Includes 18-55mm & 55-250mm Lens
24.2MP APS-C CMOS Sensor
DiG!C 7 Imaging Processor
Wi-Fi/NFC/Bluetooth
Not full frame lens. Normally retails for over $1000 with twin lens kit.
Canon EOS 200D DSLR Camera w/ Guided Display Twin Lens Kit $699 @ JB Hi-Fi
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despite being a happy owner of 6d, I second that. before you venture into fading DSLR territory, think about good mirrorless cameras. light, good image quality, proper video capture..
DSLR is for nutcases who are happy to end up hauling around KG's worth of gear to take another photo of freaking sunset
Agreed. Our school purchased 7x G7 and triple lens kit from here $750 ea.
As a owner of the 200D. One benefit I discovered by having the smallest of the DSLR range is the weight. It is still lighter in weight than the newly released Canon RP (both fully loaded -sd/battery body only) while just being a bit chunkier, but not by much. Lenses are lighter too and feels well balanced in the hand. The new Canon FF Mirrorless also seem to have the similar poor dynamic range/noise in the shadows as their APS-C/6D sensors.
Also 200D is slightly better build quality than the entry level DSLR’s, which is reflected in its RRP even though it is the smallest in size.
I posted a deal of the single lens kit for $559 Delivered a while back. Not as cheap as Black Friday I was told.For general usage, kids, and teens, a cheap mirrorless with 4k is going to be more useful, and possibly get someone into a hobby. DSLR's are more for the established hobbyist and pro's, and then you are looking at a higher budget. This could make sense if another family member or relative etc, was already in the Canon ecosystem with lenses you could borrow etc.
Yes I understand the mirrorless was more recently released, so in terms of features and ease of usability (for beginners/amateurs) they must be ahead of older DSLR’s.
Also worth pointing out that mirrorless lenses are more expensive than DSLR lenses, most often dramatically more expensive.@thebadmachine: DSLR usually have better focus for stills, and Canon's video is still the best(but expensive to get 4k). Mirrorless lenses are not more expensive. All systems have a good and a cheap range of lenses. In MFT some fats lenses are available for very reasonable pricing. In the the full frame/crop world, Sony lenses are expensive but so are Zeiss, and Sony do have a cheaper range. But there are third party lenses such as Sigma who offer the DSLR and Mirrorless mounts on the same lenses for the same pricing.
@Major Mess: Sorry I should have been more specific, I meant cheaper between the cheapest range available for 200D (EF-S lenses/kit lenses/nifty fifty) and new RP mirrorless (native RF mount lenses, although 3/4 of them have the red L series ring).
I owned a 200D for a little while also. It's a nice little camera, but the VF isn't particularly good, nor is AF, plus I really could have used AFMA when a couple of small prime lenses I own wouldn't nail focus at wider apertures. I really wanted to like it enough to keep it, but decided that for travel and when I want to carry something small, I'd rather have my EOS M mirrorless.
I think we should sign a petition to ask Canon to release the original 5d again, just the way it was, with the same firmware. that camera furnished me with the best shots I have ever taken, nailing exposure and colour balance every time. I still can't set up my 6d to match the output of 5d classic.
Well this is why the SLR is being phased out. It can't compete with mirrorless where you can see exposure / white balance adjustments in real time, and know with absolute certainty how the image will appear before pressing the shutter. Before making the transition I probably spent more time chimping than looking through the OVF. Thank God that's a thing of the past.
Well this is why the SLR is being phased out. It can't compete with mirrorless where you can see exposure / white balance adjustments in real time
Live View (or equivalent) will give you the same on an SLR.
Yes, doing so defeats the purpose of an SLR (being the optical viewfinder) but the capability is there.
I've always hated using Live View as I found the camera stuffed around getting the focus right (whereas it would be pretty quick through the OVF), although I've since found that that was mostly due to the old lens we had, specifically the AF motor. New lens is miles faster (and quieter!).irrelevant annecdoteYes I shoot with Live-view on the 200D.
Other than the mentioned benefits (real-time exposure/dual-pixel AF), I find the image to be much larger than the VF so easier to properly focus.
As mentioned there is now EVF in mirrorless but the viewfinder is still going to be smaller than looking closely at the LCD on the back.
(You can also buy these VF lens attachments for the Live-view LCD if you want to block the sun. But the Live-view LCD gets pretty bright enough for my needs.)
This is a good price for a capable little kit, but these days I'd first be seeing what $700 - $800 can get me in a mirrorless setup before dropping the cash on an entry level DSLR