Canon EOS 50D

In short this camera packs a lot of punch and bang for the buck. Since I am a very technical person I enjoy things with lots of dials and buttons and many different settings and boy can this confuse the masses. It also, however, has all the automatic shooting modes most novice photographers are already familiar with.

I picked up my particular 50D from Best Buy with the help of my lovely girlfriend Martha for my birthday of 2010 and since then I've gone through all the settings and features and have drawn this conclusion: it will allow you to do whatever you want whether it's studio photography with its external flash connector and rich 15mp resolution, or outdoor photography with it's magnesium body and water resistant cunstruction, or sports photography with its 6.3fps shooting capability at up to 30 jpg images in one burst and ISO settings reaching the stars at up to 12,800. All in all this camera can be used by professionals and novice photographers with it's capacity to meet the needs and demands of both.

This is a very good camera and relatively very inexpensive coming to just under 1,000 dollars as of mid 2010.

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Specifications

Resolution
Effective: 15.5MP, Recorded: 15.1MP

Sensor
22.3mm x 14.9mm CMOS

Bit Depth
14-bit

File Formats
JPEG, RAW, sRAW1, sRAW2

File Size
Not Specified By Manufacturer

Color Spaces
sRGB, Adobe RGB

Image Stabilization
Body: No

Crop Factor
1.6

Optics

Lens
N/A

Zoom
N/A

Lens Mount
Canon EF/EF-S mount

Focus Type
Auto and Manual Focus

Focus Range
N/A

Accessory Lens/Filter Mount
N/A

Shooting Controls

Sensitivity
ISO: 100-3200 (expandable to 6400 and 12800)

Shutter Speeds
1/8000 - 30 sec, bulb

Metering
Evaluative, Partial, Spot, Center-weighted Average

Exposure Modes
Manual, Shutter-priority, Aperture-priority, Program, Auto, Creative Auto, Scene, Custom 1, Custom 2

White Balance
Auto, Day Light, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Flash, Custom, Kelvin

Mirror Lock-Up
Yes

Burst Capability
High-speed continuous: 6.3fps, Low-speed continuous: 3fps

Self Timer
10-seconds or 2-seconds

Interval Recording
No 1
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Possible with optional TC-80N3 Timer Remote

Remote Control
Yes, N3-type remote

Flash

Built-in Flash
Yes

Effective Flash Range
Up to 43' (13m)

External Flash Connection
Hotshoe, PC terminal

Dedicated Flash System
Canon Speedlite EX-series

Max Sync Speed
1/250 sec.

Memory

Built-in Memory
No

Memory Card Type
CompactFlash I/II

Still Images per GB
    RAW: 50
    sRAW1: 81
    sRAW2: 111
    JPEG: High Res:204 - Low Res:1137

Viewfinder Type
Eye-level Pentaprism

Viewfinder Coverage
95%

Display
3" LCD

Connectivity/System Requirements

Connectivity
USB 2.0, A/V Out, HDMI (Type C), Dedicated port for optional Wireless WFT-E3/E3A

System & Software Requirements
Windows 98SE, 2000, ME, XP, Vista
Mac OS 8.6-9.x, OS X (10.1 or later)

Environmental

Operating/Storage Temperature
Operating Temperature: 32-104°F/0-40°C
Humidity: 85%

Weatherproofing
Not Specified By Manufacturer

Durability
Not Specified By Manufacturer

Power

Battery Type
BP-511A Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery 2
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Also compatible with the BP-511, BP-512, and BP-514 Lithium-Ion batteries.
AA-size batteries can be used with the optional Battery Grip BG-E2N or BG-E2.

Power Adapter
ACK-E2 AC Adapter Kit (optional)

Physical

Dimensions
5.7 x 4.2 x 2.9" (145.5 x 107.8 x 73.5mm)

Weight
26.1 oz. (740g) body only

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