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My first "proper" camera...

Started Apr 1, 2016 | User reviews thread
Ken53 Senior Member • Posts: 2,284
DPReview's GOLD Award of the T2i /550D

DPReview link:

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos550d/29

Quote from actual review:

Conclusion

All in all, the EOS 550D is the most compelling DSLR of its class that we've ever tested. It is hard to imagine how much more we might realistically expect from a product of this type, and although the improvements that Canon has made over the EOS 500D aren't revolutionary, the 550D is a better camera than its predecessor. In terms of both still and video capture, the 550D is currently the best camera of its type on the market.

End of DPR quote:

My opinion:

I owned two of them for many years. They where so good that I never sold them but instead, handed them down to family members. They are still being use daily and well liked. In 2010 it's image sensor was shared with the famous EOS 7D. It's 18mp sensor lived on in various forms for years in similar models.

I am sorry the T2i didn't work out for you, but it sure did for me.

Here are just a few from 1000s of images shot by an amateur like myself.

None of these shot in RAW but just in jpg.

Ken

Best viewed at 100%... (actually this is an 100% wild turkey that wondered into my yard.)

Manually focused at this point in the daytime to take this flash shot later at night. Heavily Cropped.

Best viewed at 100%

SOOC SHOT.... Very Distant, best viewed at 100%

This eagle is an unedited SOOC jpg. ISO is 1600 so you can see the little amount of noise for a year 2010 camera.

 Ken53's gear list:Ken53's gear list
Canon PowerShot G15 Canon PowerShot SX50 HS Canon PowerShot SX60 HS Canon EOS 70D Canon EOS 7D Mark II +14 more
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