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My first "proper" camera...
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R2D2
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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
When was this? This is your first post in a Canon forum.
Glad to hear. Stick with your expensive over priced fuji stuff. Canon has products for all needs and budgets.
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The problem some people have, is that they don't understand how to properly use a DSLR camera that they have purchased. By the way, the newer kit lenses are great.
I have used two Canon T2i (550D) cameras for over four years with kit lenses. Fortunately, when I started using Canon DSLR cameras I already had more than four years experience using Olympus DSLR cameras, so the learning curve wasn't long.
After about two months of first using my Canon T2i (550D) camera with one of the kit lenses, I was able to get photos like this. And if you didn't know, the Canon T2i (550D) camera got Dpreview's Gold Award in its reviews. You might want to look over that review and try to understand why you could not come to the same conclusion as Dpreview. Recognize also that the Canon T2i (550D) camera was manufactured a long time ago, so the technology is much older.
Why were you disappointed in the weight? Didn't you read the specs before you purchased the camera?
I have used two Canon T2i (550D) cameras for over four years with kit lenses. Fortunately, when I started using Canon DSLR cameras I already had more than four years experience using Olympus DSLR cameras, so the learning curve wasn't long.
After about two months of first using my Canon T2i (550D) camera with one of the kit lenses, I was able to get photos like this. And if you didn't know, the Canon T2i (550D) camera got Dpreview's Gold Award in its reviews. You might want to look over that review and try to understand why you could not come to the same conclusion as Dpreview. Recognize also that the Canon T2i (550D) camera was manufactured a long time ago, so the technology is much older.
Why were you disappointed in the weight? Didn't you read the specs before you purchased the camera?
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karl mohr
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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.
Ken53
Senior Member
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.
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.
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karl mohr
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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.
ThrillaMozilla
Veteran Member
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.
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.
karl mohr
Senior Member
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).
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Yeah, one thing is to read the specs, other is to actually carry the camera around, my bad here.
Relative to my 4/3rds Olympus E-510 I didn't find the Canon T2i (550D) camera heavy at all. In fact to my surprise they were nearly the same weight (when I checked the specs). Remember also that the Canon T2i (550D) camera was manufactured about four and a half (4-1/2) to six (6) years ago, so if you were thinking about what you have now and using that for comparison, then that's not really a fair review. Perhaps is that why your review is so much different than what Dpreview provided?
Did you struggle with a DSLR camera? For some people, a simple P&S camera is better.
I'm using three Canon T2i/T3i (550D/600D) cameras. Some day I'll upgrade but meanwhile I still like what I get with them. Here's one of hundreds of photos from yesterday with a kit lens. It's a straight out-of-the-camera JPEG with minimal post processing. Yes, we could do better shooting RAW or using a more expensive high quality lens, but it's good enough for me.
Did you struggle with a DSLR camera? For some people, a simple P&S camera is better.
I'm using three Canon T2i/T3i (550D/600D) cameras. Some day I'll upgrade but meanwhile I still like what I get with them. Here's one of hundreds of photos from yesterday with a kit lens. It's a straight out-of-the-camera JPEG with minimal post processing. Yes, we could do better shooting RAW or using a more expensive high quality lens, but it's good enough for me.
R2D2
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