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I bought this camera and 2 lenses at the beginning of this month. They appeared even under ISO 400 so I had to send the camera back. The camera had its own box etc so I didn't think much of it. After an hour of testing the focus, sharpness et al.
After the usual apologies from canon, I was asked to send it back to them. I had two choices, return the camera to Amazon or get it fixed by canon; I chose the later. and fixed it. I will get it back next week and sincerely hope they have fixed it once and for all.On a side note, the 30 dollar tripod that I ordered with the camera kit shipped in it's own separate humungous box with TOO MUCH packaging. Well, I got the camera back after a week and realized that someone at the Canon service center had made 2 deep scratches on the rear LCD. I received the camera after a week in a small box without adequate packing.
Canon determined that the CMOS assembly had become loose (Amazon packaging). I wish I could talk to the person in charge of all this and explain it to him/her :) (Unfortunately) I work in a technical field, so I had to "test" the camera before heading out with it. in my room, I noticed a big bunch of hotpixels at (3615,2145).
Please just make sure once you ship such an expensive and sensetive peace of equipment, pay attention to packaging. I returned the camera to Amazon. Thanks for great service and return policy.
At this point, I wish I hadn't bought the 50D. I never had problems like this with the 40D (or any of my Canon film cameras). It takes the fun out of photography with this camera.
The photos turn out very nice (although I have some very good lenses). But the minute I change lenses, even in the house, it seems like dust gets on the top of the view finder glass and there is no way I can remove it. I own a 40D and recently purchased the 50D.
The trouble is that I do not know if the view finder or the lens is dirty. In four months, it has been sent to Canon in California twice; about to go in for a third. But I'll tell you this: I've spent more time trying to clean the view finder glass or sending it in to have it cleaned than I have actually spent taking photographs.
This camera was supposed to be well sealed.
At first I was a little overwhelmed by all the settings because I had never used a SLR before, but it did not take me long to figure out how to use the manual functions of the camera. This is my first DSLR and I absolutely love it.
I really expected much more out of this camera, and I am very disappointed. And although I'm not as bothered by the softer images that other reviewers mention (I sort of like that look), the softness does bother me when it shows up as lack of focus on the spot where the red dot is placed. I bought this camera in February and it's now June and it's already getting sent back for repair. I was in the middle of working a wedding, and I got the dreaded Error 99 and it started making a click-click-click noise that is most likely a bad shutter.
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