Canon EOS 50D Digital SLR

Of course, a camera’s sole purpose is to take pictures, so without further adieu, here are a few sample images taken with the 50D in combination with Canon's EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM lens and an Extreme III card from SanDisk.

     

   

Sample images - click for high res

The camera is fun to shoot with, and the nine auto focus points give you the ability to easily single out a portion of the image on which to focus. The camera’s pop-up flash provided adequate light to illuminate close subjects, as you can see with the grass and pinecone shots. Using a fast shutter speed, I was able to stop action in the photographs of the two boys swimming.  

ISO

Even though the 50D supports ISO expansion up to 12,800, you’ll still want to use as low of an ISO setting as possible when taking pictures. As you can see from these test shots, higher ISO settings do cause some noise.

 

 

 

ISO-100 

 ISO-200

 ISO-400

 

 

 

 ISO-800

 ISO-1000

 ISO-1250

 

 

 

 ISO-1600

 ISO-2000

 ISO-2500

 

 

 

 ISO-3200

 ISO-6400

  ISO-12800


Tags:  DSLR, Canon, EOS, 50D, Digital SLR
Jennifer Johnson

Jennifer Johnson

Jennifer grew up around technology. From an early age, she was curious about all things related to computers. As a child, Jennifer remembers spending nights with her dad programming in BASIC and taking apart hard drives to see what was inside. In high school, she wrote her senior term paper on her experiences with building custom computers.

Jennifer graduated from the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. After college, she began writing full-time for various PC and technology magazines. Later, she transitioned to the Web. In these roles, Jennifer has covered a variety of topics including laptops, desktops, smartphones, cameras, tablets, and various consumer electronics devices. When she's not playing with or writing about the latest gadget, Jennifer loves to spend time with her family, capture memories with her camera, and scrapbook.

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