Re: Canon EOS 20D - is this review fair?



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Skip Middleton
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"pixby" <pixby_douglas@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Interesting stuff...
> When I posted opinions like these about a month after the 20D was
> released,
> I got howled down by the disciples of EOS. Whenever I even suggested the
> hallowed 20D might not be all it's cracked up to be, I get accused of
> posting "non scientific" tests. OK...
> The 20D is an absolute crap camera from wedding photography when compared
> to
> Nikon and Fuji cameras. Canon's answer to my complaints is to buy a 1D
> MkII
> or 1Ds because these are "the professional" cameras. That's OK too except
> I
> bought a 1D MkII last Christmas when the second 20D died and it is very
> little different to the 20D. Certainly not $6000 better, if better at all.
>
> Ho, hum... No one cares so why do I? Because it's my livelihood and I'm
> fed
> up with the bull*** from Canon and all their puppets. I care that skin
> tones are not supposed to look like everyone is suntanned.

Lower the in camera saturation. Or stop shooting Australians, who, like
Californians, have a rather permanent tan... ;-)

I care that when
> I rely on the camera's metering, it needs to work. I care that the $800
> Speedlight, heralded as "smart" can't even get the flash duration right
> most
> of the time... I'd settle for some of the time if it was predictable.

If you use this with your f2.8 L lenses, you might find that it works just
fine. And it was predictable, otherwise, always 1-1.3 stops off.
>
> Thursday last, I jumped ship. True! I ordered up a new Nikon D2X with
> enough
> glass and a new speedlight to ensure I'll never be able to afford to
> replace
> my car this year (again). I used a demo model for several hours, side by
> side with my 20D and 1D before deciding this is "The Camera" worth the
> cost
> of changing over to Nikon. It even feels like a real camera instead of a
> pretend one like a 20D with "Grip". What a joy that the speedlight
> actually
> meters properly. How bloody magnificent that a model with one arm, 3 stops
> away in shadow is the same colour and actually looks like the colour of
> her
> skin as well.
Good, now maybe you'll stop bitching about Canon stuff, and go take some
pictures.
>
> I better stop slamming canon stuff if I'm to recover any of my
> (considerable) investment in it. Yeah... Canon is really fantastic stuff.
> Their 25 year inks that last 3 months are well suited to their cameras
> which
> have a shutter life so short, you really do need to replace the things
> every
> year for reliability. "Canon Pro Paper" the box said. I know now any
> product
> with "Pro" in it's name is aimed at the wannabe market. Yes... I bought a
> new r 2400 Epson printer too. It'll go nicely with the new camera.
>
> --
> Douglas...
> "You finally make it on the Internet
> when you get your own personal Troll".
> Mine's called Chrlz. Don't feed him, he bites!
>
>
> "Peter Guest" <plg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:r78le1h2lf1s7er30togll3meal4up7mca@xxxxxxxxxx
>> Excerpts from a review of the EOS20D from a leading UK magazine:
>>
>
>


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