Canon EOS-10D Digital Camera

Having recently converted from film SLR's to digital I was simply amazed at the choice available to the budding photographer in the digital field. Not being especially blessed with funds it was obvious that I would have to choose from the so called pre-owned market.
Being a user of Canon for a number of years I had several lens's in my possession, thus I opted to plump for a Canon DSLR> Which one to choose?
Perusing several web sites which gave both limited and in depth reviews of most if not all of the DSLR's available, my choice narrowed down to the Canon D60 or their 10d. Both being similar camera's with the same sensor and 6 million plus pixels, and both seeming having similar operating features and layout, I chose the 10D as its chassis was entirely metal and not a mixture of plastic and metal.
The camera is a joy to use having a very fimilar layout to my film SLR's, and I must say that the photo's that I have taken to date do not disappoint in any way whatsoever, and are certianly on par with non digital film particularly reversal film. Some might say that digi photo's are better than film photo's and I certainly cannot argue with that!!!!
A good buy?? Most definitely YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Canon 10D is a very capable digital SLR, that can use any of the Canon EF (but not EF-S) lenses.

It is based on the Canon 300D, but here a few of the advantages:
1. A magnesium-alloy body
2. A better shutter mechanism
3. A bigger buffer
4. A better (bigger and brighter) viewfinder
5. A few extra buttons.

The controls has a few more options, allowing better control over the focus selection and other settings.

On ebay, it's about the same cost as the 300D, and the only real downside is that it won't take the EF-s lenses, for everything else the 10D wins hands down.

I found that compared to the 300D for motor-sport photography, the 3 frames a second shooting rate is a big improvement from the 2.3fps, and the 9 shot buffer is a huge advantage over the 4 shot buffer of the 300D (and is even better than the 20D and 30D which only have a 6 shot buffer).

Summary: If you want to upgrade your 300D or 350D and don't have a collection of EF-S lenses, the 10D will give you a much better camera for a small amount extra.

I bought the Canon EOS -10D to be the digital partner to two EOS film cameras I already use. Interchangeable macro lenses is a big plus, especially for photographing Alpine flowers, which is one of my big interests. On my recent holiday to the Canadian Rockies, the 10 D has produced good results for exchanging photos by email As yet the quality of the pictures however does not match slides of the same subjects. I hope to change that with better use on my part. Batteries had to be recharged every day, but with a spare which came with the purchase that was not a problem. The camera is a little heavy and clumsy compared with compact digitals, especially when on walking holidays in the mountains. I intend to develop a much wider use for the EOS-10D, for portraits and family for example, throughout the year. The camera and accompanying equipment came to me in excellent condition and it has been a pleasing purchase.

I cannot say enough positive things with regards to this camera!

Its my first venture into the world of DSLR's and although there were a couple of choices, including a well equipped 300D with numerous lenses and a 350D with 2 lenses and filters, I chose to go for the 10D body only just because of the clarity of the images it creates.

The camera (for me at least) is easy to use and reacts very well to touch controls unlike the Nikons that I have tried in the past!

very chuffed indeed and my photography is blossoming as a result!

I brought the 10D as a second body to my 20D to save time and hassle changing lenses.
So far I have not been dissapointed by the 10D its a superb Camera having almost all the same functions as the newer 20D.
The few less pixels that its new brothers have will not be missed or noticed and the build quality is as expected from a Camera in the Cannon semi-pro range.

An excellent camera, not the top of the range model but not that different to the EOS 5 except for the size of the sensor, and therefore the magnifying effect on focal lengths of lenses. Fast shutter speed of 1/4000 sec and wide ISO range although some noise at top end of range.

Accepts a range of canon add on options and lenses and is also well supplied by 3rd party suppliers.

All the features you need, simple to handle and a better build than the 300, 350, 400 etc. Good focusing screen, at 6.3 mega-pixels will cover most of your needs. Easy to use and produces excellent photographs, which can easily be enlarged to A3 on a good quality printer. The chip gives a magnification of 1.6 times, compared to a full frame 35mm camera.

You need to be aware that this will not accept EFS lenses from canon, which excludes some of the cheaper lenses available, but all the recent non brand lenses should fit.Adding the BG-ED3 vertical grip enhances the feel of the camera and makes portrait work far easier to achieve.

As a second hand proposition you cannot go far wrong. you don`t need much more than 6.3 mega-pixels unless you are blowing up to exceptionally large sizes or cropping heavily, and that is best done using the lens, that is the point of using an SLR after all. There have been various tweeks to performance on later models, and screen size has grown, and live view is available on the latest additions, but the cost difference is large, and what you really need to do is get snapping and leave some cash for a good selection of lenses.

