EOS Utility is an application that brings together functions to communicate with the camera. These functions include downloading and displaying images, remote shooting, and camera control for each setting.
LATEST UPDATE: CANON UTILITY TOOL FOR MAC OS SIERRA. Best Settings for Video recording on Canon EOS 1300D Rebel T6. Canon Camera Software Update and Install For Sierra - Duration: 2:50. The Canon EOS Rebel T6 camera has an 18.0 Megapixel CMOS sensor that captures images with outstanding clarity and tonal range. As for video recording, it enables you to capture full HD/HD/SD video in a MOV container file format compressed with MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 codec.
For download instructions follow the steps below. Have your camera's Serial Number ready before you begin. Download Instructions. Select your model on the left side of this page.
Once you arrive at the product support page follow these instructions. Select the “Drivers & Downloads” tab. Select the “Software” tab.
Find the “EOS Utility” and click the “SELECT” button. File description will open and click “I have read and Agree to terms” message once you agree the download button will turn red and you will be able to click and download the utility.Note: If EOS Utility Software is not listed. Download the “EOS Digital Solution Disk Software” This download contains EOS Utility among other software for your camera.Note: “EOS Utility Updater” is only an update, not the full software. Only download this if you have EOS Utility already installed on your computer.
Canon has announced its latest entry-level DSLR, the Rebel T6, which is known as the EOS 1300D in most regions. The T6 is a relatively minor update to the Rebel T5 (EOS 1200D) and adds a faster Digic 4+ processor, higher resolution LCD, 'white priority' WB mode (which produces more neutral color in tungsten lighting), a food scene mode and Wi-Fi with NFC. The T6 retains the same 18MP APS-C CMOS sensor, 9-point AF system, Full HD video capture and numerous scene and creative modes as its predecessor. The Rebel T6 will ship in the US next month at a price of $549, which includes the 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 IS II lens. Press release. Share moments on-the-go with the new Canon EOS Rebel T6 DSLR Camera Become the next Internet sensation with built-in Wi-Fi®and NFC connectivity. MELVILLE, N.Y., March 10, 2016 – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, today announced its newest entry-level DSLR camera, the EOS Rebel T6.
The Canon EOS Rebel T6 camera offers easy sharing of high quality photos and videos to popular social media sites via compatible smartphones and other mobile devices. as well as Canon’s Connect Station CS100. “Smartphone users passionate about photography and ready to take that next step to creating their best images and videos ever will appreciate the ease-of-use and affordability of the new EOS Rebel T6 camera,” said Yuichi Ishizuka, president and COO, Canon U.S.A., Inc. “With the latest addition of the EOS Rebel T6 camera, the Canon EOS Rebel series continues to be one of the most popular DSLR camera lines on the market.” The Canon EOS Rebel T6 DSLR camera offers a wide range of features including:.
18.0 Megapixel Canon CMOS (APS-C) image sensor and high-performance DIGIC 4+ Image Processor for excellent image quality and speedy operation. ISO 100–6400 (expandable to H: 12800) for shooting from bright light to low light.
Built-in Wi-Fi® and NFC connectivity. for easy sharing to smart devices, social media sites and the Canon Connect Station CS100 device. 9‐point AF system (including one center cross‐type AF point) and AI Servo AF provide impressive autofocus performance with accurate results.
High-performance Optical Viewfinder helps facilitate quick and accurate focusing by firmly framing and capturing the subject at hand. Large, 3.0-inch LCD monitor with 920,000 dots for easy viewing and reviewing. Full HD video mode for high quality, easy-to-use video capture. Missed Photo Ops a Thing of the Past The Canon EOS Rebel T6 camera provides a wide ISO range of 100-6400 (expandable to ISO 12800), making it ideal for shooting both still and moving subjects in a wide variety of lighting conditions ranging from low light to bright sunny days.
In addition, the camera is capable of shooting high-resolution 18 megapixel still photos continuously up-to-three frames per second (fps), with predictive autofocus to help keep every image sharp and clear, even with moving subjects. The Scene Intelligent Auto mode in the Canon EOS Rebel T6 camera analyzes the image, accounting for faces, colors, brightness, moving objects, contrast and whether the camera is handheld or on a tripod. Scene Intelligent Auto mode then chooses the exposure and enhancements that can bring out the beauty in virtually any scene or situation. Simplifying DSLR image capture, Scene Intelligent Auto mode lets you concentrate on composing images without puzzling over settings. Another exciting addition to the Canon EOS Rebel T6 camera is a new ‘Food Mode’ on the mode dial for the foodie or blogger to easily capture stunning images of the food they love. This mode enhances the color and brightness of the food images while at the same time making the images ready to share. Other fully automatic exposure modes include portrait, night portrait, landscape, sports, and close-up.
Additionally, the easy-to-use Full HD video mode captures sharp, high-definition video up to 1080p resolution with the choice of automatic or manual focusing. Creative filters such as Fisheye, Toy Camera, Miniature, and Soft Focus give users additional ways to create fun and imaginative images to enjoy, print and share. The camera’s new “white priority” Auto White Balance setting enables users to create images with a more neutral tone when shooting under incandescent lighting.
