Отзывы о Фотоаппарат Canon EOS 70D Body

I've had this camera for about nine months now and absolutely love it. I've not picked up any of my other cameras since! I previously used a Nikon D50, but prefer the controls of the Canon and find it much more intuitive and easier to use.

I've not had any problems so far using this camera. Shooting is smooth and fast. It did take me a while to acclimate to the AF system. I looked up some videos for advice on the best shooting modes, but also just got out there and experimented until I found the settings that worked best for what I wanted.

I primarily shoot birds in an urban setting and the 70D has been great for this. Continuous shooting with AF is excellent. The camera does a great job of finding and keeping the subject in focus as they fly. I find that the majority of fuzzy shots I might get are due to me failing to move quick enough, not the camera.

My experience in low light has been ok, although not great. I can get decent images at/after sundown up to about ISO 2500, but then I feel shots are too grainy. This could vary depending on the lens being used - I am currently using a Canon 70-200 f4.0 L at higher shutter speeds (over 400).

I've not yet had much experience with the video function, so can't review that part at this time. Over all, this is a wonderful camera and I'm so glad to have purchased it. I was trying to decide between this and the 7D and went with this one mostly because of the fps and the potential video. I'm so happy I did.

Very happy no issues with auto focus all il say is keen freezing moments in yor life I'm not one for zooming in on every pic and seen soft edges life is to short for that!!!!

I am an amateur photographer and my new 70D that I purchased a couple months ago at B&H has been doing the same underexposure stunt that so many others have experienced (For example, see in depth discussions by searching the internet for Canon 70D bounce flash underexposure).This occurs whether I'm bouncing the flash off a white ceiling that's about eight feet high or using a Sto-fen diffuser attached to my Canon 430ex II in E-TTL mode.Whether the lens being used is the Canon 15-85 or the 55-250 STM, all low light indoor photos with the diffuser attached and with the flash head tilted 45 degrees, or 180 degrees, or direct facing are very underexposed. Same results with bouncing the flash off the ceiling. The photos are even more underexposed when I'm zooming in on the subject.However, If I use Flash Exposure Lock(FEL) before snapping the photo, they all come out looking great, zooming in or not. Without using FEL, the pictures are way underexposed.If I use the same flash setup in the flash's manual mode, without using FEL, and adjust the power down to say 1/2 or 1/4 or somewhere in between, the photos seem properly exposed (as long as I dial in the correct flash power adjustment). With a zoom that has a variable aperture, it's a hit and miss approach and quite cumbersome.Also, I tried the same lenses attached to my Canon T3i taking the same photos as I did with the 70D using the same flash and diffuser without using FEL. The photos all came out looking perfect with no underexposure whatsoever. Then I tried using FEL with the T3i. There was no difference between using FEL and not using it on my T3i. All photos with and without FEL were properly exposed and looked great.I use bounce flash indoors a lot for our one year old granddaughter. I never had this problem, or any other issue, with my T3i. I guess I'll have to resort to FEL use, but that amount flashes takes a toll on an infant. She begins to cry after a few photos if I'm using FEL for each one. Plus, it's hard to get candid shots when an FEL pre-flash is being used.This isn't what I bargained for when I "upgraded" my camera body.I'm now wondering if this will negatively effect exposures on outside fill flash photos with a diffuser attached.The fact that Canon hasn't addressed this yet is disconcerting to say the least. Unless they come up with a fix fairly quickly, I'm not sure I'd ever buy another Canon camera after this.

