Nice little camera but build quality is questionable.

rjjr wrote:

axlastro wrote:

1. The rubber grip is peeling already and the rubber eyecup falls off very easily (I lost mine).

This is unacceptable. All other issues are more of a nitpick and not so relevant, as it's an entry level camera after all. But this is unacceptable - only after a year of use! Come on Canon.

I've used my 100D for over a year with no such issues.

You didn't use it enough. I know a guy with the same issue. Don't worry - you get there.

2. The AF, while generally very good, is nothing special and the outer AF points are unusable with fast lenses.

I mostly use center point only, a holdover from decades of split center/microprism collar VFs on film cameras.

Me too. But that doesn't mean that the uter points are garbage, right?

3. The controls are lacking - it's easy to bump them on the touchscreen unntentionally and the lack of dedicated dials and buttons is really annoying, but that's am amateur camera. Pentax has those dials on their lower end cameras though.

A minor annoyance to me is that the LCD doesn't automatically shut off when put my eye to the VF. Since I mostly use live view (for magnification) at work on the tripod or copystand it's only an annoyance when I hand-holding for my own work.

Are you sure - mine does. Especially when I lost the rubber eyecup. It tends to get in the way of the proximity sensor sometimes, when it starts to come off.

4. The dynamic range of these sensors is rediculous. Period.

Hence my addition of a Sony A6000.

So you got another, more expensive camera to compensate for the sensor on the Canon.

5. The small RAW buffer and slow continuous shooting speed.

I don't have a need to spray and pray.

Really? There are times where you don't have to - you NEED to. The fact, that your shooting style doesn't require more adequate RAW buffer doesn't mean I'm not right.

6. The battery life is pretty bad.

I carry spares. I get about 4 hours of fairly continuous shooting at work so I change it at lunch and charge the removed battery during the afternoon. I charge the afternoon battery overnight or the next morning...or use my second spare.

I carry spares too, but still pretty annoying. I must admit there's not much they could do though - it's a small camera...

7. SD card slot is in the batter compartment (some decisions were to be made for the size to stay small)

Another minor annoyance when I have to shoot on the tripod and want to transfer images from the card to the computer.

Minor - yes. But it must be pointed out.

8. Dust gets easily on the sensoe and someteimes cannot be cleaned, but I swap lenses very often.

I've never had this particular issue.

Probably you don't change your lenses or live in dusty environment. That might not be a big issue for most people.

9. No way to turn off exposure simulation - a real pain for studio work!

I make use of exp sim.

Well, I make use of it too. But when you shoot in M with non-TTL flashes - that's when it becomes an  annoyance.

THAT's why I'm changing my rating to 3.5 stars - I'm sorry, but even with all the good sides that camera has, the build quality is a major flaw for me. I know, it's just rubber, but now I'll have to send it in for repair and be left my eos-m as my only camera.

Every time I write an OBJECTIVE review, someone like you comes in and tries to prove me wrong. I'm not trashing the 100D as I said, it's a nice little camera. But it has it's flaws and I'd better pont them out instead of blindly praising Canon.