Canon 60D Review

The first impression of the camera is very positive, the camera sits nicely in the hand, I learned to manage the basic settings in about five minutes. An optional monochrome display always shows the most needed camera settings.

Canon 60D Camera Review

Canon 60D Camera Review

The Canon 60D is a great camera for amateurs and professionals. Fans will find it’s not very difficult control, and Live View will help to get comfortable after the transition from a conventional digital camera. A professional will be able to quickly control the camera, guided by an additional display and use a huge set of functions in the camera.

Canon 60D sample photo

Canon 60D sample photo

Important Benefits of the Canon 60D Camera:

  1. Whole 18mp. On the one hand, this is a real search for the cropped matrix, on the other hand, a great opportunity to crop the image. For those who are chasing megapixels, Canon 60D is a great choicealthough printing pictures from 6MP and from 18MP to A4 it will be difficult to find differences. Also, to squeeze out their full potential from 18mp, you will need very sharp optics with high resolution. And optics of this quality also cost the corresponding money.
  2. Rotary display. Great thing for the video. For the photo it will be used very rarely, since Live View focusing is much slower than through the viewfinderYes, and it seems to many to be more pleasant to photograph through the viewfinder than through the display. Live View will be useful to those who switch from a soap box to a DSLR to quickly get used to it.
  3. Quick shot in 5,3 frames / sec... In fact, this is just a gadget. As you can see, marketers are chasing every 0.3 frames per second. Fast shooting is rarely used, so you shouldn't pay much attention to this parameter.
  4. Full HD at 30 fps, which means you can shoot 1920 × 1080 pixels videos. True, not all monitors can squeeze out the same 1920 by 1080, this is only needed for those who really want to do video. For amateur shooting 640x480 is quite enough, given that the video just instantly in Full HD mode eats your memory card. I will not write more about the video, as this is a separate story.
  5. Great display on 1040000 points. This is more than enough for normal menu navigation and footage.
  6. ISO 100-12800 (according to the real 100-6400) will help in any poor lighting, and at 3200 you can still take a picture in the editor. But I think many understand that great shots are taken at low ISOs on any cropped camera. Therefore, it is too early to talk about the working ISO 6400 for a cropped camera. I do not advise much to go deep into the pixel-by-pixel comparison of noise at high ISO of different cameras.
  7. The wonderful feature of the "Priority of Lights" ensures that there are no overexposures.
  8. Virtual Horizon Live View. Due to the fact that I almost always shoot through the viewfinder, I rarely use this function. The virtual horizon is really useful when working with a tripod.
  9. The camera has the ability to remotely control external flashes according to a special protocol. Little is written for this feature, but this is a very important point.
  10. Canon 60D has quick sync with external flashes, up to 1/8000, this is very important. More details in my article “how to use flash in the afternoon»
  11. Fast and accurate focus with 9 cross-shaped phase sensors. Of course, always remember that focusing speed is mainly dependent on the lens. I note a convenient focus mode switch.
  12. A million other useful thingssuch as battery charge levels, use of lightweight (small) SD (SDXC) cards, work with any manual optics (which can be attached to the camera) in aperture priority mode.
Canon 60D rear view camera

Canon 60D rear view camera

Of the disadvantages:

  1. A magnesium alloy case could not be spared on such a camera. Instead, the camera is made of plastic, although the supporting elements are made of aluminum.
  2. As for me, the controls are not enough.
  3. Small bufferwhich stores up to 58 frames in JPEG format, 16 frames in RAW format. It seems like almost 60 frames in jpeg is great, but considering serial shooting, the buffer will fill up after 2 seconds of shooting in RAW.
  4. Focus highlight with built-in flash. Very funny thing, the backlight during autofocus works only with the strobe effect from the built-in flash. This backlight takes more energy into the battery and warms the built-in flash more. And the flash itself rises to the working position.
  5. No autofocus in movie mode. No comment, the usual Canon PowerShot S5 IS soap dish even had autofocus for video.
Canon 60D Camera Top View

Canon 60D Camera Top View

Features to watch out for:

The camera has an excellent lock for switching shooting control modes. This means that if the aperture priority mode was set, then it will remain so and it is simply not possible to accidentally change it. To change the mode, you need to press the button on the center of the control wheel. I really miss a button like this on my Nikon cameras. Also, the disk does not have free rotation, but has two endpoints.

Canon 60D sample photo

Canon 60D sample photo

Raw files weigh pretty well, on average, a snapshot weighs from 20 to 30 mb. Before using the camera due to the huge number of useful functions I highly recommend reading the instructions. It may take 2-3 days, but it's worth it. The speed and convenience of working with the camera will greatly depend on this. The resulting image on the Canon 60D depends on the optics used to shoot.

Canon 60D sample photo

Canon 60D sample photo

Competitors:

mainly competitors include Canon 50D - but the outdated model lacks the ability to shoot video and slightly different ergonomics The Canon 7D is a more advanced professional grade camera (albeit cropped).  Canon 7D can be considered as an upgrade with the Canon 60D. Canon 550D and newer Canon 600D ergonomic controls and are simpler models than the Canon 60D. In general, working as a photographer, I noticed that a lot of pros and amateurs give their money precisely for the Canon EOS 60D, as there are great opportunities for photo and video shooting. And the video operators who shoot video on DSLR APS-C cameras most often use the Canon 60D and Canon 7D.