I have had this camera for a little over a month now and am only working with the kit lens and body right out of the box. I am not using any hot shoe flashes, extra lenses, filters etc., which is the best thing about this camera - it is superb right out of the box as a stock set up. And, I do mean superb. I have owned Canons for about the past 20 years and have to say this is the best I have owned yet for the price point.The stock lens: Excellent lens for a kit lens and truly responsive in terms of focus vs. stabilization and lighting. This, of course, also works in conjunction with the sensor and chip. But, this is a nice, solid lens at a good cost.Video: The primary selling point on this is the focus when using video. I have to try pretty hard to trick the camera in order to see any focus problems when recording video. It's easier to trick the camera in low light, but I think this is the best video I have ever shot with a camera. The audio seems to be on par or above with most cameras in this price range. But, a nice shotgun mike would probably make a nice addition for the serious videographer. I've never considered myself a serious videographer, but this camera could change that.Battery Life: Battery life seems very good and I am still working off the same charge from when I pulled the camera out of the box about a month ago. However, to me this has never been an issue since I ALWAYS carry a spare battery. I may consider a battery grip for this camera and have owned a couple of Canon battery grips with previous Canons. As a result, battery life has never been much of a concern for me.Speed: The speed of the camera is excellent and I have worked in situations where I fired a number of bursts with great success.Form Factor: I think this is a nicely sized camera and the controls are very well placed for my hands. Everyone has different hands and mine tend to be a little smaller. But, I do like the size and feel of this Canon. It is significantly larger than the Rebels and I think that is what I like about it since I always felt the Rebel was a bit small.On-camera Flash: The last thing I'll mention is the on-camera flash. It's the best I have used yet. Hands down. I am not a big flash user because I shoot a lot of naturally lit subjects. But, I have used this one with a lot of success and am pleasantly surprised at how well it works.Overall, I can't say anything bad about this camera. I wish I could offer up something constructive. But it appears as though Canon got everything right in this one. Even the interface...though I am sure there will be plenty of nit-pickers out there, the interface is pretty intuitive with minimal use.This is truly the best Canon I have ever owned.

I purchased this as a long overdue upgrade for my trusty Canon 350D and have been blown away by the quality of the images it produces. In particular, the low-light performance is astounding and much, much better than I had expected given the rather poor DXOMark scores.

I shoot RAW, with all in-camera noise reduction disabled and my work is split evenly between landscape photography and night skies, in particular the aurora borealis, milky way and starscapes. I purchased only the body, so I am using all my existing glass on the new camera.

For landscape work, the images are stunning and sharp, with beautiful colour tones. The amount of detail that can be recovered from shadows in post processing is incredible. I can push the shadow or exposure sliders as far as they will go in lightroom without any deterioration in image quality.

For low-light work, the camera really excels. ISO 6400 on this camera is better than ISO 1600 on the 350D. What noise there is, is very clean, no banding and very easy to remove in post-processing. The detail and colour rendition of weak auroras and night skies is stunning. I can shoot beautiful milky way and star shots at ISO 12800 with very little noise and get details that I could never dream of capturing before.

I only really shoot stills but I have tried a few videos and been very pleased with the operation of the focussing and the quality of the results. I have no use for the wi-fi, so I haven’t tried it.

The viewfinder and focussing system is a revelation compared to the 350D, so crisp and clear and accurate. The articulating screen is very useful for landscapes and night skies, where the camera is often at ground-level or pointing vertically. I absolutely love the electronic level, which lets me get the horizons straight even when shooting auroras in the pitch black.

The camera itself feels solid, chunky in the hand. It feels like a serious bit of kit.

What’s not to like? Well there are only a few minor niggles :

The rubberised coating on the body leaves a nasty rubbery smell on your hands.
The HDR is a total let-down, as it does not produce a RAW image, so I am still having to blend images in post.
The menu buttons on the touch-screen are tiny, it is easy to press the wrong thing by mistake and many screens do not have a back button which means having to go back to the top and navigate back down again.

I love this camera to bits. It is a joy to use. Thoroughly recommended.

This camera has a distinctive cheap lightweight plastic feel compared to the 5D3, and 1DX, and even at this value price point, Canon should have used metal instead of plastic. The ISO is mediocre and the low light sensitivity is really not good at all. The lack of a support for CompactFlash was a real let down. And the wifi/remote functionality is more or less a nuance and a hassle, the IOS app is very counter-intuitive and not straightforward to use, the whole wifi functionality of the camera itself, the way it was implemented seems to force the user to jump through more hoops than should be necessary. And the mandatory rule of having to turn WIFI off in order to film/record is a real deal breaker and pain because that effectively means either you give up wifi completely or run the risk of having to ruin a perfect moment when you want to record/film something when faced with the prompt from the camera that refuses to allow you to record unless you go back into the interface and manually turn wifi off. The way the wifi is implemented, once the wifi is off, it seems to forget all previous settings, so the next time around you have to start over the entire wifi configuration, and then reconfigure and re-pair/sync it with your IOS apps. Essentially WIFI is a gimmick at this point.

Even at this price point, this camera feels cheap, and performance is average.