In addition to all the automatic modes, the new Canon EOS Rebel T6 camera provides complete manual exposure and focus controls plus RAW image output for advanced amateur photographers and photography students. The Canon EOS Rebel T6 camera is compatible with the entire Canon EF and EF-S lens system including over 60 current models enabling users to capture their world in different perspectives ranging from Fisheye to Super-Telephoto. Scheduled for availability in April 2016, the estimated retail price of the Canon EOS Rebel T6 camera will be $549.99. when bundled with the EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II standard zoom lens. Compatible with iOS® versions 7.1/8.4/9.0, AndroidTM smartphone and tablet versions 4.0/4.1/4.2/4.3/4.4/5.0/5.1. Data charges may apply with the download of the free Canon Camera Connect app.
This app helps enable you to upload images to social media services. Please note that image files may contain personally identifiable information that may implicate privacy laws.
Canon disclaims and has no responsibility for your use of such images. Canon does not obtain, collect or use such images or any information included in such images through this app.Availability, prices, and specifications are subject to change without notice.
Actual prices are set by individual dealers and may vary. Canon EOS Rebel T6 / EOS 1300D specifications. @NSingh You should take into consideration your stage of development as a photographer. Consider your budget and leave room for lenses. People often overspend on camera bodies.
But lenses are very important. Canon does not have the absolute best sensors but for most photographic situations they are quite good. Their lens lineup is very good and includes inexpensive primes and zooms of high optical quality. The Canon 750/760D have an fractionally better sensor, a much better AF system for action, and video, but still a small viewfinder. Since I am not a sports shooter, and have little interest in video, the 1300D would be fine for me. But everyone is different, with different use cases.
Ask yourself what you want to do with your camera? The D7200 is in a higher class along with the Canon 80D. I agree some MILC are small like EM10/EM5 in m4/3 and some people like that. Panasonic has the Lumix G7 which has a DSLR style body and is also m4/3. @NSingh I recommend not to buy more camera than you need.
Last year's model may be a bargain and often is just as good just lacking some flashy features. Talk to open minded friends who love photography and will not pressure you to buy the camera that they want. Make a list of camera candidates.
Look into available lenses, let's say you might be interested in 1 or 2 zooms and 2 primes. I recommend 1 zoom and 2 primes since primes offer much better image quality. How much does this system cost? Is it in line with your budget? Do this exercise for all the cameras your interested in. Maybe you won't buy the extra lenses right away but it's good to know they exist and they are affordable for you.
This will be very helpful for deciding which choices make sense financially. Then visit stores and try the cameras.
Compare: do you like a optical finder or an electronic one EVF? Check the menus, the buttons, the feel in the hand, and see which ones you like. Take your time to decide. If you are buying a Canon camera at this price level, the last thing you want is a load of extra lenses.
Aside from the cost, continually changing lenses will soon introduce dust into the camera. Professional sensor cleaning can be expensive and dust getting into the viewfinder even more so. The basic Canon kit zoom performs extremely well. I wouldn't recommend fixed focal lengths, unless you have some special need. If you want anything better, look at the superior 18-135mm Canon lens. However, this will cost as much as the camerra body.
@Khairi l happened to mention in passing the habit of pixel peeping among photographers, and I think it's worthy to examine that in more depth. I believe that viewing photos at 100% (pixel peeping) on low pixel density displays is not a good habit. It's very bad to do on displays with less than 100 ppi (pixels per inch).
Now I admit I do this myself but I think all we are seeing are the obvious faults of, the lens (aberrations), & sensor (debayering, sharpening, noise) so we cannot hasten enough the obsolescence of the low pixel density display. With high pixel density displays of 225 ppi to 300 ppi, I think when we are viewing photos at 100% what we see is much more like a print. Now I know, low resolution displays can resample an image so that we can approximate the look of higher ppi but it is just software rendering on a low res display and it will have artifacts by necessity. My opinion is that we need to think about the way our technology may be forcing bad photographic habits.
The Nikon D3300 is soon to be replaced by the D3400. Nikon needs to build WiFi & NFC into the new model instead of requiring customers to buy a WiFi dongle to plug into the camera. Also, Nikon should make a connect station to wirelessly load and play a photo collection to a TV. Though Nikon should include a memory card slot to expand the default amount of storage. Before the enthusiasts here get themselves tied up in knots, remember, the D3x00 is a consumer class camera so it must have features that appeal to soccer moms, and diaper bag dads.
Food Mode, I am just not so sure of. How many self-styled foodies are there out there? @Khairil I was being sarcastic about Canon's 18 MP sensor becoming a classic because variants of its basic design have been selling for more than 6 years now and it is still being sold in: 100D / SL1, 700D / T5i, 1200D / T5, 1300D / T6, M10 mirrorless. Canon still has 5 camera bodies built around that sensor and its variants.
This will go on for at least another 2 years, maybe longer. Including the 6 or 7 years the sensor has already been shipping, it will get close to 10 years in lifetime. 10 years for silicon is very, very long. That is why it will be a classic.