Photo on Canon 60D

Photo on Canon 60D

About the matrix:

Matrix has crop factor 1.6 (standard for Canon DSLR APS-C digital SLRs), and to calculate the effective focal length with a conventional Canon EF lens, you need to multiply the focal length by 1.6. Regarding noise, you can view the original 18MP footage taken at ISO 1600 and ISO 3200.

Sample photos on a Canon 60D

Sample photos on a Canon 60D

UPDATE 1

Examples of photos on a Canon EOS 60D paired with a Soviet fifty dollars MS HELIOS-77M-4 1,8 / 50 shared a photographer Ulyana Bukanova (Mizinova):

UPDATE 2

Examples of photos on a Canon EOS 60D paired with a Soviet lens Helios-44-2 2/58 shared a photographer Andreeva Elena:

Results

the camera is quite pleasant to operate, has as much as 18mp and an excellent extended set of important functions for professionals, such as remote flash control, quick sync, additional display, etc. The camera is perfect for both amateur and professional.

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Comments: 232, on the subject: Canon 60D review

  • Il'nur

    Sanon 60d, What is the best choice on the lens, I want to buy? For the wedding.

    • Alexey

      For a wedding, a lens hood is the best choice ...

      • Oleg

        +1 boo-ha-ha

      • Pedro

        Prosliv trolling: D

  • Sasha

    what is better to take, tell me ……… .nikon D5200 ……. or Canon D60 …….?

    • Eugene

      For many reasons (mainly pluses) - d5200

      • Scarecrow

        Ha ha! d5200 is an amateur camera, and 60d is an excellent semi-professional in a magnesium alloy body. Take uniquely 60d. and without even thinking!

        • Pastor

          There is no magnesium at all in 60d, only aluminum, and there is not much of it. This is in 50d everything is strong and clear, and 60d is already an amateur advanced camera. Canon's pro division is 7d and 7dm2 from crops. Well, the workers iso and dd for d5200 are much wider and better than for 60d. I say having both.

          • Dasha

            Hello, are you alive? !! Urgently

            • Pokemon

              Necroposting?

    • Jury

      It’s better to carry the 70d it is the best to date

  • Jury

    How does the 60mm f / 24 usm behave with the Canon 1.4d? Or is it designed for a full-frame matrix?

    • Alessio

      Behaves like a regular fix. For crop, simply multiply the focal point (for Canon) by 1,6. So at 60D this lens will be 38,4. The full frame will have the original 24.
      For me, this focal point is not right here or there. For the width is very large focal. For portraiture too small. All that IMHO wrote as if.
      Maybe it’s better then to take fifty dollars 50mm 1,4 or 40mm 2,8 (this pancake is at least compact).

  • Vladimir

    Please tell us how the Canon 60D differs from the Canon 60Da? For the price the difference is two times.

    • Alessio

      Canon EOS 60Da
      Designed for astrophotographers in need of infrared light-sensitive cameras for specialized applications.
      Simply put, shoot stars (space).

  • Sergey L

    There was no answer to the question, so I’m risking (sorry) asking again: after all, D5200 or D60? please help with a choice. Or maybe the D650?

    • Sergey L

      Meant Canon 60D and Canon 650D. I apologize.

    • Vyacheslav

      D7100 :)

  • oksana

    Friends help pliiz .. Which can be taken for canon60d the sharpest lens is not very expensive?

  • Dmitriy

    - “… with a better buffer ,,,” - are you kidding me ?!

    • Arkady Shapoval

      Fixed

  • Nicholas

    I don't know what to say, maybe I misunderstood a little, but in my sixty, autofocus with video works. The menu has a button - AF + shutter button - allow.

  • Vladimir

    Hello. Such a request. Please tell us about the canon 50D camera. I read somewhere that at one time it was a very good reporting camera. What are its pros and cons, and is it worth it to buy? Thanks.

  • Artem

    Hello. I have never used Canon, do not throw rotten tomatoes! She is interested in how the exposure control is implemented in the aperture, aperture, and manual modes. Which drive is responsible for what and do I have to press the buttons? Thanks.

  • Alexander

    Tell me how the camera behaves at high ICO? In the region of 3200? How much noise, and, if possible, a link to a full-size photo with such an ICO?

  • Alexander (D90)

    I would like to review the Canon 70D. :)

  • Jury

    It is said:
    "Canon 550D and newer Canon 600D differ in ergonomics of operation and are simpler models than Canon D60"
    Maybe Canon 60D? And the link in the article leads to a review of Nikon D60. And yet, yes, Canon once had a model D60. But unfortunately I don’t know what it is like.

  • Jury

    And another question after. Please tell me, what, on this camera there is no reference of a spot metering to a focus point? Always measures only in the center?

  • Olga

    what better to take tell me .............. Sony Alpha SLT-A65K ........ or Canon D60 ... ...?