Canon would like you to know that they can make a 40 megapixel image sensor. They just see no reason to, as they have better things to do with chip real estate.Canon's finally delivered a DSLR that combines the best of still shooting and video without compromising either, although it seems to have knocked their product matrix sideways by rendering the 7D irrelevant. For sports photographers, the blisteringly fast frame rate for still shots is competitive with some very expensive gear indeed. For videographers, video quality is excellent and isn't limited to the 4GB/12 minute shot limit that previous Canon cameras were stuck with; the half-hour recording time is more than enough to make sure you can get a long sequence all at once without having to worry as much about losing some of it between shots. And the autofocus function is one of the most sophisticated I've seen -- the touch screen enables insanely easy spot focus, and though I've not tried it myself, my understanding is that it does quite well with moving objects. Canon has also chosen to opt out of the megapixel wars once again; 20.2Mpx is only a modest upgrade from the 18 that was standard on their previous generation of APS image sensors, but you'll need to invest in some extremely expensive lenses in order to have a reason to care about the difference. (Incidentally, the new 18-55mm STM kit lens is sweet -- fast, silent, and straightforward. It is focus-by-wire, though, so if you're not a fan, get the body without a lens.)It does have a few downsides, but I don't feel like they really affect the star rating. One is that the wifi function is absolutely byzantine -- you will definitely want to read the (separate) wifi manual, and at least in the initial firmware it lacks the web interface that the Wireless File Transfer modules for Canon's higher-end cameras have. (It also supports EyeFi cards, presumably because Canon already had the drivers in the OS build and didn't see a need to take them out.) Another is that I have yet to find an on-screen live audio monitor; Magic Lantern has traditionally provided this as a third-party addon, but they have yet to hack the 70D, so you may have to do some black magic with cables and headphones to get usable audio monitoring. (It also does not yet seem to be supported by gphoto, meaning that using it on a Linux system is likely to be exciting in all the wrong ways.)So, on the whole, this isn't yet a hacker's camera, but for pretty much all regular purposes, it's damn close to perfect. It's pricier than the Rebel series, but if you've got the budget it's worth it.

Excellent service from amazon as usual, great camera at a fab price. Have already taken some great photos without the need to wade through reams of manuals etc.

I did a bunch of research when I decided to upgrade from my T1i and settled on this camera because I found it to be better (for my purposes) than the 60D and the 7D (the other two cameras I was looking at) and I didn't want to spend all the money to go to the the 5D.

I'm not going to give a detailed review on all of the features for this but I will say that overall I am happy with the purchase. I've had this camera for a few months now and I am still very happy with it. I am really glad I decided to purchase on Amazon though because the first one was defective and the return process was top-notch.

The camera is very fast (up to 1/8000 shutter speed and a very fast consecutive photo drive) and I like the touch screen and how you can flip the touch screen out and change the angle. I do a lot of astrophotography and the versatility of the screen is very helpful. The auto focus is fast and pretty good too.

Note that you need Lightroom 5 for compatibility with this camera. Optionally you can download Adobe's DNG converter to convert them to supported DNG's and then import into Lightroom 4, but after awhile that gets pretty tedious.

My only real complaints are around the WiFi features:

1) If you don't power off the camera and have wifi enabled, the power save won't save your battery. I guess it still tries to connect to WiFi and the battery will be dead the next time you go to use it.

2) The WiFi interface and settings leave a lot to be desired and Lightroom doesn't work with it so I just don't really use it.

Not had the chance to explore as only just arrived but no doubt will be as fantastic as all other Canon products.

Well I struggled between the decision to buy the 6D and the 70D and my decision settled on the the 70D in part because I had several EF-S lenses I did not want to part with, in part because the video capability of the 70 seemed better than the 6D, and of course, the price. I am thrilled with the decision. I came from a 50D and the difference huge. (Also bought a 24-105 L lens which makes the 70d even that much better). With the 50d, low light shots were a stretch, even with a 50MM 1.4 lens. The 50d absouletly stretched its limits in poor lighting, and its 1600-3200 iso range was mostly unusable. With the 70d and the better glass (have to be fair and give credit also to the glass) shooting between 3200 and 12800, the shots were amazing and nearly noise free. And, when setting up an umbrella with remote flash, on a dark stage, I could safely bring the camera down to 1600 iso, turn up the shutter speed, and gently light up a performance stage with perfect, crisp results.

And the video aspect is fantastic as well. It does not disappoint. Shot a rock band performance on a dark, randomly lit stage with a 24-105L lens, and the vids were perfect and crisp. With a battery grip, I recorded a dozen songs, and about 50 stills, and batteries were at about 30%. And I don't know how Canon does it, but the on camera microphone also produces great audio as well.

And my last decision was to fight whether to wait for the rumors of Canon releasing a 7D MK II and I am glad I did not. If anything, perhaps I should have waitied for a new model, just so this one would be even cheaper!

