![]() Exposure is most of the time spot on, though dynamic range is obviously short on high contrast scenes. The 9-point AF locks in in fast without me noticing that it focused already at times. Shooting RAW does offer more leeway for artistic freedom. White Balance was also a mixed bag before but it held well under tungsten lighting. ![]() In short, I kinda like the colors as it looked more natural with a slight punch. The skin tones are quite good, reds aren’t an eye-sore and blues doesn’t look too alien. The 700D however, churned out photos with colors a lot closer to life. I am used to Canon having that slightly saturated colors to please consumers. But it sure does help that there’s already Image Stabilization on the lens to keep the ISO down. ISO performance is good but it lags slightly even on the mirrorless line. I found the ISO 800 to be quite usable, ISO 1600 looses a bit detail already from the noise reduction but still usable, ISO 3200 and up there’s already heavy smearing on the details due to noise reduction. I usually shoot in different ISO conditions since I also shoot street and spontaneous scenes on challenging lighting. But with the few shoots I did, I could tell this is a competitive camera in its line. It’s unfortunate I wasn’t able to use the 700D on my usual trips and was restrained due to weather conditions and time. The touch-sensitive vari-angle LCD with LIveView Performance and Image Quality The images has average to decent sharpness as expected, contrast a bit subdued and for a kit lens it can deliver good looking bokeh. ![]() ![]() The focusing was quick and silent which I think would be good for videographers. Well, Canon made some changes and I’m quite surprised with the Canon EF-S 18-55 f3.5-5.6 IS, it may have a plastic construction but has direct switches for the AutoFocus to Manual and the Image Stabilization On and Off switch. There was a time when Canon kit lens have a reputation to be inferior to any other kit lens in the market. HDMI, USB, remote trigger and mic interface (left), SD card compartment (upper right), battery compartment (bottom right) The Canon EF-S 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 IS I like that the tripod socket doesn’t interfere with the battery compartment. The other flap houses the mic and remote trigger slot. On the left are two flaps, one for the HDMI and the combined USB/AV socket. The 700D takes an SD Card, SDHC and SDXC cards on the right side of the camera. The 3″ 1.04 mil dot ClearViewII LCD is a pleasure to look especially using the Live View. It gives more option in terms of challenging compositions (or for beginner’s DSLR Selfie if that’s your thing). It’s nice to see a vari-angle LCD which I was heavily using in my previous DSLR. As a non-Canon user, the controls were pretty easy to figure out, there’s the ring up front and direct buttons for the important controls like ISO and exposure compensation. The grip feels just right on my hands, the built, while plastic has some texture that it doesn’t feel as cheap. Top controls (upper left), on-board flash (right), kit len switches (bottom left) Built and Handlingįor a full sized DSLR, I was surprised how light the camera is even fitted with the kit lens and battery.
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