Canon EOS 50D - Test Shots - Exposure Evaluation

Here are some general test shots to help evaluate the camera's overall image quality, including the zoom range of the lens. Some pictures may be clicked to download the full size original image.

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It's a shame I can't post the full-sixed version of this; the colour depth is stunning.

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Dynamic range is surprisingly limited for a DSLR. Highlight detail is quite good, but there are some murky shadows.

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Shooting in Raw mode it is possible to recover some shadow detail, but not much before noise becomes a problem.

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The high-speed autofocus and virtually instantaneous shutter release are great for capturing action shots.

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jp

2:25 PM on 31 January, 2009

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Where is the Review for the Canon SX1 IS?!

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Stewart

9:39 PM on 31 January, 2009

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Nikon D300 for £770? Where can I get it at this price - I'm lucky if I can find it the right side of £1100.

Thanks for the review. Yes the Pentax and Sony offerings are great cameras for money (particularly the Pentax) but I think you're being a bit harsh on the 50D on the value front (especially considering the real cost of it's main competitor, the D300). After all 50D saw some real improvements (not just the sensor) which brought it much closer to the D300, and it was launched at the same price as the 40D it was replacing. The one disappointment for me was that the A/F module remained the same - would have preferred a few more A/F points for motion tracking...

AndrewAlanCameron

1:40 AM on 7 February, 2009

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For something like half the price I can buy a Sony a700. If I put an A3 print from each, side by side, will the Canon be twice as 'good'. O.K. an over-simplification but perhaps, just perhaps... I have a point. Or have I not been technical enough, believe me, I can be but I'll leave that side to the camera analysts... I just take and sell photographs for a living.

DavidMaclean

9:10 AM on 9 February, 2009

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Canon EOS50D I have now been using this kit for just over a month and can say that this trully is one fantastic bit of equipment. It really does do what it says on the box. Worth every penny. Worth spending a bit of time learning all the various functions but then........GREAT

Tom13

1:29 AM on 28 February, 2010

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I've just recently bought an EOS 50D for the right price of NZ$1370. Images taken by this camera using the Canon EF 24-10mm F/4 IS L are just stunning! I would recommend cameras' reviewers to starting using high quality lenses on the bodies like 50D which they review. I used to own 350D and still have an EOS 450D, using the same L lenses the 50D does produce superior picture quality than the consumer models.

PMorriss

7:34 PM on 18 April, 2010

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I am a recent buyer of this camera and to be honest after taking hundreds of images I have yet to come up with many flaws.

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