Canon EOS 20D DSLR Camera (Body Only) (OLD MODEL)

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I purchased the 20D as an upgrade from my Digital Rebel. The cost was certainly worth it. This camera has many, many advantages to the Rebel (as Im sure other reviewers will point out), but I thought three were worthy of mention: ISO 1600 and 3200 have very, very low noise. This means that I am now able to get low-light shots that I never could before. For example, I often take pictures of crowded streets at night. Before, I needed to use a flash or else my shots would be blurred by camera shake and the motion of people walking. Now (with the help of a f1.8 lens) I can set the camera at ISO3200 and have the shutter speed be fast enough that I can get clear images. In fact, when I use the Black & White mode, the picture is virtually noise-free. Rapid-Fire burst mode. When the "multi-shot" function is on, this camera fires like a machine gun. It also writes the images to the memory card much faster than the Rebel ever did. I shot a series of 25 shots in 5 seconds, and it still had them all on the card 6 seconds after I stopped shooting. Black and White mode. Not just some toy feature, when you are saving as a JPG file (not RAW), the image is actully encoded as a B&W image--meaning a smaller file size. This means more shots per card, and also more shots being able to be held in the buffer. I was actully able to record 90 frames of B&W images (JPG-Large-Fine) at full speed (5 per second) without stopping (onto a 40x CF card). Like I said before, Im sure there are tons of other amazing features of the 20D, but I wanted you to know my favorites. UPDATE: Over the past few months, there have been reports that the 20D locks up on occasion. I had that happen to me only once. Canon has posted a firmware upgrade on its website that remedies this problem (as well as a few others). I upgraded, and have not had any problems since.

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Havent tested it yet but it came with no body cap. Obviously its advertised as body only but would have assumed it would come with a cap. Literally have to keep a lens on one of my two cameras now so i can use the 1 body cap i have.

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I was looking for a inexpensive camera for my daughter to get started with. This camera was in excellent shape and works perfectly.

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I was skeptical after switching from from film, medium format, which I have been using for close to a decade. It took a few weeks of playing to figure out how to get the best out of this great digital camera. I didnt get the standard zoom that is offered in the kit, but got the Canon 85, 1.8f USM lens instead. Old habits die hard. If you do a lot of available light shooting for portraiture, this lens cant be beat. Anyway, once I figured the camera out, I was satisfied with the results. Shooting raw images and using the Photoshop raw plugin yielded the best results. I dont mind being labled as a Luddite for saying this, but as great as this camera is, it still cant do better quality images than the "old school" medium format camera that I still own.

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Apart from all the good points rightly pointed by all reviewers there is one design problem with the camera: the LCD screen. It is simply too dim. To the point that is almost useless on a bright day. The quality of the pictures is great and the bundled software is very powerful and easy to use. Specially the Digital Photo Professional, that comes with no manual, is great. You can find an excelent tutorial here: [...]. Maybe that is why another reviewer complains about the images being too dull. I first tried the camera on an overcast day in Chicago and as almost everything is gray, the pictures at the LCD screen were quite ugly and flat. Very different from another cameras LCDs.

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Very fast shipping product was excellent they included 2 canon batteries with charger and strap

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I am very happy with it. It may be an old model however, it is a full feature DSLR camera, able to use my old lenses, still usable with current computer technology, reasonable cost for cameras age, and I think a great asset.

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Arrived early and in perfect working order. With the 20D at least, newer doesnt mean better. Still one of the best cameras around for the prosumer photographer. After all, the photog creates, the camera merely captures it. Great buy.

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Good price for an older camera model. Amazon Market place let me get a good camera at an affordable price for my daughter. we now shoot together and I can teach her photography techniques.

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The 20D is wonderful for my photography business. It is instant on and only takes a quick second to pull up previews of pictures. Other digital cameras of the professional grade took too long to record the image before you could view it. Sharp, quick, and flexible. I would buy this camera in a heartbeat if I was still shopping for one!

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