I would whole heartedly recommend to anyone, and if you are a die hard film user, take the plunge, hold on to your EOS lenses and you will be amazed at how good it is.

Oh another review lol. lets talk about the EOS 10D. few years old now but build quality is excellent. Housed in a tough magnesium body. the 10D was the successor to the d60 and the early D30.I think ive used most of the canon range of the EOS digital models now.2 years ago i bought a 10D, i got brilliant pictures from the camera even tho the viewfinder had a blurry fault. I just got used to it and it became my soulmate for 2 years.Since then ive come across about 6 other 10D models without any problems at all. 6mp sensor is well capeable of producing superb photos upto A4 print size and beyond.i had a 20D after the 10D, the 10D feels much better in the hand in my opinion.in operation i cant fault the 10D, autofocus is fast, exposure is spot on ( you can always tweak in photoshop if you need to). Noise levels are managed very well. i could shoot at iso 800 without any severe traces of noise.The latest 10D i have bought was for my 13 year old son whom ive been training for the last 2 years. its a major upgrade for him coupled with a 28-300mm, 18-50mm and 380EX flash. its all he's ever going to need.My opinion is, dont waste your money on the latest technology because you dont need it. A 10D is way suffiecient. Spend your money on decent lenses instead.Hope this helps some of you out there
Tom@ Ruby_Photographic
If you need any advice on purchasing a canon camera and a suitable lens, feel free to e-mail me at ruby_photographic@yahoo.co.uk

I am now the very proud owner of my recently purchased canon d10.
this has to be the best thing i've ever bought. the timing couldn't be better our daughter gave birth to the loveliest little boy last year so were getting some cracking pictures of our new addition to the family.
Thanks to Ebay and Seller

I bought this for my mum and she found it easy to handle the quality of the putures is excellent .Well worth the money i paid.

Despite being around 5 years old and lacking a few of the features ( well, more like fancy image trickery ) of the most modern cameras, the 10D is still able to take stunning shots with a very crisp and detailed 6MP sensor. Very solid in the hand, very quiet in operation.

In fact, the only real downside to the 10D is the start-up time, which may be just a couple of seconds, but it's enough to miss the odd shot if it's allowed to go into standby.

Get some Canon L glass on this body and you'll struggle to see, in quality terms, where that extra £500 is going on the 40D ( spend that extra on decent glass instead ).

I have had my Canon 10D for two and half years and have just updated to Canon 40d. This was a hard decision to make. Since owning the 10D I would be in agreement with most of the other reviews of the camera - but there are some limitations which I was considering when moving to the 40D - I had also been looking towards the Canon 5D. Hope recording these gives some idea of the 10D limitations compared to some of the newer SLRs.
Main reasons for changing the 10D:
.1. A rather small and dim viewfinder and LCD screen - compared to the Canon EOS3 film SLR and Olympus C2500 (2.5 MPixel) Digital camera that I also own. One reason for having considered the 5D.
.2. As is common with some other digital cameras, it is often difficult to obtain good highlights and shadows in pictures. Adjusting the RAW pictures in such circumstances often creates 'posterisation' in the shadows. The 40D is 14 bits digitisation instead of 12 bits for 10D.
.3. The 10D is slow to start up - this is often a nuisance - resulting in loosing a picture.
.4. Although the 'controls' are reasonably organised - it takes a little thought to 'set the camera up' when using the creative modes. Probably no more so than many other cameras.
.5. The camera does have a tendency to underexpose but also does tend to let highlights also 'burn-out'.
.6. The camera DOES NOT take the newer EF-S lenses for the reduce frame size SLRs - like 20D, 30D, 350D, 400D etc. In general this does mean buying the more expensive EF or equivalent lenses. Not a problem for me as I need them for my EOS film camera. One reason for considering the EOS 5D full frame SLR.
.7. The reduced sensor size of the 10D does make the choice of lens/es more troublesome.

CONCLUSION
I have been reasonably happy with my 10D and it is a good, solid camera. At the current Ebay prices it is probably a bargain. Compared to the 10D, the 40D is a 'more open/ viewable camera' when taking the shots (3 ins LCD) also it starts up and shoots multiple frames more quickly. Taken together these do make a difference. Actual RAW pics do seem to have a slightly 'better quality' than the 10D - but not easy to detect unless more 'extreme' pics are being taken.

I brought this camera because all the write ups about it said, "its one of the best cameras for the money", and they were right!, i've taken loads of photo's and even with my limited skill, have come up with some decent shots.

