£28 Canon 400D – A budget bargain in 2024?
There’s no doubt that Canon set fire to the digital SLR market back in 2003 with the release of the 300D and then continued to pour fuel on the flames with their successors the 350D and 400D. With the 300D…
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Living the budget DSLR dream – Using an old, battered £5 Canon 40D with 300,000 clicks
The Canon 40D came out in 2007, the latest in a then well established line of “dedicated amateur” cameras. It is significant in that the 40D represented almost the last model designed to shoot only still images. After the 40D…
Taking inspiration from the Victorians – Dabbling in fast motion capture photography
By the 1870’s photography was already surprisingly advanced, the early Daguerreotype type processes of the 1840’s had been superseded by collodion wet plates around 1850 (film did not come along until 1884) and the race was well and truly on…
Buying in to Nikon for the first time – The Nikon D70 experience
I’ve owned a lot of cameras in my lifetime, not because I’m loaded and buy the latest and greatest as soon as they come out, but because I have an addiction to buying old things I don’t need from eBay.…
What’s the cheapest, usable DSLR in 2023? Let’s go camera thrifting…
If you’ve no interest in video and just want to take decent digital photos, there is a wealth of choice for the budget photographer. You absolutely do not need 20mp resolution, 100 point dual pixel auto focus, 12fps capability to…
Historical step up or just a stop gap? The Canon D60 Review
Canon kicked off the new millennium with the release of their first fully home grown digital SLR – the D30. This marked a turning point for Canon as they focussed all their efforts on the newly emerging digital market. The…
The Final EOS Film SLR – Culmination or Capitulation? The Canon EOS 300X Review
2004 was a momentous year for Canon and their rapidly evolving lineup of digital SLR cameras. In the space of 12 months photographers were treated to two incredible professional tools in the shape of the 1D mark II and 1D…
Pretending to be a professional – Using the Canon 1D Mark II n
When Canon released their first DSLR, the D30 in October 2000, things began moving incredibly quickly in the digital imaging space. Canon were playing catch up, most notably to their chief rivals Nikon. The three megapixel D30, whilst a superb…
There’s a reason this Canon 30D was £24 – Fixing a fungal invasion
Some time in July I searched eBay for Canon DSLR’s and sorted by cheapest first. The top result was a Canon 30D for all of £30. This didn’t seem to make sense, for that money either the seller didn’t really…
Sometimes it doesn’t go to plan – Canon T80 and AC 50mm F1.8
Edit: Since this article was written I have repaired and reviewed a T80, click here if you want a review! The Canon T series of cameras are something of a no mans land in the history of SLR cameras. They…