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Canon EOS-20D Digital SLR Review
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Review Summary
Reader Score: 9.33 (out of 10)
Canon has announced the EOS 20D. This is their fourth-generation prosumer DSLR, following the D30, D60 and 10D. Shipment will begin in September, and the retail price will likely be lower than that of the previous 10D, though it will of course vary from country to country.
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| DCResource |
9.18 |
12-13-04 |
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| I'll be blunt: the Canon EOS-20D is the best reasonably priced digital SLR that I've tested. And by reasonably priced I meant under $2000. There's so much to like about the 20D, I don't know where to start. Photo quality is excellent, with photos having an ultra smooth look to them. Color and exposure were both accurate. Personally I'd crank the sharpness up another notch, but that's just me. Noise levels are very low, even at ISO 1600 -- try that with your fixed-lens camera! |
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| Luminous-Landscape |
9.17 |
09-27-04 |
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| Field Test: No, this isn't going to be about shooting in Paris. As wonderful as that city is, this report will be about the equipment, how it handled and how it performed in the field. Interestingly, virtually all of my judgments about this camera from when I tested a pre-production sample unit hold up. Most impressive (for Canon owners at least) will be the almost instant start-up of the 20D. This allows one to leave the camera turned on almost all the time (except when it's in a bag), with the auto-turn-off time set to something like 2 or 4 minutes, to save battery. Then, when a shot presents itself, just touch the shutter release and the camera is operational in an instant. |
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| Sports Shooter |
9.13 |
12-17-04 |
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| There is a lot to like... actually love ... about Canon's new 20D digital SLR. There's the 8.2 meg-pixels. A beefed up buffer (over it's predecessors), now 23-frames. The great color. Low noise even at high ISO settings. And the much talked about improved auto-focus capabilities. Leaving the technical aspects of this camera to more capable reviewers like Phil Askey and Rob Galbraith, what I will do here is try to give Sports Shooter readers a hands-on look at the Canon 20D after using it for 3 weeks at various assignments, including football and baseball games. My comments will be limited to my impressions on the 20D and how it handled under "game conditions".
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| Imaging-Resource |
9.10 |
11-19-04 |
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| While it has a similar look, the EOS 20D has upgrades and improvements in so many areas that it's difficult to decide which to mention first. It is the culmination of all Canon has learned over the past year from consumer and professional photographers regarding the cameras currently in the market, from the EOS Digital Rebel to the EOS 10D, all the way up to the 1Ds and 1D Mark II. Naturally, Canon has also kept improving the technology of their sensors and processors over the years, which they characteristically fold into the latest model. The result for this year is the 20D: a camera that is smaller, lighter, and faster with a higher resolution imager, while retaining most of what users loved about the 10D. Read on, there's a lot of ground to cover. |
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| Digital Media Thoughts |
9.00 |
09-27-04 |
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| In April 2000 Canon released the D30, a 3.1 megapixel digital SLR camera. Two years later they released the D60 followed by the 10D and now, the latest mid-range digital SLR, the 8.2 megapixel 20D. Each release has incorporated new technology from Canon's higher end models while remaining around the same $1500-$2000 price point. The 20D combines many base features from its predecessors with some new features from its big brother the 1D Mark II. |
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| Trusted Reviews |
9.00 |
02-02-05 |
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| Canon certainly doesn't hang around when it comes to introducing new cameras -- for instance it's only been three years since I got my hands on the Canon EOS D30 -- the company's first compact digital SLR. Building on the success of that, and the subsequent D60 and 10D, the new EOS 20D has been designed with both serious amateur and professional photographers in mind. The 20D offers a significant number of improvements over its predecessors. These include Canon's new DIGIC II imaging processor, a new Hi-Precision 9-point AF system, an impressive 5fps shooting speed, and a fast start-up time of 0.2 secs. |
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| Rob Galbraith |
8.67 |
08-19-04 |
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| Canon today has unveiled the EOS 20D, an 8.2 million image pixel, 5 fps digital SLR aimed squarely at the working photographer on a budget. Though described as the follow-on to the Canon EOS 10D, the EOS 20D isn't really that. In our view, the new model instead marks Canon's move upmarket from the midrange digital SLR category that they created with the EOS D30 several years ago.
