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700D is WORSE than 550D

Started Jun 11, 2013 | Discussions thread
photonius Veteran Member • Posts: 6,895
Re: 700D is WORSE than 550D

wazu wrote:

rondhamalam wrote:

According to DPreview and DxOmark, image quality on 550D is better than 700D

Sign of degradation on Canon

According to this sites comparison you may be right. The thing I would be concerned about given that it has nearly identical IQ is how they made to 700D 50g lighter and 30% smaller.

??? the 550D is 50 g lighter and 30% "smaller" (volume wise). And now, this is obviously not the sensor that makes the size/weight differences. All you need to do is look at the whole series of Rebels how they changed in size and features etc. A major change that increased the 600D, 650D, 700D is the swivel LCD screen, which needs more space - simple. And as pointed out, any change in grip size makes a big difference too.  Look at the SL1, how they were able to shave off things, mostly grip and less width, i.e. less space on the back for buttons.

Is Canon improving the build quality and miniatureizing the construction, or are they cutting costs and metal parts for plastic endowing the newer Rebels with planned obsolesence. My money is on the latter.

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