Typical price: £1,200
What is it: Semi-professional 15-megapixel digital SLR
What we think: Truly a great camera, but the pictures don't quite live up to the hardware
Compare the Canon EOS 50D
Canon EOS 50D compared to other digital SLRs
 Canon EOS 50D |
 Nikon D3 |
 Canon EOS-1D Mark III |
 Canon EOS 7D |
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| Review date | 27 Oct 08 | 24 Sep 08 | 5 Jul 07 | 9 Nov 09 |
| Editor's rating |
8.3
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9.3
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9.3
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9.2
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| Price range | £1,200 |
£3,208.98 - £3,208.98
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£2,538.99 - £3,514.97
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£1,549.00 - £1,549.00
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| Review summary | The EOS 50D is an excellent semi-pro camera with slick controls, rugged build and a terrific continuous shooting rate of 6.3fps. But while the camera's great, the pictures are pretty average, despite that 15-megapixel sensor. The fine detail in JPEGs is on the soft side, and the optional 17-85mm kit lens suffers from colour fringing Read full review |
Nikon's flagship dSLR packs a full-frame 12-megapixel sensor and is a highly versatile imaging powerhouse that lets photographers create images previously impossible to capture. As long as you can get used to this camera's solid weight, it's a definite step up from the D2Xs and produces high-quality photography. This one is definitely aimed at the pros, so amateurs beware Read full review |
Canon's EOS-1D Mark III offers a luxurious cocktail of high-resolution, extremely low noise, blazingly fast burst shooting, abundant customisation and a build quality and ergonomic design among the best you'll find in today's camera market Read full review |
The Canon EOS 7D offers awesome continuous-shooting speeds, an excellent HD movie mode with full manual controls, class-leading resolution, excellent high-ISO performance, and an all-metal, weather-sealed body. It's got a couple of glitches, but it's a corking camera Read full review |
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