In the future, collectors will recognize this broad class of Canon cameras with the 18 MP sensor which shipped in the millions as a kind of classic, one of those Canon 18 MP cameras. We don't know. Certainly, the Ricoh GR will command higher prices because of smaller supply, and real cachet. But mass market cameras do well too, because they are icons of an era, and they can be had for a small price because of huge supply. Examples: Canon AE1, AE1 Program.
By collector, I mean someone fascinated by the history of photographic devices or wanting to buy and use old retro cameras. I was intentionally engaging in some hyperbole above because of the prospect of the Canon 18 MP sensor and its variants perhaps having a run of 10 years (2009–2019) which is mind boggling. Funny and sad. Canon is printing money with those sensors, that's for sure. I hope with 1DX mk ll and the 80D that Canon has migrated to a markedly improved sensor technology. It's an open question, we have to wait for the reviews.
You are not the target audience so you can't have an opinion!! This is a perfectly decent entry level camera!!! (if you ignore every other entry level camera on the market today) My great grandfather used a potato with 2 stops of dynamic range to take photos are you saying he's not an artist!?!?!?! You cannot have the latest technology and call yourself an artist!!! (unless Canon has the best technology) Shut up.with your stupid small Sony batteries because you're so dumb!
Did I forget anything? As they say, 'the large print giveth and the fine print taketh away”.
Buyers need to beware of the small letters behind the primary camera model designation; it can be confusing and misleading. I understand the market strategy of making different models of the same basic camera to match consumer’s needs and budgets. But I think the naming practices that Canon uses are intentionally misleading.
The T6, is not really a variant of the T6i/T6s model lines. The body may be the same but it is a quite different camera. When I got a T3i when it was just released, a young friend really liked the camera and was excited when she found it “on sale” at Walmart, and rushed right out to get one.
But what she got was the T3, which was based on the old 12mpx sensor instead of the 18mpx of the T3i and did not have the articulating viewscreen, etc. Much less camera. These cameras are made for the budget retailers like Walmart to fool unsuspecting consumers into thinking they are getting a deal. I was not saying that armandino is wrong and should have bought the new 1300d, I probably prefer the 20d as well!
I was just saying that it's like comparing apples to oranges! If someone is looking for a camera to start, that person would probably want the best all around picture quality rather than a better build quality. Probably used on tripod the ccd of the 20d will give you even better image quality than the 1300d. By the way have a friend who has a nikon d7100, but he continues to use his old d70 because he prefers its image quality! The way I see it, the new EOS 1300D compares poorly even in Canon's own line-up.
From the name and ISO range, it would seem the image processor in 100D is better. The only thing 1300D has as an advantage is WiFi, but the lack of touch screen balances that. In my opinion 100D had better ergonomics, compared to 1200D, and things would be the same in 1300D. And when we look at the prices, the 100D costs cheaper with the newer and better STM lens. Only people, who are mislead that bigger body is better would consider this camera. Maybe Canon should go out of its bubble and see what the competition has to offer.
ILCs are a great option for the entry level price range. Not upgrading the 1300D with the newer 24MP image sensor, AF and WB sensors is a missed oportunity and I fear the long awaited update to the 100D will be just as bad when it happens - extra WiFi to protect the mid-range from internal competition. New customers will go somewhere else. For every enthusiast photographer there are hundreds of regular people, soccer moms and diaper bag dads, who want a no big fuss camera that takes quality pictures to document their lives at an affordable price. DPR should not neglect these shoppers many of whom are Amazon customers. For every enthusiast camera sold, hundreds of entry level models are being purchased.
Why should a very vocal group of overzealous gearheads hold sway over the editorial content of DPR? The 1300D / Rebel T6 deserves its DPR review if only because shoppers buying the camera or one of its competitive peers deserve to be better informed. The Canon 1200D / Rebel T5 was not reviewed by DPR yet it was one of the top selling cameras on Amazon.
When the entire camera market is in decline does it do any good to snidely ignore buyers who are contemplating a mass market affordable camera? I believe the answer is NO. Bring on the Canon 1300D / Rebel T6 review DPR, more readers to your site, & more sales for Amazon. @TheDevil I read your blog post, 'Are Smartphones Ruining Photography?' It makes a lot of interesting points about the symbiotic relationship between smart devices and social networks that are redefining photography: Facebook, Instagram. Sometimes I peruse the feeds on Instagram and to my surprise the most engaging amateur photography content is created with cameras like ILCs. So there are still some people who become curious and passionate enough about photography to invest in real cameras to express their creativity.
The point I want to make is very often the first serious camera an aspiring amateur is going to consider aquiring is something like the Canon 1300D / Rebel T6 especially now because it has wireless connectivity. Canon also has a lens lineup that is VERY affordable for the budget conscious amateur: 50 STM, 55-250 STM, 24 STM, 10-18 STM, that are also optically high quality. Dismissing mass market offerings on DPR is one way the decline of photography is being hastened.
@bernardly, thanks, your the second person to read that besides my wife lol. It's funny I should make an update to that post. Some of my feelings have changed slightly on the matter. It's probably been like two years or more since I posted that.
