Canon EOS 550D acquired and unboxed

By geofas On 2010-05-15 · 2 Comments

Earlier this week I upgraded from my first DSLR, the Nikon D60, to the new Canon EOS 550D. My first tests with it were done in Delhi in bright daylight as well as tricky indoor low-light situation and I am very happy with the upgrade.

While the Nikon D60 is a great camera to get into DSLR photography I have come to my limits with it quite quickly and was ready for the next step. For about 1.5 months I evaluated both Nikon and Canon systems, fairly early decided that I want to give the Canon system a shot now.

Then for the actual camera my requirements were:
- 15+ megapixels
- 1080p HD video recording
- Liveview
- high FPS for continuous shooting
- >3400 ISO
- user-friendly menu/settings
- ideally dedicated ISO setting button

My initial candidates were the 7D and the 550D but with the 7D costing over £1,000 body-only I narrowed in on the 550D soon, while being continuously tempted by the 9 fps and dual DIGIC processor speed as well as the sturdiness of the 7D. Now having bought the 550D I’m confident that I made the right choice given that I’m still a beginner but I’m still very intrigued by the 7D. The 50D is at the end of its lifecycle and I’m curious to see what Canon will do about it in the next months and the price points it will settle on after a few months of its introduction.

To take a look at the Canon 550D on amazon check: http://bit.ly/daXW1q

The Canon 550D offers:
- 3.7 fps
- 1080p HD movie recording
- 6400 ISO (expandable to 12800)
- 18 megapixels
- liveview
- SD cards, specific support for EyeFi cards
- built-in flash
- built-in mic and speaker, also has socket for external mic
- mini HDMI socket

As I bought the 550D in duty free on a business trip I had a few restrictions to deal with when capturing the unboxing on my iPhone 3GS, running OS 4 beta 3. The lighting was more than tricky and I had no way of fixing the iPhone, but anyway, here is the unboxing video.

Canon EOS 550D Unboxing

My Nikon D60 was is for sale on Amazon. if you’re interested with an 18-55 kit lens for £319.99. As I look after all my gadgets extremely well it is in mint condition and only has seen 1,000 shutter releases.

If you’d like to take a look at the listing check this link: http://bit.ly/c1fQ9u
For quality assurance and re-packing pics please see: http://bit.ly/94KdvD

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  • Ee

    Thanks for the review. How much did you pay duty free and did that include the lense? I’m thinking of doing the same.

  • http://geofas.myopenid.com/ geofas

    I paid £670 for the camera with the 18-55 kit lens. Here’s the link to the kit on Dixons Travel. The kit currently retails for £749 at Jessops and £825 on amazon.co.uk.