Canon EOS D30 Reviews & Tests

Consumer review (amazon.co.uk)

Amazon.co.uk review summary for Canon EOS D30

alaTest has collected and analyzed 16 user reviews of Canon EOS D30 from Amazon.co.uk. The average user rating for this product is 5.0/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.3/5 for other Digital Compact Cameras on Amazon.co.uk. People are impressed by the usability and battery. The reliability and performance are also appreciated.

price, performance, reliability, battery, usability

100% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

Apr, 2024

Consumer review (amazon.com)

Amazon.com review summary for Canon EOS D30

alaTest has collected and analyzed 62 user reviews of Canon EOS D30 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 4.5/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.2/5 for other Digital Compact Cameras on Amazon.com. People are impressed by the image quality and price. The portability and usability also get good reviews. The software and reliability get negative opinions.

performance, usability, portability, price, image quality

reliability, software

97% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Apr, 2024

Expert review by (ephotozine.com)

Canon EOS D30 Digital SLR Review

Jan, 2002

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Expert review by (ixbtlabs.com)

Canon EOS D30: controls

In Aperture Priority AE mode (Av) the forefinger wheel changes the aperture, and the other one the exposure correction.

Apr, 2001

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Expert review by (ixbtlabs.com)

CANON EOS D30

In conclusion, briefly on what you can see in the following articles: A detailed description of modes and a menu of the camera. A comparison with photos taken with a EOS50 camera through ...

Apr, 2001

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Expert review by : Simon Eccles (digitalartsonline.co.uk)

Canon EOS D30

The single-lens reflex mirror and viewfinder system give an unbeatably clear view through the same lens that shoots the image - but as with other digital SLRs - this means that the D30's LCD monitor can't display a preview image, only a playback

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Expert review by : Dave Dorn (practicalpc.co.uk)

Review: Canon EOS D30

David Dorn examines some fairly high-priced kit that he reckons is absolutely ace - especially if you're into Digital Photography.

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Expert review by : What Digital Camera Magazine (whatdigitalcamera.com)

Review of the Canon EOS D30 - Digital SLR Reviews

The D30 was Canon's first solo, built-from-the-ground-up DSLR and the first DSLR to sport a CMOS sensor.

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Expert review by : PC Magazine (pcmag.com)

Canon EOS D30

The Canon EOS D30 ($3,500 list) sets a new price/performance ratio for interchangeable-lens digital SLRs. Although it shares a few parts with Canon's new Elan 7 film camera, the D30 was built from scratch as a digital camera, like Nikon's more...

Mar, 2002

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Expert review by : Phil Askey (dpreview.com)

Canon EOS-D30 Review

Long awaited. Canon first revealed the EOS-D30 at PMA this year (with a "tentative launch of Fall 2000"), they then later made it official and published full specifications and we got our first hands on with the D30, though at that stage Canon weren't...

Great resolution, clean, noise-free images (even at high ISO / long exposures) Noise reduction algorithm works well Good range of sensitivities (100 - 1600) Smooth gradients, little or no edge aberration effects (no over-sharpening) Fast reaction, good...

Images may seem a little "soft" to some users, increasing sharpness setting on the camera improves things and there's actually no less detail in a D30 image than any other 3 megapixel Opening the CF door shuts the camera down, loses any buffered images...

Canon really did made life difficult for themselves, they knew full well that they would be judged on success of the D30, they know how important the digital photography market has become and how a camera like the D30 could affect their reputation.

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Expert review by (steves-digicams.com)