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| PC Magazine |
8.50 |
09-17-04 |
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| Canon and Nikon have long been head-to-head competitors in the SLR (single-lens reflex) camera market, and that fierce rivalry has carried over into the digital-SLR market as well. The $1,499 Canon EOS 20D body is Canon's latest counter to Nikon's best-selling $999 Nikon D70 body, which was an Editors' Choice winner in the digital SLR category (and Nikon's answer to Canon's $900 Digital Rebel). In addition to offering a higher resolution and better construction than the D70, the EOS 20D is a stellar performer capable of capturing spectacular images. |
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| Photo.net |
8.50 |
08-20-04 |
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| Of the new features I'd say that the most significant are the increased pixel count (6.3MP to 8.2MP), faster startup time and the EF-S lens mount. The lens mount change is important because Canon have also announced two new EF-S lenses to go along with the EF-S 18-55/3.5-5.6 zoom supplied with the Digital Rebel. First is a EF-S 17-85/f4-5.6 IS ( image stabilized) lens. |
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| DPReview |
8.38 |
11-03-04 |
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| It's been four years and four months since they revealed the EOS D30, the first digital SLR which amateur photographers could really afford. So here we are, 52 months later with the latest incarnation of that original design, the eight megapixel EOS 20D. Not since February 2002 (the EOS D60) has Canon increased the resolution of this line of digital SLRs, in the EOS 20D we have a 1.9 million effective pixel increase, a new AF system, 50% faster continuous shooting and more than double the buffer space. |
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| Megapixel |
8.38 |
07-02-05 |
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| Within Canon's current line-up of digital SLR cameras, the EOS 20D is designed to fit in the middle, offering a blend of features and capabilities that allow it to have one foot in the professional photography world, and one foot in the amateur photography world, a combination that has proved to be popular. More compact that the EOS 10D it replaced, the EOS 20D is also lighter. The body is built around a solid stainless steel chassis, covered in a magnesium alloy, and finished in a textured, flat black. |
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| Creative Pro |
8.25 |
12-10-04 |
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| Canon's latest digital SLR defines and refines the mid-priced, high-resolution camera line. Offering 8.2 megapixels in a compact body that takes interchangeable lenses, the EOS 20D is gathering momentum as today's "it" camera. Ben Long takes a look.
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| CNET Reviews |
8.00 |
11-19-04 |
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| Canon has produced a worthy successor to the EOS 10D with this model, endowing it with class-leading 8-megapixel resolution, excellent image quality across a broad range of ISO settings, and fast performance. With a sturdy, well-designed body and an intuitive control layout, the EOS 20D is a pleasure to shoot with. It still lacks a spot meter and isn't without minor flaws, but serious amateurs and pros who need a compact, affordable Canon dSLR should put this camera at the top of their lists. |
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| ilikecameras |
8.00 |
11-20-05 |
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| My first impressions of the Canon EOS 20D are good though not overwhelming. This is what I expected and I am quite pleased with the purchase. It extends nicely on the Canon EOS 10D, bringing it up to the current state of the art while leaving most of the good aspects of the Canon EOS 10D as they are.
Overall I am pleased with the Canon EOS 20D. It fixes most of the areas the Canon EOS 10D struggled in. At first you might think you want the Canon EOS 20D to be more, to be more different, but once you get past that market driven thinking you will find yourself using and moving with the camera in short order without having to re-learn very much at all.