    • Vasilii

      The pepper is clear that it is necessary to take Canon.

    • Andrei

      Kenon at least a SLR! ))) But Sonya is NOT!
      Although this Kenon, I would not have taken the same. The price of the device is prohibitive for this level and it is very not convenient in operation.

      • Valery

        Debatable to a point on functionality like Nikon d90 at a cost like an airplane for its cost Nikon d7000 will simply break this canon

        • Scarecrow

          What the hell is this? The d7000 has disgusting autofocus. D90 is just shit, not a camera. One white balance is worth it, which is actually a blue balance! Or maybe D90 writes a video? No, not writing? What a pity! But 60D not only writes great video, but also has a rotary screen! Do not mislead people! 60D tears both of your nikons like a hot water bottle!

          • Arkady Shapoval

            For information d90 still writes a video :)

          • Peter Sh.

            Oh, again the songs of the Vienna Woods))
            “This music will be eternal if I change the batteries.” (C)
            This would be energy, but for peaceful purposes ...

          • stalker

            “What nonsense? The d7000 has disgusting autofocus, ”said the man who saw the d7000 only in the picture. I own both D7000 and 60D. I have the first system for work, the second for rest.

            "White balance alone is worth it, which is actually blue balance!" - then you should go to a traumatologist or ophthalmologist, treat crooked hands or eyes.

            "And also has a rotating screen!" - oh yes, this is now a sign of a cool camera. Apparently Nikon D4 and Canon 1D are full of hell ...

            • Alexey

              in the D7000 is a lousy unpredictable AF. even the unforgettable Julia acknowledges this. ))))
              google
              nikon d7000AF issue
              nikon d7000 autofocus problem
              etc.

  • Nina

    Every time I start recording a video, after about 3-12 seconds it automatically turns off !!!! How do I disable this feature? !!!!!! Help!!! I'm already tortured !!!

    • The crocodile master.

      Nina. Normal flash drive buy a 10 class. And then they are different. There are just for high-speed photography, but not for video. Ask sellers what nada.

    • Nikita

      Nina, you need to buy a class 10 memory card and that's it. It’s just that your card doesn’t have time to record video and therefore the shooting stops.

  • Crocodile master

    Nina. Buy a normal flash drive.

  • Pastor

    It is interesting, exclusively for photos in extreme conditions (hiking, temperature changes, rain, etc.), which is better to take 50D or 60D? Very interested, maybe someone compared the camera data. From TTX it can be understood that 50d is much stronger, but is 60d so weak?

    • Pastor

      I will answer myself. I bought 50d and it is extremely durable. It is also huge. Even my nikon d80 seems like a baby next to him, and 400d and d5100 just fade and seem like toys. I chose for a long time and realized that, as Arkady noted, 60d is better mainly due to video. Ergonomics is a profitable business, I'm used to even the old 400d. The only drawback that can be called ridiculous, but in fact, it is very annoying and takes time - the camera power button is located unsuccessfully. If, taking any of the above-mentioned fotik, I can turn on and off the camera with one hand in a third of a second, then this will not work, which is sad. Otherwise, the camera is still happy. He was holding d60 in his hands. I cannot share the opinion that after d50 it seems like a toy - it is also quite durable and weighty, but still 50d does not actually lose in image quality, but it wins both in price and in potential survivability.

  • Alexandra

    Thank you, I learned about it in more detail.

    And can I ask what lens these photos were taken on?

  • anonym

    Please tell me which Canon is the best: 50D, 60D or 70D?

    • Nikita

      These cameras cannot be compared since they are of different categories. The 50D is an obsolete model, the 60D is a mid-range camera, and the 70D is the new model that replaced the 60D. From this we can understand that the 70D will be more functional, but also more expensive. So if you are knocking out the first SLR camera or moving from a simpler one, it will be better for you to take the 60D as it costs less, and is inferior in functionality slightly.

  • Dmitriy

    Please advise what will be better to get (based on your experience): Canon 60D or Nikon D90?

    • Igorek

      Both cameras have been on the market for quite some time. Well, the Kenon 60d camera is more modern, the video is better and the screen is rotary, although if you need only a photo, you can take a Nikon d90.

  • Julia

    Tell me, please, which lens to purchase at 60d, in order to shoot video?

  • Yuri.

    Take the NIKON 7100 and don't bother! Small, all-weather, 24 MP. The display, however, is not rotatable. The best cropped camera! Video, like the D70 is better ..? But this is with camcorders!

  • Tatyana

    I bought myself a 60D, I don’t regret it, I switched to it from the 350D :) As an ordinary user, I am very pleased with the quality of the photos, there are no special problems. If you wish, you can understand the settings and get used to the controls. The “ON button” has migrated to a completely different direction, the only thing that annoys ... this latch ... For me, this is not very convenient. I don't understand how you can accidentally switch something there? I have never encountered such a problem on the 350D :)))

  • Tatyana

    P.S. Many wrote about some kind of cosmic price of 60d? I bought it for 20 tr., A whale one costs 23 tr. ) Guys, what kind of "space prices" are you talking about?)

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