Society as a whole treats images differently. We consume them, appreciate them for a few moments, then move on to the next. My first DSLR was the T3, I still have and use it. It was a my gate way and I had positive experience with it.
I Guess I stuck with Canon becasue I inherited My dads AE-1. It still works, I still use it. I don't even know how old it is. It's funny that little old camera keeps going. That build quality kept me with Canon. I always refer to it as the Mack Truck of cameras, may not be the prettiest or the fastest, but it gets the job done.
Nostalgia aside, I per-ordered a pair of 80D bodies, can't wait. All of Canon's consumer ILCs will be updated with hardware and software that will support connectivity to Canon's Connect Station CS100. In the Rebel T6 that meant going to a different processor from the one used in the T5. Canon sells its cameras the same way that Toyota sells cars, by offering 3 different levels of equipment options. Everything from stripper to higher end. The T6, like the T5, is Canon's stripper ILC body in the Rebel lineup, and as such, was never going to be moved up-market from where the T5 was.
Those consumers who want a more capable Rebel have the option to buy a T6i or T6S or shop somewhere else. Those are the same choices that Toyota offers its customers. It works just as well for Canon as it does for Toyota.
Whether or not it works for you is, well, up to you.:)). Similar to other Canon fans here, you continue to act as if you don't understand what people are saying, and insist that they do not understand entry level market.
People are saying that the T6 is poor in comparison to competing ENTRY level cameras that are cheaper - Nikon, Sony, Pentax, Panasonic, Olympus - A6000 ($498), D3300 ($359), K50 ($295), E-M10 ($449), etc. Even compared to Canon's own two year old T5, there is not enough progress. This is what people are complaining about, no one is comparing it to higher tier products. Progress was never the intent with the stripper model. WIFI/NFC/Connect Station CS100 across Canon's entire consumer product line is the only reason that there is a T6. A firmware upgrade to the T5 wouldn't have gotten that job done.
As for comparing the T6 to a competitor's entry level ILC, keep in mind that Canon is able to offer 3 options, whereas its competition can only offer one or in rare cases 2 options in their entry level ILC product lines. So yes, the T6, as was the T5, is a bare bones product in the same way that Toyota's Tercel is a bare bones car when compared to their Camry. Both have an engine, steering wheel, windows, and seats, and both will get you from point A to point B, but you're going to pay more for those extra comfort and convenience items, like power windows, if you find you can't live with cranking the window up by hand. That means buying the Camry.:)). I doubt that Canon is interested in dragging their ILCs down to the bottom of the pricing barrel. They have lower end PowerShot all in ones for that consumer. People who choose to buy Canon ILCs know that they are going to pay a little more in order to receive a lot more, like the best service support in the industry, access to the largest and most complete lens and accessary system on the planet, extreme reliability, easy connectivity to their smartphones and other devices without the need to own a computer, and quick and user friendly camera operation with each and every purchase, whether they want it or not.
Let the competition rush to the bottom of the pricing barrel. All they're going to do down there is starve to death.:)). @Donnie G The main problem with your Toyota example that you keep bragging about like a Toyota car dealer, is that Canon entry level cameras are worse than competition and more expensive!
You say 'you're going to pay more for those extra comfort and convenience items, like power windows' as if you get something extra with a Canon entry level camera, but the truth is exactly the opposite. This is what people have been complaining about, in the last two days - you GET LESS and pay MORE MONEY with Canon!
@Donnie G There is no need to build a camera myself, as I already said there are many cheaper and better cameras on the market compared to this T6. I am actually tempted to get an A6000 or an A6300 with the Christmas cashback offers.
The annoyance of many people here comes from Canon milking their brand name. Of course its their own asset so they can milk it and erode it as much as they want and can, but there also problems with this.
For people that don't know what they are buying this is deceiving, and for people that know how poor this offer is, this insults their intelligence. Then there are people that might want to stick to entry Canon level cameras and have lenses, but want an updated body and are stuck with Canon's crap. It should also be reminded that Canon have a history of screwing their customers over, when they abandoned the FD mount and many people had their lenses become worthless over a very short period of time. I don't get why people still buy these new?
Whenever I'm asked for advice on what to buy, I always start with Kijiji. So many of these are for sale used because people buy them not realizing how little they'll actually use them, it's awesome. By the time you add taxes to this price, or any shipping costs of you don't buy direct in a store, you have way more options with that budget. Buying something like this new is a waste of money, really isn't much more this camera has to offer for entry level DSLR or ILC shooters. We can sadly all see this coming.
Units won't sell through as predicted, and then we'll hear about a decline in the dslr market, and better newer products will be even rarer, and more expensive. They pump out crap like this, hoping to make up some margin on whatever inventory they have, but it'll go nowhere, and then we will see how dslr markets are shrinking. Hmmmm, give us enthusiasts a camera under $3000, and you'll see growth in the market. Give out $600 cameras with the same specs as five year old cameras, and you're just peeving everyone off. New-comers who 'aren't ever looking at this site' Wil just keep using their phones. And a new dslr comer will do enough research before dropping $600 to know that this camera isn't worth it.
