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Canon EOS 1000D digital SLR

Author	Cliff Smith
Published	6th Aug 2008
Manufacturer	Canon
Price	£365.22 (Exc VAT)
as reviewed	£420.00 (Inc VAT)
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A range of general test shots are shown over the next two pages. In some cases, the full size image has been reduced for bandwidth purposes, and a crop taken from the original full resolution image has been placed below it to show the overall image quality. Some other pictures may be clicked to view the original full-size image.

Here's nice shot to start off with, especially for all the arachnophobes out there.

This is a full-magnification crop from the above image. The level of fine detail is superb, with every hair on the spider's legs visible, but the shot is quite over-exposed.

Canon's optical image stabilisation is one of the best on the market. This was shot hand-held at 1/5th of a second.

As you can see from this crop it's not quite perfect, but still good enough to print.

It's interesting to compare the performance of a 10MP DSLR with a 10MP compact.

This is a full-res crop from the above image.

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Frank said on 6th August 2008

Where are the shots of Simouth ?

Another good assessment Cliff, will be interesting to see the price point settling down a bit and know that future viewers of this p... more

AndyfromVA said on 7th August 2008

What a disappointment. Questionable build quality, overexposed shots and a high price is not the way Canon is going to attract DSLR newcomers. One look at your overexposed test s... more

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