New Canon 30D First Impressions

[jared_kipe]

Got my 30D an hour ago or so. The RAW files read fine in aperture.

As a side note, in full manual I was messing around and couldn't control aperture, I knew it should be the wheel but it wasn't doing anything. It took me a while to realize you have to turn the on switch all the way to that white line to engage the control wheel.

Oh and the big screen is nice. Very easy to tell what is sharp and what is not.

 

[Leraste]

I'm in the market for a 30D, anyone know any places that offer a student discount?... thanks.

 

[SpAtZ]

I'm in the market for a 30D, anyone know any places that offer a student discount?... thanks.

Canon doesn't appear to give discounts to students. However, if you carefully look on the site it does say it gives discounts to schools. Maybe you could buy it through your school?
http://consumer.usa.canon.com/ir/controller?act=StandardDisplayAct&fcategoryid=111&keycode=1604

 

[Leraste]

Canon doesn't appear to give discounts to students. However, if you carefully look on the site it does say it gives discounts to schools. Maybe you could buy it through your school?
http://consumer.usa.canon.com/ir/controller?act=StandardDisplayAct&fcategoryid=111&keycode=1604

Boo. My school doesn't sell cameras. I'll probably just end up ordering it through Dell.com (dell, I know.. ) BUT! They don't charge shipping or tax, so that's my reason.

 

[jared_kipe]

My school does, but not for a discounted rate.

 

[Leraste]

My school does, but not for a discounted rate.

What's the point of that then? You should demand discounted prices...

 

[bigbossbmb]

how do you like the camera, Jared?

 

[jared_kipe]

how do you like the camera, Jared?

Oh I like it very much, moving up from my 300D. That I totally outgrew.

 

[Chip NoVaMac]

Way ahead of you, I check Dpreview daily, just like macrumors.

I do the same, but more of a need to keep ahead of the "net hounds" on "complaints" when they come in to the store.

The concerns I have from the review are:

- AI Servo (continuous AF) interference banding issue (certain lenses, high sensitivities) {I see support headaches coming}

- Picture Style differences between RAW Image Task/Camera and DPP {To be honest, I have seen the same issues popping up between iPhoto, Lightroom, and Nikon Capture with my Nikon D50.

(In this thread (https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/190377/) it shows the different WB's between Lightroom and Nikon Capture. )

Other remarks are the "cons" are open to much debate.

If their forum system wasn't utter rubbish I'd probably spend more time on there. But usually I just look for new reviews. And listen to the sound clips of the shutter.

I like it now that I was "banned" by Phil for a sincere mistake on my part (long story - no, it had nothing to do with my posts). It was then I realized that Phil preferred ranting idiots, than one that made an innocent mistake.

 

[jared_kipe]

I do the same, but more of a need to keep ahead of the "net hounds" on "complaints" when they come in to the store.

The concerns I have from the review are:

- AI Servo (continuous AF) interference banding issue (certain lenses, high sensitivities) {I see support headaches coming}

- Picture Style differences between RAW Image Task/Camera and DPP {To be honest, I have seen the same issues popping up between iPhoto, Lightroom, and Nikon Capture with my Nikon D50.

(In this thread (https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/190377/) it shows the different WB's between Lightroom and Nikon Capture. )

Other remarks are the "cons" are open to much debate.



I like it now that I was "banned" by Phil for a sincere mistake on my part (long story - no, it had nothing to do with my posts). It was then I realized that Phil preferred ranting idiots, than one that made an innocent mistake.

DP review has the banding issue, its not that bad. And only really shows up at ISO 3200, which to my knowledge I've never shot at. Plus on the 300D AI Servo was only available in Sports mode, and I never ever used anything other than Tv Av or M. I'm digging the fact I can select things like Metering modes and focusing modes on the 30D. But I'm though that the spot meter would follow the focusing point. Not that big of a deal since I generally use the center point then reframe, so I'll just lock exposure then reframe.

I only read on the DPreview forums if I see something on the homepage thats interesting. (like once every few months maybe) And its a chore because you have to click on every single reply to read it.
On a side note the conclusion for the 30D has horrible typos and I emailed Phil to let him know the day the review came out. But they're still there.

EDIT: Oh and I don't think the AI Servo banding is anywhere near as bad as the contrast edge banding the D200 does. Yikes.

 

[law guy]

Yes - I've shot a few hundred 1600 ISO shots - look like ISO 100 film - never have seen any sort of banding whatsoever in any photos regardless of auto focus mode or sensor sensativity.

 

[jared_kipe]

Here is something I took in RAW today and converted via Aperture, only changing levels.

 

[Leraste]

Here is something I took in RAW today and converted via Aperture, only changing levels.

Lovely picture. I just ordered my 30D 15 mintues ago via ritzcamera (turns out Dell DOES charge tax in my state).