Thanks Canon. We can all play that game. 'Unit sales of Sony digital cameras fell 27.2% for the three months to 30 September 2015 compared to the same quarter last year, official figures reveal. The news comes in the week that Canon reported a 24% fall in global camera sales, on a unit basis. Demand for Sony cameras, including interchangeable-lens models, dropped from 2.2m units to 1.6m, financial figures released yesterday show. The fall in demand – which Sony attributed to a contraction of the market – hit sales revenue, which saw a 3% decline on a constant currency basis, to 186 billion yen.'
The fact is that all camera sales are awful (blame smartphones if you like) but if you are going to quote financial results don't do it in isolation and it might be a good idea to understand what you are quoting. Loitokitok, is blaming long term readers/commenters on this site, that have criticised many products over the years, for having some sort of personal attitude towards Canon, yet he is the one that has close to 50% of the comments on this thread, acting as self-appointed (or maybe not self-appointed) Canon defender, and happened to make his account few days ago Mar 6, 2016!! Its pretty obvious who has personal attitude towards Canon, that makes him lose common sense. The majority here is deservedly criticising a poor product. Thanks for checking my details.: ) Self appointed defender? My defence of Canon in this case is based on the irrational and often rabid attacks on bottom end products that virtually no DPR readers are ever going to buy because they are enthusiasts and this product is patently not aimed at you guys. The product could be from any manufacturer frankly.
But still you seem to feel the need to lambaste it. Does it threaten your existence?
Do you feel your hard earned knowledge is under threat when a manufacturer makes a product for someone that is not you? Are you really that insecure? Come on please! Llokitokiktoc-tic-toc-clock, DPR picks up a lot of transient readers from amazon shoppers in need for a camera, which I am sure only account for 0.00000001% of all people buying a camera (being sarcastic here). We lambaste out of love, because we care.
We would like to see canon stop being greedy and bring out really new and innovative products and stop the protectionists maneuvers which ultimately will mark their downfall. This T6 is a 'pasta puttanesca' made with whatever they had left in the refrigerator, to run down their overstocks of crap sensors and plastic bodies and it's not going to cut it. The 'beginner' class which you refer to has all but vaporized. The few that are left are super young guys into both video and stills that are also very well informed and read.
No chance in hell these guys are going for this sensor. @Brandon84 I can see where you're coming from. Some of you are a bit irked because a manufacturer launches a budget DSLR when what you want is a $3000 enthusiast's camera. I get that and although there will probably be such a product, or products, coming from this manufacturer quite soon it isn't going to be the answer or solution that you suggest. There simply aren't enough enthusiasts willing to spend $3000 on a camera to cause growth in the overall market. Products like the T6 sell in quantities well over 10x what a $3000 camera does. Of course if the market continues to contract, and it may well do so, then we will not be looking at $3000 enthusiast cameras but probably $5000 ones with a similar spec.
It will be the only way the manufacturers can stay in business with a massively reduced volume. Loitokitok and some other Canon fans here are in complete denial of where Canon is going ATM. They've convinced themselves that Canon are still going strong, and the only reason they are selling this old technology is because there is 'a huge market' for it and they'll sell 'a ton'. They don't want to look at the facts and see, that if Canon does not sell this rebranded 2012 technology, they don't have anything else to sell in this entry level market!! Yes, Canon will sell a lot, for 2/4/6 years but eventually the brand gets eroded and the'll have a Nokia moment.
They find it easier to believe, that the majority of enthusiasts here, are looking for $3 grand cameras (yeah right;p), and are so short-sighted, that don't understand that the T6 is not for them?!? However, people here are completely happy to applaud innovative entry level cameras, that push the industry forward like the A6000, EM10, LX100 at same price point. @Everlast66 I was responding to Brandon84 who said, and I quote 'Hmmmm, give us enthusiasts a camera under $3000, and you'll see growth in the market. Give out $600 cameras with the same specs as five year old cameras, and you're just peeving everyone off.' OK, you didn't like my reasoning that is obvious but what you still fail to take account of is the difference between what you (presumably being a representative of the sector that knows better) think an entry level user wants and what Canon thinks it needs to provide to satisfy those customers, and the dealers that sell them, worldwide.
And then there is the thorny question of profit. Canon realises it needs to make profits to remain in business and re-invest in new product lines. Other manufacturers probably know that too but some of them aren't very good at it. The industry isn't in good shape but bring out bleeding edge products aimed at the mass market who won't buy any more of them isn't a great strategy. I'll continue. Entry level users largely buy on price and easy availability. To meet those criteria and gain massive distribution worldwide you need to be able to please the dealers.
They won't accept less margin just because the spec pleases Everlast. They demand that the product hits a price point and has the necessary support for them to stock it. In fact many of these retailers would rather not stock cameras at all in the current climate and require quite a lot of persuasion (mainly financial) to do so. And Canon certainly isn't going to produce cameras that lose money with every one sold, not in this category anyway. I know this category of camera annoys the hell out of some of you guys. But they don't affect you do they? You're not buying them - but you will bleat like crazy when the class of camera you do want to buy becomes unaffordable because entry level buyers aren't buying anything that subsidises your stuff.
