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Summary: This camera is not discontinued!
Review: And I don't see that will happen until 2004 fall at first:
1. Canon doesn't appear to be meeting demand at the moment.
2. The sales drone was trying to sell the Nikon D100, which is older model than 10D.
3. Even dealers close to Canon don't have any idea which DSLR will be next from Canon or which model it will replace.
4. The serial number on my camera indicates that it was manufactured either in November or December 2003.Calling it fast is the understatement of the year. People unused to fast cameras make the mistake of taking 2 pictures instead of one. Focusing is dead on with even in complete darkness.
The pictures look very nice straight from it, both nice and sharp. Even better than they did from my old G2, so it is possible to use them without putting them through Photoshop first. It is more solid than the 300D and looks nicer. The only bad points I have noticed are that:
* Waking it up from sleep takes longer than turning it on.
* The internal flash is a joke.
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Summary: One of the best....
Review: I have had the 10D since it was first released earlier this year. My previous digital cameras were a Canon D30 and an Olympus D600. Needless to say the 10D is way ahead of those two. However, this is not a camera that you can just grab from the box and start shooting. If you want to shoot in the highest quality mode -- Canon RAW, you need to understand that the images will require some work in Photoshop or a similar application before they look their best -- colour levels will need tweaking and sharpening will need to be applied. If you want to point, shoot, download and print with little or no extra work, then shooting in JPEG mode is the way to go, and some of the picture settings on the camera (sharpening, colour saturation etc) will have to be tweaked for best results. Essential accessories are: BG-ED (otherwise known as BigEd) camera grip that provides space for two batteries, and adds vertical shooting controls; Speedlite 550EX for automated flash photography; Cokin filter system. See my galleries at http://www.pbase.com/ukexpat
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Summary: This camera is fantastic!
Review: I did a lot of research before deciding on the Canon 10D, and I do not regret it for a second. I have had it almost a week now, and have become very comfortable using it. I am coming from using an Elan 7E, so it may have been easier for me to get used to it than others, but I find the camera very easy to use. This camera is so high in it's resolution that you will see the true capabilities of whatever lens you use on it. Color reproduction is great, the built-in flash is good, but it really needs an external flash to be of serious use for flash work. Build quality is very good, and it feels solid in hand, almost like an extension of me. The speed of the maximum frame rate is also very good, unless you're a pro sports photographer. The camera does not come with a CF card. That's probably just as well, since you'll want a large one. I bought a 512 megabyte one, which can handle about 87 RAW images or 202 large fine quality jpegs. I can see I'll need a few more for what I am using it for. I have done almost 1,100 photos in the week that I have had this camera. Most of them were getting to know various controls and doing tests on lens sharpness and such. But I have noticed that I am learning about photographic technique a lot faster with this camera than I was with film. If you figure that a roll of 36 exposure pro film, with developing and single print proof printing comes to about $20 a roll, you can think about it this way: 75 rolls of film, or unlimited digital shots? Seems like a damned good bargain when you look at it that way. I'm free to do photography now, instead of wondering how much I can afford, and where and how to store and catalog the negs.
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Summary: Outstanding design and execution
Review: I've owned a 10D with the 70-200M L-series 2.8 zoom for about 3 weeks now. Truly, it is a revelation. My principal use is to photograph equestrian sports. This is my first "serious" digital camera. Prior equipment was largely Contax SLR and G2. The 10D has produced image quality of astonishing color fidelity and clarity. I've enlarged and printed "action" photos to 11 x 14 with results that professionals believe compare favorably and in fact are better than can be produced with 35mm film. The 10D is well made. It is complex, but to a reasonably well-informed photographer, the complexity serves many useful purposes that facilitate creative control. There is a great deal of information available that enables rapid adaptation to lighting conditions and that facilitates optimum exposures. I was influenced in buying the 10D by the fact it offers a 3FPS burst mode and a 9 frame buffer, as I often shoot fast-moving subjects. I haven't needed it. The focus speed of the 70-200 L series lens and the instant response of the 10D shutter have meant I get the shot I want at the moment I see it - no bursts necessary. Having come to this system from the fine Zeiss lenses of the Contax line, my final comment is that the one L series lens I have makes me want another. As suggested by the wide use of these lenses by professional sports photographers, you get what you pay for.
