That's over, now, but you got back up to 30% ($200 max) on purchases under certain conditions using Live Search.
That's over, now, but you got back up to 30% ($200 max) on purchases under certain conditions using Live Search.
I've used the 20D for nearly 4 years, now. Two days ago I got my new 50D. On so many levels it's a MUCH better camera than my 20D (shutter noise, focus, color, detail). Do I wish it had better noise performance--yes. Canon made a marketing decision to have more pixels. I wish they had made a 12mp sensor instead of a 15 and included better noise performance.
That being said, the 50D is a marvelous camera. Here'a a shot I did today. I used a Canon 70-200 f4L IS. I shot this at 200mm, 1/40 sec, 1600 iso. I shot in RAW used noise reduction in Adobe Camera Raw, but did nothing after that.
Here's the full image, but drastically reduced.
Now, here's a 100% crop from this image.
Again, this was a 200mm 1/40th sec., hand-held shot. While there is a touch of softness, I haven't applied sharpening yet. Also, I did use the Cashback deal to upgrade all my lenses. Unless you have a really awful camera good lenses will show themselves in the images you take.
That's over, now, but you got back up to 30% ($200 max) on purchases under certain conditions using Live Search.
I've used the 20D for nearly 4 years, now. Two days ago I got my new 50D. On so many levels it's a MUCH better camera than my 20D (shutter noise, focus, color, detail). Do I wish it had better noise performance--yes. Canon made a marketing decision to have more pixels. I wish they had made a 12mp sensor instead of a 15 and included better noise performance.
That being said, the 50D is a marvelous camera. Here'a a shot I did today. I used a Canon 70-200 f4L IS. I shot this at 200mm, 1/40 sec, 1600 iso. I shot in RAW used noise reduction in Adobe Camera Raw, but did nothing after that.
Here's the full image, but drastically reduced.
Now, here's a 100% crop from this image.
Again, this was a 200mm 1/40th sec., hand-held shot. While there is a touch of softness, I haven't applied sharpening yet. Also, I did use the Cashback deal to upgrade all my lenses. Unless you have a really awful camera good lenses will show themselves in the images you take.
Just the smaller image is reduced to give the full size cut-out a reference point. If you want the full size image, PM me your email, and I'll send it to you. It's kinda large. At a normal internet screen resolution of 72dpi, the photo would be about 66x44 inches (at 300dpi, it's still about 10.5x16). So, it's really too big to post here.
I bought my 50D from B&H--a great company to deal with on the internet. One thing, too. I heard the rebates will come off sometime this month, and that the yen is pretty strong against the dollar. There is a chance the price will go up.
Couple of comments. With a 15MP sensor, you'd better have as much RAM as possible. I use Vista x64 so I can use 8gigs of ram. When open on the computer, an image from a 50D is about 43mb. Then you start to "play" with it, and the ram usage goes up.
ISO 12800, 1/20, f/3.5
Here's my nephew (blurred his face because I don't know if he'd appreciate me splashing him on the internet) in a shot taken in a very dark room. It was only lit by the TV and a light filtered through another room. This photo was processed with the highest noise reduction in Adobe Camera Raw, and then run through Neat Image noise reduction. The 50D's highest two ISOs (6400 & 12800) are really not for general use. This photo is not too bad. I would only use these ISOs for very dark photos were a tripod or flash is not accepted or available. Saying that, though, I got a photo where I could have never taken one before. I haven't played with this much (the high ISOs), but I honestly don't see where I would use them anymore than maybe 1-2% percent of my photos. I am very satisfied with the noise levels up to 3200. Remember, a 15MP crop sensor has a LOT of image and it holds the noise levels impressively low. As far as detail--from a half block away with my 70-200mm, I took a shot at ISO 100 at 200mm, and I could read the month tab on a license plate very clearly. The month tab was just a blob with my 8MP 20D. If you crop (me) or big blow ups (me, me), this is nothing to sneeze at.
Remember, however, your mileage may very. I've read reviews from "meh" to "fabulous" about the 50D. Coming from a 20D, I'm closer to the "fabulous."
EDIT: Here's a 100% crop from the image above. It's hard to see the noise in the full image, so I thought I should give a bigger view. It's not just noise in the the higher ISOs--it's also "waves" of false color. You can see it (purpleish) in the chair fabric. There are a few more tricks to work on this (sampling down, for one) to get a better result. But for what it is, it's not bad.
. I had the Digital Rebel, so this was quite a leap in machinery for me. I have just started tinkering with it--the weather has been so gloomy that I was struggling to find things to photograph. I have been quite happy with the pictures that I have taken lately. They seem much sharper than the ones with my other camera (that is now gathering dust). The menus are pretty simple to work. I really like the larger LCD screen. With the Rebel, I would look at a photo and think it was focused, only to see it full size and realize that it was slightly off. I also like the gridlines for leveling help....you can only turn them on in live view, which I'm not crazy about. It is habit for me to put the camera up to my eye, rather than hold it out at arms length to see what I'm photographing.
