Canon EOS 50D Expert Reviews

Canon's £1,000 range gets an upgrade

A superb camera, but the lower-priced Nikon range is starting to look more attractive

Canon's 1,000 range gets an upgrade

A superb camera, but the lower-priced Nikon range is starting to look more attractive

Though the Canon 50D digital SLR is not a must-buy upgrade over the 40D, it does have some new and friendly features and shooting modes.

Among digital SLRs, the 15.1-megapixel 50D has one of the highest megapixel counts currently offered (the 40D has 10.1 megapixels). The sensor size remains the same, which means you must effectively multiply the focal length of the bundled lens by 1.6 ...

Canon's 50D is quite possibly its most controversial digital SLR to date. Since it stole an early lead on other brands in the DSLR stakes with the (at the time) radically low-priced 300D, Canon has gained a reputation for using its market share as a ...

But, lately, this approach has worked less well, with competitors like Sony, and especially old rival Nikon, gaining kudos for both the features they've introduced, and the image quality that results. Canon has appeared too often to be introducing ...

Boasting a 50 percent increase in pixel count, the Canon EOS 50D is an update to the hugely capable but underrated 10Mp EOS 40D digital SLR.

The new Canon EOS 50D is a superbly versatile piece of kit. If you’re an existing Canon owner in search of a rugged APS-C format camera, there’s no need to look any further. But, if you’re in the market for a new system, it’s not quite as ...

Canon's latest semi-pro DSLR has a 15.1MP CMOS sensor and 6.3fps continuous shooting

Although Canon's 10-million pixel Eos 40D was a capable contender for the top slot in the semi-pro market, it quickly lost out to the superior and pricier Nikon D300. Now, though, using its considerable manufacturing muscle, Canon has introduced the ...

While all this may seem like a bit of a let down, there's a lot to commend the Canon Eos 50D. Functionally, it's an improvement on the already excellent 40D, but we can't help but escape the feeling that we've reached the point of diminishing returns ...

Will the EOS 50D, complete with new image processor, put Canon back in contention for the enthusiast's pound?

Resolution, ISO range, frame rate, 'out of the box' sharpness, loads of useful software

Pricing, not much else I can find to complain about

Having used an EOS 40D for much of this year, I would never describe it as a bad camera - far from it - but the EOS 50D improves on it in so many key areas. The higher ISO sensitivity, the impressive pixel count and the ballistic frame rate (when you ...

This is a 15 megapixel single lens reflex, supplied with an 18-200mm lens with effective optical stabilisation. This is the evolutionary replacement for the 40D, with more pixels and a high resolution 75mm LCD to bring it into line with Nikon and Sony ...

Image quality is exceptionally fine, as we expect from this line of cameras. Skin tones are natural and colours are accurate. The long zoom lens works better than expected, focussing smartly at all focal lengths but with some distortion at the ...

A three exposure auto-bracket for a camera in this price range is inadequate.

Some reviewers have been harsh in their criticism of the 50D, generally concluding that its image quality is not as good as the 40D. We tried extreme pixel peeping and there does seem to be some fall-off in sharpness and contrast but we doubt that it ...

Canon goes out of its way to advertise the fact that the EOS 50D is by no means a replacement for the 40D - rather it is “built on the success of the 40D model.” Since ...

The Canon EOS 50D is a trusty model with an excellent number of enhanced shooting features compared to the 40D. With such important emphasis placed on auto shooting modes and dumbed-down shutter and aperture tweaks, though, it's bizarre that this ...