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| O'Reilly |
8.00 |
10-06-04 |
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| The Canon 20D DSLR: First Impressions in the Field. I'm not a professional photographer. But I'm one of those guys who the camera stores like to see: a guy with a spending habit for a "high-end hobby." Over the past eight years I've taken tens of thousands of pictures with various point-and-shoot digital cameras, from the initial one-megapixel Nikon Coolpix 900, up through the five-megapixel Coolpix 5700. When I discovered the wonderful world of Digital SLRs (DSLR) in the form of my friend's Canon 10D, I quickly had both megapixel and deep ISO envy. However, at nearly twice the money I'd spent for my most recent point-and-shoot (and what do you mean, that's without the lens?), I couldn't convince my heavily dinged credit card to accept the charge.
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| PDNonline |
8.00 |
11-10-04 |
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| It's always a bit odd when a camera that's designed for the advanced amateur generates a buzz among the professional photographers. The Nikon D100 and the D70 were great examples of this; cameras that caught the eye of the pro shooter even though they lacked the chops needed to be considered official professional products.
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| Bob Atkins |
7.88 |
11-23-04 |
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| Of the new features I'd say that the most significant are the increased pixel count (6.3MP to 8.2MP), faster startup time, faster frame rate, larger memory buffer and the EF-S lens mount. The lens mount change is important because Canon have also announced two new EF-S lenses to go along with the EF-S 18-55/3.5-5.6 zoom supplied with the Digital Rebel. |
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| Spot Photo |
7.29 |
05-04-05 |
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| Canon EOS 20D has been on the market for quite some time and I finally got to try it out some weeks ago. It's a great improvement over already good EOS 10D. Canon has listened to photographers critique and improved startup times, framerate and buffersize and also pumped up the quality, especially on higer ISOs. For owners of 10D it's surely a tough decision - should they update or not.
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| Spot Photo |
7.14 |
06-03-05 |
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| Canon EOS 20D has been on the market for quite some time and I finally got to try it out some weeks ago. It's a great improvement over already good EOS 10D. Canon has listened to photographers critique and improved startup times, framerate and buffersize and also pumped up the quality, especially on higer ISOs. For owners of 10D it's surely a tough decision - should they update or not. Compared to 10D new 20D is slightly smaller and with more rounded corners and also lighter. On the backpanel there's new navigation jog-dial which allows focus point selection or moving around the image in review mode. Other improvements are new 8 megapixel sensor, faster DIGIC II processor, 5 frames per second shooting speed and twice as large image buffer. This allows to take 23 highest quality JPGs in sequence. Huge improvement is almost zero lag on camera turn on or when waking camera from standby. With 10D it took something like 2.5 seconds, easily costing you missed shots. |
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| DigIT |
7.00 |
08-20-04 |
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| With the EOS 20D, it's obvious that Canon intend to reclaim the market grounds they have lost to Nikon D70. The new model is replacing EOS 10D, and both construction and features overpowers the 10D by a vast margin. |
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| Index Digicam |
5.67 |
08-19-04 |
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| After the introduction of the EOS 300D, many of us have been wondering who will buy EOS 10D in the future? The two cameras were so similar in features and so different in price, that despite its values the EOS 10D become only number 2 camera for many. Canon has kept this camera on the market, so sales were probably ok. 16 months after its introduction EOS 10D is finally replaced: the EOS 20D is here. |
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| Adorama |
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07-24-06 |
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| Guided Tour: Welcome to Adorama's EOS- 20D Guided Tour, an Adorama exclusive, where we take you on in-depth looks at the Canon EOS 20D. Read this to the end and follow the many tips and you'll soon master your camera!
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If you just want to turn on the camera and start shooting, go to the "Basic features" section. If want to explore other features in depth, read the "Advanced Operations" section. And to unlock your camera's deepest levels of control, scroll to 'Pushing The Envelope.'" |
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| Outback Photo |
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09-25-04 |
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| Experience Report: Finally we received our 20D review sample. This is a very interesting camera. Not so much because of the 2MP more compared to the Canon EOS 10D but because it seems that this camera gets close in terms of low noise to the much more expensive EOS 1D Mark II which we own and like. We will do lot of comparisons between the 20D and the 1D Mark II. We also take the 20D to Photokina as our only camera and then after Photokina we will focus mainly gaining real world experience. Please be patient.
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