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Introduction

Welcome to my review of the canon 550D - first a little about the bodies I have used before. I've used a *lot* of canon bodies and currently use a canon 1ds mark 3 - I've had a 300D, 20d, 40d, 5d, 5d mark 2, 1d mark ii, 1ds mark ii, 1d mark iii, 1ds mark iii, 350D, 400D, 450D, 500D and now a 550D - so i'm very familiar with what canon's XXXD series is like (I've handled a 1000D but not really used it much). It's interesting that the price has started to go up again and that the XXXD series is now no longer canons entry level body. This is a good thing in my book as it now means that the 550D is actually a pretty solid choice for those not wanting to spend the extra to get a XXD or now the new 7D.....

you can now read the rest of this review on the Warehouse Express Blog site here.

Video Mode

Here are some video samples at various resolutions....excuse the not massively interesting video.

1080p 24fps

720p 50fps

640 50fps

1080p 25fps before crop

640 cropped

Wireless options - EyeFi

The Canon 550D is also the first camera to give you the option to see your images are being transmitted successfully and what the settings you've put on your eyefi card are.

The cards look like this:

And here are the new screens on the 550D so you can keep an eye :) on what's happening.

Here are some sample images:

ISO6400 - FULL 18MPX