Or the industry does a Samsung. How cant you grasp that. The real entry level canon should be SL1, all below in its lineup are pretty bad. And even SL1 now needs a replacement badly. So if that camera would be at the price point of this crappy T6, all other cameras higher in the lineup would be cheaper too. If competing brands can make cameras of same spec cheaper i bet canon can too. But they are just a greedy company that wamt to suck every penny of their customers.
I just wish people can see that and vote with their money. No, and please allow me to explain why. If the SL1 was at the price point of the 'crappy T6' (your words not mine) Canon would lose money on it. And who says 'the entry point should be the SL1'? How can you possibly justify that then?
And lowering the price of the SL1 does not automatically make it so that 'all other cameras higher in the lineup would be cheaper too'. How does that work? Are all the other models going to lose money too. I appreciate that you feel Canon 'are just a greedy company that want to suck every penny of their customers'. But the fact is that it's a business that wants to stay in business.
If you're going to compare a brand new camera with one that's 3 years old then there are a huge number of options but is it a valid comparison? Do you really think that the typical buyer of a product like this is going to want a 3 year old product, even if he was aware it existed? Come on, put yourself in the shoes of such a person. He doesn't have your knowledge and probably doesn't particularly want it either. What he wants is to go into a store and buy a brand new product at the price he feels comfortable with and with a warranty.
You are smart guys, can you not get your head around that? I'm a Rebel T3 user since 2011and I can say it's a great camera for the price. I bet this T6 is going to be a great camera too. I think these cameras have to be seen as low budget investment. Most people will not put expensive glass on them, but you can get pretty decent results out of those kit lenses. People have to think that this is a camera that is going to be sold mostly under $400. With the kit lense.
To be honest I wasn't expecting Canon to come up with the T6/eos1300d just now. Maybe in a years time, and a wasn't expecting theses specs at all. Why didn't they put a DigicV on it instead of version IV+? It's probably because of the oldish sensor design. Hope it does better than the previous T5 and Sl1 on the image quality department. Then again its the low end model so we can't expect much. Let's wait until dpreview gets their hands on one and puts it trough it's paces.
@Steve841 First of all there are not nearly as many returns as you may think. It's really only in the USA with its huge, relatively affluent market and rather liberal retail return systems that a 'refurbished scheme' is in existence at all. Most other countries would not have enough 'returns' to make it viable.
But if you are referring to the practice of having a higher initial suggested retail price and then discounting the price as the model goes through its lifecycle, well that's just how the Western World currently markets most products. The reason is it works. If you can't wait you buy the new model at a high price.
If you can wait you can get it discounted. Please don't blame Canon for that though. It's just the way retail works. Canon has such a huge market share that they can have MORE than one entry level DSLR.
They have divided the entry level market into sub-niches, offering something for everyone. The T5/6 is the rock bottom priced model. Designed as an impulse buy in big box stores. For people who want a 'real camera that will impress their friends.' The T5i/6i is the 'high end entry model' that costs a bit more, but gives you a lot more in return.
These are actually pretty nice cameras, that are relatively cheap because they lack the enthusiast features (often intentionally crippled) and have a lower build quality than a mid level camera. The SL1/2 is the entry level camera for anyone who wants 'smallest possible DSLR.' Though not pocket sized, it is actually smaller than some high end MILC cameras, and quite a few clunky superzoom models. No one upgrades from one of these to the other. They go straight to a 70D or 7D mid level camera. Most buyers will never upgrade, but a few will. Why is a DSLR the tool that fits that description in the first place?
Buying this thing and acting like the kit lens is glued to it (and if it's not, why waste your glass on such a body) should get it compared to other fixed zoom cameras at similar price ranges. There are many.
As I said further down, canon's own g5x, g7x, and g9x are relevant. The 1' sensor is smaller but the lens is brighter and the tech is much more recent. By physical aperture size and viewing angle covered by their zooms, the 5 or 7 are clearly superior to the kit T6 lens. If you want a cheap Canon DSLR, try hunting down for a 100D instead. It ought to be pretty comparable to the price of this, and it's got a significantly better feature set, outstanding touchscreen interface, smaller form factor and an upgraded kit lens from what's offered with the 1300D.
Though you'd want to try out the hand grip to see if it's too small for you. I had one previously, and while it served me well, I never really liked it because it was too small and light that I could accidentally get shaky shots when squeezing the shutter.
But if that's not a problem for you, a 100D is by far a better value buy than a 1300D. What do you mean sensor degradation? I know its megapixel count is lower than its Nikon peer (specifically the D3300), but image quality is far from terrible. I had a 650D, 100D and 70D before I switched to a Nikon full frame and also a Sony a6000 on the side, and the Canon doesn't actually look any worse than my Sony. If anything, its lower pixel density actually makes it slightly better at high ISO.
But I agree, the hand grip on the 100D is shallow. That's the main reason I sold it off, because I have big hands which already barely fit my 650D. I have to say however, the current Canon kit lens is optically superior to the Nikon one (which is more portable though). It doesn't need any stopping down for corner to corner sharpness. The reason I suggested the 100D is simply because its parallel, the Nikon D5500 is considerably more expensive.
