSmith

1:25 PM on 18 July, 2008

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Not sure what happened there, but a chunk of text seemed to have evaporated into cyberspace somehow. Don't panic though, it's back now.

Glad to hear you're enjoying your S9600. Some people though I was stupid to give it 10/10 like that, but I've received dozens of emails from readers just like yourself who have bought one and are delighted with it. Ah, the sweet taste of vindication :)

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PeteT

1:46 PM on 18 July, 2008

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Blimey, the small Devon town of Sidmouth has certainly gone very Mediterranean since my last visit!! Wrong picture? ...or caption? ;)

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AndyVandervell

1:49 PM on 18 July, 2008

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I think it's in jest...

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CliffSmith

5:02 PM on 18 July, 2008

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The seafront shot is actually the harbour at Monte Carlo, in case you were wondering. I was over there last week for a press event.

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DVDM

9:23 AM on 19 July, 2008

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Hmmm... very strange review. No ISO test because of card fail =) That test could be at someone's personal homepage, not at TR ! Also that harbor shot - it's too blurry ! I have much better shots even with kit lens.

P.S. Sad to see reviews like this one...

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Ed

9:08 AM on 21 July, 2008

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''That test could be at someone's personal homepage, not at TR ! ''

Huh? What does that mean?

Likewise...

''Sad to see reviews like this one...''

You don't agree? You're sad for Canon? If you're going to comment, at least qualify your statements.

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HSC

3:39 PM on 21 July, 2008

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Although a good review - it does have a 'rushed' feel to it.

That said I got my 450D at launch and paired with L lenses it is a great tool - but I get the feeling Canon did some careful work with it's JPG's to ensure differentiation from it's higher models. As evidenced from the excellent RAW images.

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DVDM

12:23 PM on 25 July, 2008

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Ed: I mean it's not a professional review. If I'll qualify my statements it will be new Canon review =) But at least you can look at other 450D reviews somewhere in internet. Maybe you can understand what I mean concerning test quality

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Ed

12:54 PM on 25 July, 2008

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I'm sorry but you can't accuse Cliff of submitting an unprofessional review and leave such statements completely unqualified. If you're referring to the loss of ISO comparison images, well, we only have products to test for a short loan period and often only get round to writing the review after the product has gone back so if the test images have failed there's nothing we can do about it.

As for the image quality comments, i've read other publications also noting that the 450D exposes the poor quality of the Canon's stock lenses and Cliff's test shots demonstrate this.

Most importantly, though, none of these issues affect Cliff's final conclusions. He still thinks it's a great camera, so what are you moaning about?

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