I am a armature photographer. It has been a hobby for me shooting outdoors, photo of people and events.
I have been shooting for over 3 years using a Sony a55. The Sony camera provided great pictures, but very poor battery life. Also could not video tape for very long and shut off. Reading the reviews I knew about both issues prior to purchasing. What I did not read anything about is if you have a defective SD card you would not know until you check your pictures later. I lost a lot of memory when I took my grandbabies to the Bahamas this last November of 2013. Since then I purchased my Canon 70d from amazon on a great packaged deal. As always Amazon has been a excellent experience for m for about 6 or 7 years. I have the 1st time to experience any issue and by products has always have on time and well packaged. I have had to return items not for any reason resulted from amazon but items I ordered that I did not need, or I ordered the wrong item with no issues once so ever. My review is really for the Canon 70d with the 18-135mm kit lenses I purchased a few weeks ago, and I just wanted to share my experience with it.My wife and I vacationed in New York for 8 day and a took over 1500 pictures and about 4 long videos during my stay and surprisingly not having much time to learn the camera I got some absolutely great pictures and videos using different modes to test this camera. I even tested the defected SD card I had and it recognized it immediately. Boy I wish I had this camera last year. I still have a lot to learn about his camera but if you are just don't a full frame camera this is a excellent camera for most photo hobbyist, I would definitely recommend this camera. May want to purchase an external flash for indoor poor lighting situations .

OK, this is a first for me when dealing with Amazon. I received an obviously used camera. Yes, I bought it direct from Amazon and not from a third party. I took it out of the box and the Live View mode wasn't working reliably: I had to reset the camera twice by pulling the battery out in the first few hours of use. I asked Amazon for a replacement.

By comparing the original to the replacement, it became obvious that I was shipped a product that someone else had already used, and possibly returned due to the problems I saw. Here are signs you can use if you suspect similar:

-The USB cable and neck strap should be sealed in individual plastic bags. Mine were loose.
-The manuals should be sealed. There should be a CD and several errata and warranty cards loose. Mine were all loose.
-The used camera had the battery fully charged. The replacement started charging from 0-49%.
-The rear lens cap on the kit lens was marred noticeably.
-The shutter would click when the live view button was pressed, but the LCD screen would stay blank. The only way to recover from this was to remove and reseat the battery.
-The first camera was set up to shoot RAW. The default out of the box is typically jpeg.
-Images taken with the camera were numbered starting at 2561 instead of 0001.
-The date was set on the first camera. The replacement asked me to set date and time.

To their credit, Amazon made it right quickly and without cost to me, but the fact that it happened at all is a bit of a shock. At the end of the day, trust the glowing reviews of this product. It's a great camera with an outstanding feature set. Just don't unknowingly get someone else's problem. My guess is an unscrupulous 70D owner bought a second camera from Amazon and swapped them rather than just sending their camera in for service. Not cool.

Love this camera. I've owned it for a bit over a month now and its well worth the money.
I previously owned a Rebel T3, with a 28-135mm lens and later fell in love with the 50mm f1.8 lens, and other 50mms. After a while i felt the need to upgrade the body.After a long time researching i found the 60d and was set on buying it, until i found the 70d. The price was substantially higher but i believe it is worth it.
The 70d is a great camera, the shots are sharp and beautiful. And not to mention the build quality. I am not overly protective of it, because i know it can take it, I have had this camera out in light rain, on the beach, its been dropped (only from half a foot but still it freaked me out). But it has held up extremely well! The rain did nothing, thanks to the "weather resistance" and the sand just brushed off. The body feels very solid and sturdy, it fits perfectly in my hands.
As for the functioning it works great as well. The button layout was different from my old T3, but i got used to it fast and now i can operate my way around the camera quickly. The touch screen works magically, simple and responsive, and very useful, specially when viewing images, or showing them to friends. The swivel screen is also very useful, i can quickly flip it around to show friends or to get a difficult low shot or above the head.
Another plus is the liveshooting, the autofocus is fast and intuitive, by simple clicking on the screen where you want it to focus it will quickly adjust, and with lenses with USM and especially STM motors it is fast and silent.
Overall i am extremely happy with this product, and i would recommend it to anyone.

