Digital Camera Fiend - A Camera Review

The Canon EOS 30D is the upgrade to the Canon’s popular EOS 20D model. It was released exactly a year ago and was well-received by the photography community. It’s a fine piece of machinery and I would recommend buying one here.

The 30D isn’t an exciting or ground-breaking upgrade from the 20D, in fact it has the same CMOS sensor and image processor and 8-megapixel count.

The real improvements are a larger 2.5-inch LCD monitor, third stop ISO selection, an improved shutter, faster start-up from sleep mode, and a new spot metering option.

These are nice, but not “I’ve gotta get that” improvements, so if you already have the 20D, you don’t have anything to worry about. Those who don’t may want to take a look at the 30D, or its direct competitor, the Nikon D200.