If budget isn't an issue, that's definitely a good buy. But the Canon does pretty well otherwise. You can read photozone's review of the Canon 18-55 STM kit lens. It's fantastically sharp from corner to corner without needing to stop down. The Nikon kit is a little weaker wide open.
I'm not too concerned with corner sharpness, but chances are with something like this, you don't want to have more than 2 lenses, so ideally it should be sharp all over. I do agree that if you're in the Nikon camp, you're better off getting a D3300. However, as a Nikon user myself having jumped over from Canon, I dislike the handling and interface of entry level Nikon bodies. They're catered more for amateurs, and the handling is clunky if you're a full manual shooter.
Shallow grip aside, the 100D actually handles pretty well for a consumer level body, and mid-level bodies like the 70D already havea dedicated rear AF-On button, while on Nikon that's only for pro level bodies. You have to remap the AF/AE Lock button otherwise. As to sensor however, you're right. The D3300 does outperform a lot of Canon bodies, especially in dynamic range. That might mean little to you, or it may make or break things.
However, now that I'm using a D750, I also note that Canon renders skin tones more naturally in artificial lighting. Not to say Nikon has a problem with it, but if you're a longtime Canon user, you'll notice some differences. It's not a deal breaker in any way, but it can sometimes mean having a lot more work with colour-correction in post-processing. Nikon produces more neutral colours overall, but I have problems with skin tones looking somewhat orange (similar to Sony JPEG files out of camera) under certain lighting conditions which are a lot easier to rectify when I was using a Canon.
Otherwise however, it's as you said it. Richer dynamic range and less colour degradation at high ISO. I like using shadows in my shots, but it's useful to have. That dynamic range when you need it. The D5500 is actually very close to a 100D in terms of size, and it comes with a smaller kit lens than Canon's optically superior one. It has a much deeper hand grip than the 100D, but the reason I passed it is because: 1. The single dial handling doesn't feel as natural.
Canon entry level bodies have one dial controlled with the index finger, and a thumb button to toggle aperture. Nikon swaps them so that the dial is at the thumb, and the aperture button is at your finger. Rebels also have a dedicated ISO button next to the shutter, entry level Nikons don't. I love using a Nikon twin-dial body, but a single dial system is clunky in comparison. No screw-drive motor. I already have 3 50mm Nikon lenses.
The 1.8D, Series E and 1.2 AIS. I don't want another f1.8 G just to use on a crop body. The touchscreen interface is gimmicky. It works, but is nowhere near as functional. Canon's touchscreen interface became integrated into my workflow and muscle memory: it's that good.
I won't disagree there, but if I were going for a cheap entry level DSLR, I'd honestly prefer a better kit lens and lose some megapixels and image quality. But that's because I already have several cameras now, and the idea behind something like a D5500 is a small, relatively cheap but rugged body with an OVF that mirrorless can't match yet. The Fuji X-Pro 2 certainly isn't cheap. Canon's sensor may not be on par with Nikon's, but it's far from terrible eitherr. I primarily shoot night and low-light, so it matters little to me, since I specifically want things in the shadow to stay hidden. However, if you only plan to have one DSLR like most non-commercial shooters, then I understand that absolute image quality matters, and you're definitely better off getting a Nikon.
For me, the least I can consider is the D7000, because I need a twin-dial system that can focus with screw-driven lens. And I doubt Nikon is ever making an entry level DX body with such features. Perhaps you're expecting too much out of a consumer level DSLR?Like you said, sensor and image quality wise, the Nikon D3300 and 5500 are already up there. And unless you're a seasoned photog, you don't need twin dials of higher end bodies. I've stated a personal preference for Canon's Rebels (not the 1000D series though), but that's because I have the experience and can work well with one. For beginners, the actual sensor differences between Canon and Nikon aren't so large that they're immediately noticeable, and it boils down towards handling and brand preference. I mean, in low ISO, you won't be able to tell the difference between shots from my a6000 and the D750 without looking at the EXIF files.
So while you do have a point that we want the best bang for the buck, and both brands are compromising for price, I don't think any of the cons we discussed will hinder anyone from taking great shots, whether they use a Nikon or Canon. The intended customer for this camera has absolutely no idea how old the sensor is, how dated the technology is, how unsatisfactory the build quality might be, or that it lacks many features that Dpreview members think all cameras should have. They will see it at Walmart, and buy it. And Canon will make a profit on every single 1300D sold. And if you want more camera, Canon has those too. You just won't find those cameras at Walmart or Target.
This camera isn't for everyone, and I won't be buying it. But lots of other people will. The 7d sensor was criticised for it's low ISO performance as soon as it landed. It was competitive at higher ISO compared to it's contemporaries but RAW ISO 100 files are on the verge of being grainy before even the slightest amount of post processing. Large areas of uniform colour like haze and clouds show it up particularly. This high noise floor means files don't stand up to even relatively mild processing like they should do.
