Canon EOS 50D Digital SLR Camera

One of my favorite yet!

Strengths: Very easy to use, even for a disabled person

Weakness: Nothing really

I have been a Canon fan from the late seventies. Am not a pro, but advanced user. The one draw back that I have now that I did not deal with is being disabled with MS. Meaning my eyesight is not all that great, I tend to shake at times, and have not found a camera that could help me enough under $2,000. Am not into the point and shoot cameras, and the others in the lower price range just did not...
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I have been a Canon fan from the late seventies. Am not a pro, but advanced user. The one draw back that I have now that I did not deal with is being disabled with MS. Meaning my eyesight is not all that great, I tend to shake at times, and have not found a camera that could help me enough under $2,000. Am not into the point and shoot cameras, and the others in the lower price range just did not seem to put out the photos I like to do. Am into dog shows, meaning moving dog shots for form and function of the breed without any blurring. Was so happy with just about every shot I have taken from day one of my getting this camera. The nature shots have the clear crisp look I put into my work, and when enlarged still look fantastic! For someone who was thinking I had to give up one of my favorite things, photography, due to my health declining just got a second chance of life it seems.

By growlsburg - Apr 7, 2009

Canon EOS 50D Prosumer DSLR

Strengths: Great detailed IQ, Fast burst operation, Good ISO performance

Weakness: High pixel density

I've bought the EOS 50D recently and quite happy with it. Had been using EOS 450D for last one year and 50D is a nice upgrade. As a hobbyist nature/wildlife photog, these 2 bodies are more than enough for my needs. I was really impressed with its burst frame rate even with an ordinary CF card. The Digic IV is a commendable development. Have shot and compared images from these two great DSLRs at...
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I've bought the EOS 50D recently and quite happy with it. Had been using EOS 450D for last one year and 50D is a nice upgrade. As a hobbyist nature/wildlife photog, these 2 bodies are more than enough for my needs.

I was really impressed with its burst frame rate even with an ordinary CF card. The Digic IV is a commendable development. Have shot and compared images from these two great DSLRs at same settings in same low light condition. The 50D images contain more details undoubtedly however, the 450D gathers more light. Its gapless microlens technology is definitely an advancement although, not as much as it should have been. Therefore, Canon would have made this an unbeatable camera had the sensor contained 12 megapixels.

However, there's no denying of the fact that EOS 50D is excellent in good light. In such conditions it produces virtually noise free images at ISO 100 and 200. ISO 400 also produces excellent results. Noise starts from ISO 800 and beyond. But, is there a camera out there that doesn't produce noise at high ISOs? There isn't. So, too much fuss about 50D's high ISO noise is baseless. Wildlife shooters like me use ISO 400 most of the time, occasionally 800 and rarely 1600. I always shoot in RAW and high ISO noise is effectively tackled by various processing software including Canon's own DPP.

All in all EOS 50D is a decent prosumer camera and advanced hobbyists will be happy with it for quite some time to come.

By sanjeedbd - May 27, 2010

Canon 50 D Operation

Strengths: Faster then the 40D and much cleaner pictures with the DIGIC 4 processor. Even at 6400 ISO using the high filter setting. It was equal to 40D's 3200 ISO shots.

Weakness: Wish the ISO scale from 100 to 6400 was graduated in 1/3 increments like the NIKON D3. Understand the New Mark II 5D is.

Great camera. A must purchase if your an advanced shooter or a professional looking for a back up model. I shoot Women's Gymnastics and use the 6400 ISO 95% of the time with a 70-200 F28 IS lens.

By kryslockphoto; - Nov 18, 2008

EOS D50

Strengths: Extremely Fast with USDMA Card. Some photos are very sharp. Very fast camera with USDMA card. Resolution is great and color of photos is good.

Weakness: Too Heavy ! Some photos are blurry when taken from a distance. CR2 files need additional software to handle. The battery goes down quickly.

This camera is very heavy with the f2.8 zoom 70-200mm L lens. I should not miss an action shot because the camera shoots 6 frames/sec. I had to buy a battery case & handle to have the capacity I needed to shoot many photos. I also bought a fast card with 8 GB capacity. I had to upgrade to Lightroom 2 and then upgrade it to process the three Raw types of output. Canon should tell you this up...
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This camera is very heavy with the f2.8 zoom 70-200mm L lens.
I should not miss an action shot because the camera shoots 6 frames/sec. I had to buy a battery case & handle to have the capacity I needed to shoot many photos. I also bought a fast card with 8 GB capacity. I had to upgrade to Lightroom 2 and then upgrade it to process the three Raw types of output. Canon should tell you this up front. At this point, I am trying to decide whether to keep this camera or return it and keep my reliable, lightweight Rebel XSi.

By bwaggo - Jun 26, 2009

Canon EOS 50D (body only)

THE GOOD: Excellent performance and photo quality; solid, comfortable shooting design. THE BAD: Relatively basic feature set for its class. THE BOTTOM LINE: A very good midrange dSLR, the Canon EOS 50D is a compelling--but not necessarily a must-have--choice for Canon upgraders.
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By cnet.com - Oct 20, 2008