The Canon EOS 30D dSLR is easily one of Canon's best-selling digital SLR cameras. The successor to the popular Canon 20D is a top competitor among mid-rage dSLRs, such as the Nikon D200, with the right blend of features and affordability to be attractive to both professional and amateur photographers.

Some of the Canon 30D's new features include a 8.2-megapixel CMOS sensor with a DIGIC II Image Processor, a 230,000-pixel 2.5-inch LCD display, true spot metering, durable magnesium body, and an improved shutter mechanism. The Canon 30D's built-in flash has also received an upgrade: its speed now matches the camera's 100,000 shutter cycle.





The Canon 30D has a very accurate 9-point autofocus system that can
utilize both normal and high-precision focus depending on the aperture and current light conditions. The user can either choose 9 focus points manually using a thumb-operated controller on the back, or the camera can select the points automatically.

The Canon 30D has six pre-set image modes:

  • Standard: for crisp, vivid images that don't require post-processing
  • Portrait: optimizes color tone and saturation and weakens sharpening to achieve attractive skin tones
  • Landscape: for punchier greens and blues with stronger sharpening to give a crisp edge to mountain, tree, and building outlines
  • Neutral: ideal for post-processing
  • Faithful: adjusts color to match the subject color when shot under a color temperature of 5200K
  • Monochrome: for black and white shooting with a range of filter effects (yellow, orange, red, and green) and toning effects (sepia, blue, purple, and green)

    • The Canon 30D is also plenty fast. It's ready to go as soon as you are, with a startup time of only 0.15 seconds. Shutter lag is difficult to measure at only 65 milliseconds. In continuous shooting mode, the 30D can take up to 30 JPEG and 11 RAW (or 9 RAW + JPEG) photos in succession at speeds up to 5.0fps.

    Of course, the Canon 30D is compatible with Canon's rich variety of EF and EF-S lenses. A BG-E2 battery grip can also be added to the base of the camera to increase the camera's battery life and improve handling.

    Key Features
    • 8.2-megapixel CCD captures enough detail for photo-quality 16 x 22-inch prints
    • Large 2.5-inch LCD monitor that can be viewed at extreme angles up to 170 degrees
    • High- and low-speed consecutive shooting (5 frames and 3 frames per second, respectively)
    • Fully compatible with all EF and EF-S Lenses and a wide range of EOS system accessories (no lenses included)
    • Powered by a lithium-ion battery pack; stores images on CF cards
    Specifications
    • Model Name: EOS-30D
    • Model: EOS-30D
    • Item Package Quantity: 1
    • Included Flash Type: Pop-up flash
    • Red-eye reduction: Y
    • form_factor: Built-in
    • Display: LCD display
    • display_technology: TFT active matrix
    • Display Size: 2.5 inches
    • video_input: Digital camera
    • light_sensitivity: ISO auto (100-400), ISO 100-1600, ISO 3200
    • Image types: JPEG, RAW
    • video_input_special_effects: Faithful, Landscape, Portrait, Monotone, Neutral
    • Exposure Control Type: Landscape, Portrait mode, Close-up, Night portrait, Sports mode
    • optical_sensor_resolution: 8.2 MP
    • optical_sensor_technology: CMOS
    • optical_sensor_size: 15.0 x 22.5mm
    • Viewfinder Type: Optical
    • audio_input: None
    • Width: 5.7 inches
    • Depth: 2.9 inches
    • Height: 4.2 inches
    • Weight: 3.5 pounds