When I purchased my 60d I was very happy with the quality at ISO 1600-6400 but base ISO files were disappointing as they just weren't as clean as files from my old 350d. Then I got a Sony 5n who's sensor is better at both high iso and low ISO than the Canon. I have more enthusiasm because poor image quality can be frustrating and offputting regardless of artistic merit. My photos have better image quality to better appreciate whatever artistic merit they posess. And in some occasions where the sensor's dynamic range is exploited I get shots that weren't possible with the Canon. It seems like photographera have always yearned for more quality and then in 2016 people are turning around and trying to force progress to go backwards because apparently you can't want to have better image quality without it meaning you're not an artist.
Nobody would be on this site if continual technical improvement was irrelevant. Does a person's enjoyment of movies or music not increase when the quality of the equipment does? The argument that lower quality doesn't detract from artistic integrity is moot. Lower quality can reduce enjoyment but higher quality cannot. There are plenty of shots I could not do on the 60d without them looking like ass, just WHY would I choose lower IQ in situations where all other things are equal?
Just because it's doable on another camera why bother if you have something available that does the same job in the same circumstances but with more refinement? What kind of logic is that? I can take a single exposure and lift shadows on the 5n, with the 60d if I do the same the image quality becomes unacceptable or I have to blend exposures, how is that pushing the hardware just to justify it? Why should I settle for lower image quality or make more work for myself?
Not a single thing you've said explains why someone shouldn't buy the best performing hardware available in the price range. It's a backwards argument. 1/8000 is not about exposure, only. It's a shuttertime which freezes a moment. This was an example. I could now hype the 1/8000 to the limit. It's the most important feature I ever needed, my whole jobs depend on a 1/8000 of a second.
The Sony is not able to do it and you can't compensate it with this old tech' cam. 1/8000 was done back in the 80ies. Even today Sony can't compete with doing Cameras at 1/8000. Old Shuttertechnology? Fooling their customers? So, Canon is.FAR. superiour to the Sony.
Did you get the grip? Hyping a specific feature where a other camera from a different vendor is worse? Welcome to the niveau of the dynamic range War against Canon. Except for the vast majority of people image quality is a more important everyday requirement than the difference between having 1/4000 and 1/8000. I'd go one step further and say that those who do need 1/8000 are indeed mostly trying to use fast aperture lenses in daylight rather than people trying to capture nuclear reactions in freeze frame so yes, they could just use an ND filter. Apples and oranges once again. Image quality is a massively more important consideration than 1/8000 for 99% of people.
What no one freezes motion all the way at 1/8000th of a second. Why would you 1/1000th to 1/2000th is sufficient even for the most demanding sports. Apart from that Sony A900 1/8000th Sony A99 1/8000th Sony A7rII 1/8000th Get a grip 1/8000th shutter is 1 not a big deal 2 available on Sony camera's 3 not a argument for Canon They don't use old shutter technology quiet the contrary as apart from these equal mechanical shutters these days they also have completely silent electronic shutters. Which is something unavailable on any Canon. 'Why is it so hard for your to understand that your opinion isn't fact?' The D3300 has a 24mp without an AA filter.
This allows larger prints to look better compared to the T6. This is not an opinion this is fact The D3300 can shoot 5 fps in raw vs 3 fps for the Canon T6. An higher framerate makes it easier to nail decisive moments. This is not opinion either this is fact.
If they don't like the colour they can 1 change the colour profile in camera 2 change the white balance 3 Shoot raw and edit in post Ergonomics are in this case overated as they both handle to similar to make a case either way. People using a tripod will benefit from the higher resolution sensor the most. The rest are personal insults. Anyone here used the Nikon D3300?
It has a flashing rear LCD screen bug that Nikon has not corrected for over 2 years since its release in Jan. There has been no acknowledgement from Nikon of the problem with a promise to fix it with a firmware update. Yet every user who mounts a lens with a focal length greater than 55mm will be affected by the rear flashing LCD.
Each time a compatible lens is mounted to the camera that has a focal length greater than 55mm the rear LCD screen flashes on and off even with Info Screen illumination set to off in the settings. For an ILC this is a deal breaker. Nikon has a poor track record of testing their products for design flaws and remedying customer complaints when issues are identified. I would hesitate to recommend the D3300 to anyone.
More than 2 years on & still no firmware fix from Nikon. The posts in the forum below & elsewhere attest to the problem Nikon customers are facing. I cannot speak directly to this issue myself as I do not have access to the D3300 as well as a variety of lenses, primes and zooms, that have focal lengths greater than 55mm.
But the issue is well documented among other places here: But if you are not affected then that is great. Enjoy the camera, enjoy photography, whatever gear you use.
Nikon is a great company and they make outstanding cameras and lenses. On a pure image quality basis the sensor in the D3300 is excellent. @DonSata I think the photographs on your blog are very beautiful and full of heart. It will be interesting to see how well it does in studio comparison tests. My guess is that it will compare pretty well against cameras costing twice as much. You are absolutely right.
Not many people start at the top. By constantly expanding their base of entry level users, Canon and Nikon are building future sales for mid level and high end models. When I was in college 50 years ago, I bought a brand new 'entry level' Toyota Corolla for $2,500. I liked that car so much, that a several decades later I bought a $48,000 Lexus. Canon is smart to build their brand from the ground up.