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Summary: Goodbye analog, helooooo EOS 10D
Review: Ahh, the $1500 magic number. I couldn't resist, and finally succumbed to digital. I've been shooting for 20 years with medium format cameras, old rangefinders, and classic manual Nikon lenses on my old Nikkormat. For some time, I was certain that digital couldn't approach the qualities of film. I thought they'd never achieve the film effects that I got so easily with my traditional camera, like flaring highlights, shallow focus, atmospheric low-light stuff, skin tones, etc.. The digital images looked hi hi-rez video stillls, especially highlights- they looked like buzzy video. Well, the 10D does all these things, and does them better than film. I believe in the long run it does them cheaper, and it definitely does them faster, as I'm not scanning for 3 hours a night. The first lens I bought was a 35mm f2, and it's been fantastic. With the 1.6 focal length multiplier, it's similar to having a classic 50/1.4 on your film SLR. Very nice out-of-focus effects. With the 35/2 mounted and the camera on ISO 800, you'd have a hard time convincing me that any 800 spead film could come even close the images I've gotten. With a fast lens, the low light capability of this camera is astounding. But that's just one of the good things. Having different ISO films in different cameras, or chanding film mid-roll, I am so not missing that hassle. There's no shutter lag to speak of. The build quality is very good. The engineering and interface design are absolutely first rate. If you've used older manual cameras and have a good understand of photography, you will be amazed at how intuitive the controls are. All the most often-used settings are right there under your fingertips- white balance, focus zones and servo behavior, drive rate, ISO settings and metering patterns. No matter what you're fiddling with or how deep into the menus you are, the shutter release puts you right back into shooting mode immediately. The control wheels on the top and back do just the things you'd expect them to in a given exposure mode, and they do it with a precision and certainty that left me never wanting to go back to my old cameras. (This is nothing new for anyone used to even a Canon Rebel G, but it's sobering for a classic camera user.) Choose exact shutter speeds or f-stops, or tweak exposure by half or third stops right there as you look through the viewfinder. I've seen talk on the web about softness in the images. Personally I'm pleased with it. You can always sharpen more later, and as they are straight from the camera, there are no aliasing artifacts at all. I believe the antialising filter is the source of this "softness". When you zoom into details, it looks more like a film image than a pixel-based digital image. How could anyone complain about that? Tight details like eye highlights- these look like organic details, not jaggy pixels. With over 3000 pixels across, I don't know what more people would want: you have to zoom in very tight to see this, so I don't know what people are expecting. At 8X10, prints look plenty sharp to me. What else . . . the metering is very good. Backlit subjects in front of windows are handled perfectly. The skin tones are just gorgeous. The flare control and color fidelity of the Canon lenses is very very good, and I'm using the cheap stuff. The L series is certainly better still if you're well heeled. The dynamic range is still definitely not as wide as that of film- maybe close to slide film, but any negative film on a bright sunny day still kicks the -- out of digital in terms the brightest and darkest tones it can capture. The 10D is light years ahead of snapshot-type digital cameras in this regard. If I had one big gripe it would have to be the myopic feeling of looking through the viewfinder- a result of the CMOS chip being smaller than a standard 35mm frame. The optics of the viewfinder are still built for 35, just masked off for the smaller sensor size, so you sort of get the impression of looking down a long hallway at the image. If you've ever picked up a Canon EOS film camera, (or the new EOS 1Ds with its full frame chip) the big, glorious presentation is pretty impressive by comparison. That, coupled with the 1.6X focal length multiplication is such a waste of a lens capability- you're only getting the center 60% of the lens's image. (By the way, that one review in here that talks about multiplying or dividing the image resolution by 1.6 or whatever- it's complete cockamamie. It's the focal length of the lens that's multiplied. The resolution of the camera has nothing to do with it.) The whole 1.6X thing is a royal pain, and I'll be glad when full frame chips are cheap enough and the world can step back up and stop doing all the conversion stuff. Otherwise- its easily the best DSLR out there right now.
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Summary: Excellent camera!
