My first "proper" camera...

No idea what I was buying then, wanted quality. Was disappointed due to weight and lens quality (yeah, kit). Didn't invest in the system, sold later on to never come back to Canon.

rafalczak wrote:

No idea what I was buying then, wanted quality. Was disappointed due to weight and lens quality (yeah, kit). Didn't invest in the system, sold later on to never come back to Canon.

Hmm.  OK.

Here are a few photos from folks who did decide to invest in the system...

https://500px.com/search?q=Canon+t2i&type=photos&sort=relevance

The key to success really is to make photography your passion no matter what equipment you are holding.  Enjoy!

R2

Bought my T2i in Jan 2011 with a 18-135 kit lens.  It was a great package and I really loved it.  It's now my #4 SLR, but it's still a fine camera and gets used occasionally.  My wife used it on a shoot last month and it still works great.  I'll sell it if I can get a half decent price for it, but until then it's a great backup and it's also my first choice if I think I might be doing a 'hazardous duty' shoot.

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.

The OP said he was disappointed due to weight and lens quality?  To me the weight seemed in line with any similar SLRs, and the lenses at that time were pretty good and IS.  Maybe he wanted an 'L' quality lens for a 'kit' lens price.

Let me guess. This was supposed to be your idea of an April Fool's joke. "Reviewing" a camera you didn't like and haven't seen for several years.

Nothing to see here, folks. Keep moving. Don't waste your good pictures here.

ThrillaMozilla wrote:

Let me guess. This was supposed to be your idea of an April Fool's joke. "Reviewing" a camera you didn't like and haven't seen for several years.

Nothing to see here, folks. Keep moving. Don't waste your good pictures here.

He has been winding up the folks on the Sony forum with a review of the a6000 as well.

He was having issues with Panasonic, too.

karl mohr wrote:

He was having issues with Panasonic, too.

Yes, I went into reminiscence mode and reviewed all my previous cameras, and there were reasons I replaced them at the time. I did take some photos using them I still like, one taken with T2i is in my gallery, that doesn't mean that using it was fun. The "didn't like it" part has nothing to do with the verdict for camera, which I tried to keep objective between all cameras based on my current standards. FZ200 verdict might have been higher a few years ago, but not now, especially when there is nearly nothing new in successor (FZ300).

R2D2 wrote:

rafalczak wrote:

No idea what I was buying then, wanted quality. Was disappointed due to weight and lens quality (yeah, kit). Didn't invest in the system, sold later on to never come back to Canon.

Hmm. OK.

Here are a few photos from folks who did decide to invest in the system...

https://500px.com/search?q=Canon+t2i&type=photos&sort=relevance

The key to success really is to make photography your passion no matter what equipment you are holding. Enjoy!

R2

I beg to differ. Wrong equipment (and I mean wrong for you, it might be perfect for someone else), can limit the fun, and therefore passion, a lot. I love taking photos, I do it a lot and have fun doing it, except well, the best camera is the one you have always with you, which wasn't the case for T2i. I had an idea that bridge will do, but was disappointed with quality, small sensor was a bad move, I liked APS-C of T2i way better. Some time passed and A6000 was nearly there, very good camera, except some details that bothered me and made me jump ship again. And I hope for the last time.

Why were you disappointed in the weight? Didn't you read the specs before you purchased the camera?

Yeah, one thing is to read the specs, other is to actually carry the camera around, my bad here.

rafalczak wrote:

R2D2 wrote:

rafalczak wrote:

No idea what I was buying then, wanted quality. Was disappointed due to weight and lens quality (yeah, kit). Didn't invest in the system, sold later on to never come back to Canon.

Hmm. OK.

Here are a few photos from folks who did decide to invest in the system...

https://500px.com/search?q=Canon+t2i&type=photos&sort=relevance

The key to success really is to make photography your passion no matter what equipment you are holding. Enjoy!

R2

I beg to differ. Wrong equipment (and I mean wrong for you, it might be perfect for someone else), can limit the fun, and therefore passion, a lot. I love taking photos, I do it a lot and have fun doing it, except well, the best camera is the one you have always with you, which wasn't the case for T2i. I had an idea that bridge will do, but was disappointed with quality, small sensor was a bad move, I liked APS-C of T2i way better. Some time passed and A6000 was nearly there, very good camera, except some details that bothered me and made me jump ship again. And I hope for the last time.

Well you sure are making a LOT of poor buying decisions.  I find it ironic that one of the things that might help you out the most (being user reviews), you are also doing a poor and misleading job of.

Good luck with the search,

R2