Please note that this review is just my personal opinion and I might be wrong. Also I have not compared it to any products by Nikon - the review below is only for Canon folks.I will start with the negatives first.The Ugly:Plasticky Dial :Canon- Please use metal for the heavily used parts.The Bad:Noise: There is considerable noise in low light both in photos and videos.(realistic low light conditions like indoors during evening time) . Not sure why canon is trading noise for megapixels.I am very disappointed with the amount of noise at this price pointMoire: It was unbearable in some shots (especially the Ocean shots)LowLight Focus: Even with 50mm/1.4 the camera struggled to get focus of dimly lit subjects.Lemon: After using my camera for 10 days the buttons on the back (Menu/Playback/Q) stopped working. They worked again when I tilted the camera at an angle and this might be because of some loose contact . I am in the process of getting the device replaced as it is still within the return time-frameThe Good:It has everything except a full framesensor.Video AF was excellent. (with decent light conditions)Color Saturation and Image quality were good (with decent light)7fps was fast enough for me.Weather resistance was useful.Tilt screen was useful.18-135 lens image stabilization seems to be good. during some video shots I didn't expect the video to be stable but i was surprised to see a decent shot.Pricing was goodConclusion:All the ugly and bad points (except for the lemon part) seems to be been done intentionally by cannon to balance their lineup.I was split between 6D and 70D and ended up buying 70D as I will be using all those bells and whistles than the full-frame. This is just my personal preference. In general Full-Frames are better.Most likely in a year or two we will see a full-frame from cannon having the same 70D features. that is a combination of 6d and 70d (today that is 5d, but expensive for non-professionals)Advice:For Families:if you are looking for a camera to get family photos(events and travel) and are trying to buy DSLR please do your self a favor and try the mirrorless cameras first (Cannon should be coming out with a new EOS-M soon) . DSLRs come with a lot of baggage. All the beautiful photos that u see online are not only using DSLR but have considerable stabilizing equipment and do not forget that the photographer has considerable experience.For Hobbyists/Enthusiasts/ Price Conscious:This is a good camera for us till a full-frame with Video-AF is released by Canon.

This was bought as an upgrade from my 450d. I chose it over the 7d as it has wifi and a touch screen. I was pleased with my previous camera but this is outstanding! Sharp, good colour and higher ISO settings which enable me to shoot at higher speeds without being noisy [prone to camera shake!].

I have this since April but used it patiently before writing a review.

Read the reviews online: amazon, dpreview etc. The only problem I came across while researching was the autofocus with the center focus point in combination with f 2.8 lenses or faster missing. Haven't had any issues so far.The microfocus adjustment works well. Used it to set my 28mm f1.8 which is always spot on now. I use this with the 70-200 L IS USM first generation (no microfocus adjustment) and it misses probably 5-10% of shots depending on the available light. My 50mm 1.4 is the most problematic but always was. Still get 80% of shots in focus. I also have the 15-85mm IS USM and focus is spot on no calibration needed.

Some people didn't think this was an upgrade in image quality, based on some reviews. I shoot in either manual or aperture mode so as for the rest of modes i'm not sure but the image quality is better than my t3i. Low light is better up to ISO 1600.I only use ISO 2000 if necessary. Video image quality is good, lenses make the difference. Also pairs well with the canon 600ex-rt.

Autofocus is fast and accurate. If you're having problems, understand how the focusing works before making comments. Different from the system in the rebel series. All the drive modes in the camera work well. Tracks flying birds, running dogs and children easily and accurately. Live view focus is something i actually use now, fast and accurate. With my manual focusing carl zeiss 50mm 1.7 the live view manual focusing is easy also, magnify your subject and adjust accordingly.

I am not a pro, more advanced user and I think If I want a better all round camera than this I'd buy a canon 5d mk iii. The 6D lacks the focusing and frame rate for me.

No regrets about selling my T3i.

My last dslr was the Canon EOS 10D, which evidences why my kids call me a dinosaur. I upgraded because of my desire for quality low light shots. The 70D proved very good at this. But there are surprise bonuses over the 10D. First, the control screen is large, reversible, and intuitively simple to navigate. I use it exclusively in managing my shots, battery usage be damned. Second, the 70D takes acceptable video, allowing use of all three of my lenses. I gave my old video camera to one of my dinosaur kids. Finally, the 70D's automatic focusing, aperture, and shutter speed features, especially focusing, allow me, a rank amateur, to shoot almost exclusively in aperture priority mode. My family think I am ready to turn professional. They do not connect my improvement to the 70D. They think I just learned how to take consistently good pictures overnight. I modestly accept their praise and do not disabuse them of this assumption.

