| 9th May 2006: Canon 30D testing: |
| I decided to upgrade my 20D. '399€ + 20D' change offer was too tempting as my camera was
heavily used (bought September 2004) with some 20 000 actuations. As most of us know, 30D is a rather
conservative upgrade from its predecessor.
As opposed to what there is difference between Canon 10D and 20D... |
| My initial findings of 30D vs. 20D in ten days of mainly bird photographing: |
| Picture quality is almost identical. Propably I got more impact for picture quality from supplied
raw converter, Digital Photo Professional 2.1.0.2. I have been using DPP since I bought 20D and has been very happy with it. |
| Speedier operations and faster buffer, even with fast paced bird photography camera will
not get busy mode so easily |
| Shutter sound more quiet, or at least softer than with 20D. |
| Auto focus: if there is some difference(?), I cannot notice it when shooting. |
| In Ai Servo mode + continuous high speed mode camera seems to be more responsive than with
20D, but I assume that it can only feel like that because of larger buffer (Raw pictures 6 -> 11). |
| ISO sensitivity steps can be optionally reduced to 1/3 steps, and ISO value is shown in viewfinder
as you change it. In my opinion these are valuable additions especially in low light wildlife shooting. |
| 2.5" lcd -display with 230000 pixels and more optional browsing styles + rgb diagram. Very
useful features. I also find display bright enough for outdoors use, at least up here in North. |
| And here a few samples from Finland and Estonia. Quality looks like identical to 20D pictures
even as 20x30cm (8x12) enlargements: |