Review: I've had my 10D for about a year now. I did all my research, and when Uncle Sam sent me my refund last year, I went out and bought this camera. I haven't regretted it, even though the camera body, 28-200mm lens and CF card cost me well over $2000.00 (at Fry's Electronics, which was the only place in the county I could find it). I do have to say that if you like taking vertical pictures, or your grip isn't strong, or even if you're just nervous about dropping such an expensive piece of equipment, buy the handstrap while you're at it... it is a rather heavy camera. I have had no focusing problems, even on full automatic. I haven't had problems with fuzzy pictures, either. Most of my photography is either casual or natural. I enjoy taking close-ups of flowers, and I can see every detail of the petals and stamens on my photos (I've even had a few photos that when I d/l them and review them, I realized that my roses had aphids because they're visible in the peripherals (un-focused area) of the photo). The only "bad" thing about this camera is that it screams "I'M EXPENSIVE!"... for this reason (among others), a good padded camera bag is highly recommended. When I was little, my mom had a Canon SLR (which I still have, and still works). That camera was my first exposure to photography... so far, this camera is living up to the expectations of quality, consistency, value and practicality that I formed at such an early age. I look forward to seeing how it performs at my wedding this summer... I'm sure it will do beautifully.
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Summary: Great Camera
Review: I was not a fan of digital cameras, but this camera changed my mind. I had been shooting with a Canon EOS 1V HS and EOS 3. I have not shot film since I bought this camera.
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Summary: exceeded my expectations
Review: I first saw the Canon D60 three years ago in a photograph shown in a newspaper column right after 9/11. The camera was owned by a professional photographer and the photograph showed the D60 all dirty and beaten up from doing its job at ground zero along with the photographer. The design and ruggedness of the camera catched my attention; instantly I was impressed and wanted to own one (though I am not a professional photographer and have not owned a camera for the past 15 years, nor have I taken any pictures since then). However, after some research, I was a bit dissappointed--the price was out of my range. Even since then I have kept my eye on the D60's price and product development to its present 10D model. Finally about three weeks ago I decided to plunge down the cash and bought it through Amazon. In the three week period, I have treaded all over the city with my new 10D and snapped pictures after pictures; all throughout this camera still hasn't ceased to impress me. For a beginner like me, with the 10D, snapping pictures that closely resemble the pros' is as easy as pressing a button. All my pictures are crisp clear and sharp, the seven point focus within the viewfinder is the best thing since slice bread. (I never know the streets I have been walking everyday for the past 20+ years could look this good in pictures.) I have also been taking pictures of people and then burning the photos to a CD as a gift, people just love me for it. As for layouts all the buttons are clear and easily reachable. Since I also own a Mac, downloading pictures is a breeze without the fuss of installing any new softwares, all it takes is one button, that is all! The included battery lasts forever and takes only an hour to charge. A 256mb compactflash card with large/fine, the highest besides RAW, resolution will give you approximately 87 photos. Whither its automatic, creative mode, micro, landscape, portrait, it does them all and does them wonderfully. However, the built-in flash's ability is somewhat limited when taking pictures at night.
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Summary: CANON 10D - FLAWLESS AND BUILT LIKE A TANK
Review: Prior to my 10D purchase I used a Canon 10s 35mm along with the Canon 100-300 ultrasonic, Tamron 28-200, Sigma 50mm macro. I love my Canon 10s and so far Canon's 10 designation has been my lucky number. The 10D is a superb camera but beware when using independent lens makers. My Sigma macro had to be sent back to Sigma for an electronics "upgrade" when it produced the feared error 99. Also my Tamron 28-200 became useless with the 10D since the auto focus refused to work well. Tamron admits that its non "DI" lenses may not work on some digital SLRs. I recently purchased the Canon 35-135 IS and the Canon 17-40 "L" lens. When you mate these lenses along with the upgraded Sigma 50MM macro and the Canon 100-300 with the 10D the results are absolutely astounding! If you do buy a 10D and decide to buy a new lens I would stick with Canon and skip the compatibility worries altogether. It seems that even old Canon EF lenses work splendidly with the 10D. I own the 10D for almost a year and have used it under tough conditions and have taken many thousands of pictures and it has never failed me. The camera is always ready to take a picture when I need it and the results are truly remarkable. The camera has a solid professional(mostly metal body) feel and is fairly easy to learn to use. The battery seems to last forever unless you use the built in flash. I bought the Canon 540ez flash which works great and is quite powerful. In the final analysis the Canon 10D rates a perfect 10!
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Summary: Error 99 and shutter problems are serious
Review: I got a new 10D a few month ago. It just failed. I have not taken more than 500 pictures. I used only one lens Canon EF 24-70/2.8L. Today the shutter failed. One leaf of the shutter could not get back into place. So the camera shows "ERROR 99" and is no longer useful. Search on google will see so many posts on this problem. The shutter life is very short. Do not buy 10D until the problem resolved, or you will regret. I am surprised that no one addressed this here.
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