For a relatively new company on amazon I somewhat "took a risk" when buying this camera but the service I received was excellent, delivery was on time and camera was here as stated, zero shutter count and all! It's a brilliant piece of kit, the auto focus in video mode is incredible and I was shocked at this, as a dslr cinematographer I'm used to manually focusing but the auto focus is really useful! Highly recommend this kit for the mid range photographers/videographers!

The Canon 70D hit all the right points with me. It has the feel and heft of a more expensive full frame camera but as a great price. I purchased this because I had out grown my canon T3. Don't get me wrong the T3 is a very capable camera for the beginner who wants to get their feet wet. But this 70D is a giant leap forward when comparing the 2. I mostly shoot my children playing, my daily walks around NYC, and friends parties when they ask me too. I highly recommend this to anyone who has the budget for it. You will not regret it. FYI, I did do my research for weeks before I purchase and was even learning towards Nikon, but I have so much invested in Canon glass that I stuck it out. Also there are a couple of bad 70d's out there that have focus issues, I am lucky and did not receive a unit that has that issue....I love it and feel free to ask me any questions. i am not a pro, only enjoy learning the craft.....

OMG WORTH EVERY PENNY! I am a professional photographer and videographer. I have been using this for photos AND videos but have decided to use it solely as a video camera. The ease of use and ability to focus on the fly, and TRACK focus is amazing!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE that fold out screen! Makes shooting in any angle or height easy peasy! I really am happy with this purchase and am seriously considering adding two more to my arsenal.
Let me try to answer a few questions that I think may come up....
YES it will fit the 28-300 2.8 II
YES the 17-40 works great on it! :)
YES the video is stunning! :)
YES you can set the camera to TRACK your subject while you move around....making for some amazing shots!
YES it does come as an optional lens kit.
YES it is smaller than the 5D MIII and lighter too! :)
YES it does have Wi-Fi
NO I don't want to sell you mine... ;)
NO I can't just "have it" either. :)
Buy your own and you will NOT be sorry! :)

I only bought it yesterday but I am thrilled with it so far. The minimum focusing distance on the 18-55 IS STM lens seems shorter than my old 18-55 kit lens and seems from the few shots I have taken with it so far to be really good. I think I am seeing more detail in darker areas of shots than I did on my 60D. Focusing certainly seems faster and more accurate. I think I am really going to enjoy the touchscreen. Longing to get out and test it in full! I have ordered a screen protector this time as I didn't with my 60D so when I came to trade it in for the new one it lost some value on cosmetic grounds.

Great camera. I really do love it. Only downside is when I received it, within the first week of shooting the rubber grip was peeling. Where your right thumb would rest. Had to send it back to canon who "fixed" it, and tested everything else while there. They also cleaned it but I seriously used it less than five times at that point. Less than a year later (actually only a couple months later) it was already peeling again. Fortunately and strangely it is right where your thumb is which holds it in place. Which is why I would find it so hard to believe it was peeling there if it hadn't happened to me... twice.
Maybe before the warranty is up I'll send it in for another checkup. Get my moneys worth with their complimentary cleaning.
Only realistic thing I would think of to make this camera better (obviously less iso noise, faster shutter and other things are always something you could hope for) would be a built in battery grip. But I could see how not having one would appeal to a much wider audience. So, do yourself a favor if you buy this camera, buy a battery grip. Not that this has a bad battery life by any means, it's just so convenient to not worry about battery for a few shoots. And the canon grip comes with a little thing that allows you to use AAs if I remember correctly.

I have used Canon EOS cameras since 1987. I switched to digital when the Digital Rebel EOS 300D came out. I have alwasy found the cameras easy to use and the picture quality very good to excellent. This new camera, the EOS 70D is easy to use, feature-packed and produces super images in a wide range of conditions.

The new focusing system works very quickly. Generally I use the Canon EF-S 15-85 zoom lens for 90% of my shots as I have for the past couple of years.. Using that lens on this new body with its new focusing system is like owning a Porsche and finally taking it out of second gear. There is no lag time when focusing at all.

One feature I am in love with is the new in-camera HDR. On previous models you really were not able to set the parameters for the HDR image and have them carry over if you power off the camera. Now you can set up the HDR bracketing once and shoot at will.

The one issue I have is not with the camera, it concerns the new software. This camera has the ability for remote wireless operation and wireless file transfer. On a windows 8 computer that is connected to a wireless router by wire, The Canon UPNP Dector (the wireless software) operates in the background and literally eliminates the wireless connection to other wireless devices on the network. The only work around is to end the program's process int the task manager after you reboot your computer.

The camera is great, the software needs new coding.