Having been into Photography since my mid teens I've recently found myself using my images mainly online, resorting to using a cheap 0.4Mpixel camera (all I could afford at the time) rather than my 35mm film camera (Canon Eos 100 SLR), so the time was right to finally upgrade to a decent Digital camera, and the Canon EOS10D seemed to offer all that I needed at a reasonable cost (being a discontinued model the prices have now reached a level that I was able to afford on my budget!)

I chose to remain with the Canon brand specifically as my current lenses (EF fit) are compatable with most of the current EOS cameras (watch out for the differences with EF and EF-S fit, they wont fit all models), the quality and reliability of their cameras has always been good and I'd also heard that if you've used an EOS before, then the controls on the newer models will feel both natural and easy to use.

I have to say how amazed I've been with both the ease of use and the picture quality of the EOS10D!

The controls do feel easy to use, if you've ever used an EOS SLR before, then the transition feels very easy, the controls are instinctive and in the same places as on the older film EOS's, which means you dont need to spend ages concentrating on learning the controls, but rather can focus your attention onto the picture itself, where it should be!

On a technical front, the 10D offers masses more enhanced features than my old EOS100, the AF now has many more focussing points (7 in total), the exposure metering offers 3 modes (which should be suitable for most applications), plus there are 12 shooting modes, divided into 3 zones, which should enable anyone from the most experienced to the newest photographer to acchieve good results!

Quality wise, the 10D although now discontinued (originally released in 2004/2005) is a part of Canon's 'prosumer' range, (meaning that its aimed at both entry level proffessional and advanced amateur use), and features a magnesium alloy body, which makes it tough, if a little on the heavy side! All the function buttons and fittings seem well made, and the LCD screens are both good quality and easy to view.

Picture quality is up to 6.3 megapixels, not amazing by modern standards, but more than sufficient for web use and for printing up to A3 size, the DIGIC processor does a great job of processing the image without any noise that I've been able to discern, even up to 400% magnification!

I was concerned before I used the camera that the focal length magnification (1.6x caused by the size of the CMOS sensor which is smaller than the size of a 35mm film plane) would make it less easy to compose the shots I wanted, but I'm happy to say that this hasnt yet been a problem, although I do now feel that I'd like to invest in an ultra wide zoon lens for wider landscape shots!

The digital imaging controls on the 10D are something that I am new to, the white balance isnt something you can normally control on a 35mm film camera, but I have to say that they are exceptionally easy to use, rather like chosing the type of film that you use on a film camera, plus the choices of ISO speed are good, the lower the ISO the better the quality, as with a film camera!

Overall I am very happy with this camera, it offers all the features and quality I need at a reasonable cost, yes I'd love to have an EOS5D (with its full frame sensor), but not for 10 times the price!

I was looking for a digital camera to replace my film SLR camera. I was amazed at the price of the 10D. Only three or four years ago you'd pay over £1,000 for this camera. I particularly like the cameras build quality, such rugged strength attracted me as it would have stood up well to use to date and would give me years of trouble free use. (I hope)
This camera has all the features that my old film camera had plus all the advantages of a digital camera such as disposal of snaps that did'nt turn out. One draw back of the 10D is the cost of good quality lens as they are all still current and command high prices, still thats hardly the fault of the camera!
At least everything that you could possibly need is readily available for this very popular range of cameras.
Another plus for the 10D is the operating system. Although it is five years old (in its early form) the controls are vertually identical with the current range of top quality Canon offerings such as the 1D, 20D, 40D etc., so in the future if one decides to upgrade the controls are the same. I'm still a novice and I am still discovering the many many features that are built into this very sophisticated piece of machinery. If everything I bought was as much fun to use as this camera I'd be very happy.

Although released back in 2003, the Canon EOS 10D is still an extremely well put together semi-professional digital SLR camera by today's standards. Back then, the camera sold for around $1,500.- whereas today it can be found online for less than a fifth of that price -- definitely a steal.

It is solid and fits the hand much better than any three-digit Canon model. In fact, you may do without a battery grip unless you shoot vertical most of the time and/or you have some very heavy lenses. On the other hand, all Digital Rebels *must* be fitted with a grip to make handling comfortable.

The 10D is also easy to operate, and very reliable. Contrary to popular belief, the relatively small pixel count is far from being a disadvantage, as it provides very good sensitivity with low noise. Also, it keeps file size down (a RAW file with an embedded JPEG rarely exceeds 7 MB).

