Canon’s latest digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) camera has finally arrived to the Middle East and Arabian Business got first dibs at testing it out.
The EOS 70D is a mid-range SLR for enthusiast photographers. With its arrival in stores on September 5, it is a desirable upgrade for owners of the EOS 60D. The two cameras are very similar in terms of size and design, but the EOS 70D is a bit smaller, with an updated control layout.
Body construction is mainly plastic, but still feels nicely put together. All of the main shooting controls are in the same places, but a few of the secondary ones have been moved around.
The upgraded version borrows the best features from Canon’s existing SLRs, including an autofocus sensor, a fully articulated touchscreen, and built-in Wi-Fi for easy photo sharing.
On the inside, it carries an entirely new sensor that our photographers think could potentially be revolutionary. It offers 20.2MP resolution, but uses a Dual Pixel AF system, which means it could well be the most capable live view autofocus system seen on any type of camera. This unique ‘Dual Pixel CMOS AF’ sensor uses two photodiodes for every single pixel, so they’re all capable of on-chip phase detection. This in turn promises hugely improved autofocus in both live view and movie recording.
For example, Canon says the EOS 70D will be able to hold a face in focus when the subject is moving back and forth relative to the camera, even when filming with a fast lens at large apertures.
Since the EOS system first appeared 26 years ago, Canon has made at least 156 EF lens models and it says that 103 of them fully support Dual Pixel CMOS AF, including all current lenses. And if you own some nice third party lenses from the likes of Sigma, Tamron and Tokina, they are also fully expected to work on the 70D.
It uses the same 19-point AF sensor as the EOS 7D for viewfinder shooting, but with slightly simplified control options in firmware. The camera can take shots at 7 frames per second (fps) for up to 65 frames in JPEG and 16 in RAW.
The screen can flip out and rotate to point directly downwards, upwards or even forwards for shooting self-portraits. It can also be folded with the screen facing inwards tot e camera for added protection.
The touchscreen interface has a superb high-sensitivity setting, which Canon boasts allows operation with gloves, well thin ones at least. Alternatively, you can turn off the touchscreen altogether if you don’t like it.
It has a good–sized grip and sits solidly in your hand. Anyone who’s used a recent twin-dial Canon EOS should be able to pick it up and feel right at home. Most of the key controls are well placed for operation with the camera to your eye.
Priced at $1390 (which includes an 18-55stm Lens) the Canon EOS 70D has more of what you want in an intermediate SLR without over-reaching. Most of what’s improved about the 70D has more to do with live view and movie modes, which at first glance doesn’t make it an important upgrade to still photographers. The advantage becomes clearer when you remember the 70D’s articulated LCD, which is made more useful by live-view phase-detect autofocus that is essentially as fast and accurate as conventional, optical–viewfinder phase-detect autofocus.
That won’t be significant to those who are accustomed to always bringing an SLR to their eye, but it will matter to anyone raised in a generation used to framing their world on an electronic display.
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A closer look at the new Canon EOS 70D
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