The Good Flip-out, high-resolution LCD screen. Wireless flash control. Digital zoom function in video recording can be really useful (at 3x). Thunderpants Movie Quotes.
Excellent still-image and video quality. Good shooting experience. The Bad Stills photographers might find it too similar to the 550D. No selectable RAW sizes. The Bottom Line This is a superb example of a consumer-level digital SLR that gets its video implementation right first time.
We're sure that all users, regardless of skill level or interest in videography or stills photography, will appreciate it. Visit for details. When Canon released the 550D we thought there was little more the company could do to improve it, apart from increasing the size of the viewfinder and giving photographers selectable RAW sizes. The 600D is almost a carbon copy of the earlier award-winning camera with the addition of a flip-out LCD screen, wireless flash control and creative filters.
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But, as we'll see, these similarities actually make for a better camera as a result. Design and features Shaped in the same vein as all other baby Canon SLRs that have come before, the 600D sits comfortably in the hand with all main controls within easy reach. The button configuration hasn't really changed at all from the 550D, with the same four-way directional pad, playback and quick function access buttons there as well as the dual-purpose Live View/record button. The only real difference is the display button which has migrated just above the mode dial, replacing the sensor that flicked the LCD display on and off underneath the viewfinder. The 600D is simple enough for beginners to use with the inclusion of scene intelligent auto, which determines the best settings for focus, brightness, flash and colour tone according to the shooting situations. This is on top of the regular Creative auto mode on recent Canon SLRs that helps newbies get to grips with adjusting settings like background blur and colour mode.
Of course, there's the standard portrait, landscape, macro and sports modes on the dial too. Reflexive Keygen Eclipse. Like the, the 600D also has creative filters that apply different effects to images after shooting, including grainy black-and-white, toy camera and fish-eye. From top: black-and-white, fish-eye, toy camera, miniature. (Credit: CBSi) Where the 600D really starts to leap ahead of other competing SLRs is in its video implementation. While the 550D provided full manual controls for videographers, the 600D couples this with an articulating LCD screen at 1.04 million dots and the inclusion of what Canon is calling 'digital zoom'. Rather than mounting an extensive telephoto lens on the front of the camera, or if you're stuck in situations where you are unable to use a longer lens, you can turn on the digital zoom, which provides an extra 3-10x equivalent length.
It samples the centre portion of what the image sensor sees and uses that to crop in on the image. This is possible as the full resolution of the 18-megapixel sensor exceeds the dimensions of full HD so the camera can crop in to the centre portion at 1920x1080 pixels. A full assessment of this feature can be found further down in this review. Connectivity is similar to the 550D with an external microphone input (3.5mm), mini-HDMI, remote control and an AV/Digital out port. The 600D is slightly heavier than the 550D, by about 50 grams. Continuous shooting speed (longer bars indicate better performance) • Nikon D7000 6 • Canon 60D 5.3 • Canon 600D 3.7 • Canon 550D 3.4 Image quality We tested the 600D primarily with the kit 18-135mm lens but it also comes in a range of other kit configurations including a more standard 18-55mm.
As the sensor and image processor of the 550D and 600D is identical, image quality is exactly the same. What this means to photographers who haven't experienced the 550D is excellent colour rendition and noise control at high ISO levels.