Canon EOS 50D 15.1MP Digital SLR Camera (Body Only): Customer Reviews & Product Details

As usual your service was as expected. The camera is more than I expected. I also have a Canon 10D and this represent a huge advance over it. Go Canon!!

I have been using my Canon 50D since August and I must say it is fantastic. It takes incredible pictures and is fairly easy to learn to use, considering it is an SLR. the lenses can be replaced with ease, and the camera itself is very sturdy and well-built. My one complaint would be that it is quite heavy, though this is to be expected with a camera of this type. I would highly recommend this camera to serious amateur photographers who are considering a high quality SLR with all the bells and whistles.

For years I had been shooting the Canon Elan IIe and was very happy with it. I never planned on going digital, I always felt like a photography purist by not doing a bunch of post production in Photoshop, but baby #3 came July 2009, film/development was getting out of hand, and I'm not quite good enough to get the perfect picture on the first shot so I gave in to the flexibility of digital photography. The 50d was an outstanding way to break into DSLR cameras. I love this camera, it's been nothing but a god send. Durable, reliable, tons of functions and customizations (half of which I haven't even figured out yet). Picture quality is excellent and the 28-135mm lens is highly versatile. There are many other in depth reviews out there regarding this camera so I am going to save us both some time and be brief. I just wanted to put my 2 cents in and say that this is a great camera that I have been very happy with. For comparison, I would consider myself a serious photography hobbyist.

A DSLR can provide a lot of benefits over a simple point and shoot camera. With a DSLR, you'll get faster shooting speeds, better optics (and therefore a better quality picture), the ability to change lenses for ultimate flexibility, complete control over image exposure, sharpness, other image quality settings and a lot more.

Like many products, there are entry-level DSLRs, professional-grade D-SLRs, and plenty of models in between. Canon's 50D blurs the line between amateur and professional D-SLR cameras. This camera strikes a good balance with its price and feature set. With the 50D, you get a lot of features you wouldn't find on entry-level models such as Superior burst speed 6.3fps, weather sealed body, All nine autofocus points on the 50D are of the cross type variety, while on the T1i / 500D, only the center one is, Maximum shutter speed of 1/8000s, White balance in Kelvin, The viewfinder in the 50D uses a pentaprism while a pentamirror is used for the viewfinder in the 500D. Pentaprism viewfinders give a brighter and larger image compared to pentamirror types. But you won't pay professional-grade prices. Users who are just making the jump to a DSLR, for example will appreciate the 50D's Live View mode, which lets you use the DSLR's LCD to frame an image, similar to the way you would frame an image using a point and shoot camera. For more advanced shooters, the 50D also has full manual controls to give you all the traditional adjustments in image staging for your photographs.

After reviewing and seeing many cameras, I finally purchased this one because of its great performance compared to price. As always Amazon was great with packaging and delivery date. The product arrived just in time for a trip I made to Vegas. I really took amazing pictures during day and night with results even better than expected.

I am a graphic designer and photographer and like to work with good stuff. So far I have not done as many pictures as I would like but I am sure I will have a good camera for a long time. Thank you Amazon for your outstanding service.