The only disadvantages I can see are:
- the small viewfinder (~115k pixels, 1.8")
- incompatibility with EF-S lenses
- slow writing speed (regardless of the type of CF card used, the camera will write and read back images at ~1.5 MB/sec, which loses time if you're in the practice of zooming in to review each shot after taking it.

However if you are an experienced photographer with many EF lenses in the bag, who knows his shoots, and/or if you shoot in JPEG, none of the above should bother you too much.

All in all, it is an ideal camera for a newcomer to digital photography, or as a second body when there is no time to switch lenses.

I am enjoying my EOS 10D every minute that I have it in my hands.

Aquired for my Daughter as an introduction to DSLR photography
Pro build and features (albeit now slightly dated), It is the semi pro model counterpart of the 300D which despite its plastic body and inferior feature set always seems to make more money at auction than the 10D!

6Mp is more than sufficient for decent poster sized images if used with care, If you feel a need for more megapixels then the 20D, 30D and 40D are also available increasing in price as you go. I paid £130 for a good 10D in very good condition and added Canons cheapest but arguably one of their sharpest lenses in the 50mm F1.8
This gave my daughter a combination that has produced razor sharp perfectly exposed images that massively exceeded her previous attempts with a compact camera despite the lack of zoom

10D, 20D 30D 40D these are the semi pro magnesium alloy bodied versions of the mainstream 300D/350D/400D - buy the best you can afford but the 10D is an exceptionally high quality but budget entry point to DSLR photography.

A robust and very well built camera,however top end enlargements are a bit of a let down.Badly misses ccd clean of newer cameras.
Saying that,very fast processing and good image quality overall. Will last for years.

Fantastic Digital SLR. Built like a pro camera. Takes stunning pictures and also has auto focus for when you are just learning

I already owne a eos- 350 digi, and wanted a camera to carry in my van during working hours ,just in case that photo in million cropped up.why did i decide to buy it? because having looked through two or three photo mags this model was a popular choice Having recieved it, and found it in real good condition and also found it mutch easer to use than the 350.
just to ease any ones mind out of all the items ihave bought from ebay i have never been disappointed with any thing.yours tjkellmilkman.

But Please what are you talking about, i have not puchased this camera, i think you have made a balls up, please look into it and let me know Roger

got this camera for airshows
and general use

like the size of the camera feels good when
holding it to take pictures

not a lover of the small LCD screen but can live with that

not the best camera for low light picture taking

This digital camera is now available at a much lower price than when it was launched back in 2003.
Using eBay I have managed to pick up a bargain camera to be used for teaching purchases at work without breaking the bank!

This is my second one, I still have my first Canon 10D, I know it is a good camera and having owned this camera from new, it has good functions that are still usable today even after six years, and the recently aquired second Canon 10D will cost me about £50 to have Canon clean the sensor and bring it back to new.

So what does the Canon 10D offer

i) A DIGIC chip for faster autofocus with 6.3 Megapixel CMOS Sensor
ii) 7 selectable AF points
iii) A lightweight but strong Magnesium Alloy Body
iV) APS-C format image sensor giving 1.6 magnification to any EF lens attached

It is now used as a back up to my Canon 5D which can also share the same EF lenses unlike other cheaper Canon EF-S lenses available to keep the costs down for consumers, but not useable on these particular camera bodies.

The only difference between this Canon 10D and the newer models like the Canon 5D MkII and the latest Canon 7D is that the newer models load much faster and are therefore ready to use quicker when switched on, and have newer DIGIC chips with much larger Megapixel capability and other improved functions like Video options and sensor cleaning.

What does all this mean? It means that you will be paying up to a few thousand pounds for a new Canon Digital camera, but who knows, if you wait for these newer models in six years they will be the couple of hundred of pounds that I paid for the Canon 10D with a Tokina Macro lens, 1GB CF Card and bag thrown in as well!

Great camera, bought as an upgrade to my 350d which complimented my canon 50D..

The canon 10d is perfect for me as it uses the same batteries as my main camera and has a higher buffer than the 350d and even the 20d. the downside is that it does not take the ef-s lens range but as i only have one of those it does not cause me an issue.

However it is compatible with some older sigma lenses which do not work with the 350d or 50d models so able to pick up some great deals on ebay (400mm sigma 5.6F af - <£100 - bargain). ok the lens can be used in manual mode on newer cameras but it is nice to have the auto focussing at times.

For me i mainly use this camera with either a fixed length or high zoom lens and my main camera with a short range lens to cover all ranges.

The canon 10d is a well built and sturdy pro consumer camera and i would recommend if your budget is limited.