Canon EOS-10D DSLR Camera (Body Only)

I ordered this camera 3 days ago and I just received it, the delivery was flawless with FedEX, I followed the tracking and they told me when it arrived at the Fedex Hub. I went and picked it up right away. the camera was packed real nice as to arrive safely from Georgia to Puerto Rico, when I opened it I was in awe, this camera is a hell of a camera its made of Magnesium. its great I bought this camera for my wife to learn but I think I'm keeping it for myself, the camera is in great shape and I want to thank KEH Camera shop. for great rapid service and a great quality product. What a great Camera it is! I've taken A few great shots already but Im waiting until I can get a better lense in the 50mm range. and then Ill test it real nice. but I uploaded a few of my first shots here with it of a homeless cat and a Palm tree. hope you all like it. If you're trying to move to learn photography this is the camera for you, this thing is built like a tank to give you an example of her size, shes bigger than all the Canon EOS Cameras 20D.30D.40D.50D.60D and even the 7D I love it. when I go out shooting People ask me what News paper I work for, I look like a Pro and I'm just your average Joe LOL. So if you want to look like a Million bucks when you go out shooting Pick yourself a 10D in good condition and enjoy the looks people give you plus the great pictures you'll get. Thank you KEH Camera shop and Amazon ********** 10 stars

I've used the Canon EOS 10D for 5 months now and I'm absolutely thrilled with it. The EOS cameras are extremely comfortable to hold and handle. In auto mode, the camera produces correctly exposed, sharp photos. Unlike my Canon Powershot, the camera takes the picture with very little delay after depressing the shutter button. In the creative zones, you can set aperture priority to take, for example, selective focus shots, or use shutter speed priority and set a slow shutter speed to take some good blurring shots. The auto focus is quick and accurate, though how much of that is the camera and how much is the lens I do not know. I never use the manual focus mode. The pop-up flash works great for lighting subject that are in shadows or back lit. I now find it a bit frustrating to use my film camera; I'm addicted to viewing my shots on the spot. I have a Canon EOS A2 film camera that I purchased in 1995. Since I'm familiar with the EOS system and have Canon system lenses, I chose the 10D over the similarly priced Nikon prosumer digital camera. I like my Canon cameras so well that I bought the Canon digital Elf for my sister and the Canon Powershot A80 for my mother. Both have reportedly been excellent cameras. With the 10D, I've used a Canon 50mm/compact macro, a Tamron 28-200mm and a Canon 15mm fisheye lens. Because of the difference in the way a film camera and this digital camera operate, you multiply the focal length of the lens by 1.6 to figure the effective focal length when used with a digital camera. So, for example, the 15mm fisheye lens is effectively a 24mm lens on the 10D. I bought a 1 gig IMB microdrive storage card and that allows me to take 400 high res jpg or about 160 raw format files. If you shoot in auto mode, the camera will only capture in jpg format. If you shoot in manual mode, you can select jpg or raw format. If shooting raw format, ensure you have a software program, such as Photoshop CS, that will open raw files. And know that not all developing and printing shops will accept raw format. But many of the image libraries will ONLY accept raw files (or a high resolution tif scanned from a slide). With the raw format files, I've found that many of my shots require a bit of exposure adjustment, but this is simply a matter of moving a slider bar in Photoshop CS. When you first open a raw file, you get an adjustment window allowing you to play with exposure, tint, saturation, white balance and more. You can even simulate warmup filters and such. Very cool stuff! I bought an extra battery to take along on trips. One battery typically lasts me for 2 days of shooting, as long as I don't do much reviewing of my shots through the camera monitor. Unless you need the quality of the 1Ds immediately I would recommend getting the 10D because technology is moving so fast that the quality of the 1Ds will be available for the current price of the 10D in the near future.

I purchased this camera as my first big step into photography. I am only 15, but I have always been interested in taking pictures, and I'm getting the hang of it pretty quickly. I own a Power SX500is, which allows for full manual control, but this camera was a way to get the "real deal" portion of lens changing and very customized settings. I love the fact that this camera is more like the pro cameras then Canon's Rebels, (even if my shots aren't top notch, at least I'll look like I know what I'm doing :P) but this camera does come with a couple of downsides. 1. It's old: not that that's bad, but the fact that they haven't put out a driver for Windows 7 makes me think Canon kind of forgot about this model. 2. Being so old, it can't mount EF-S lenses. I realized this a couple minutes before I wrote this review, and now I'm probably going to have to write a review on some converters. (Just kidding about that, I'll probably have to upgrade to a 20d though :P) So, if you're a beginner just starting out in photography, this is a great idea to get acquainted with the basic features of a "real" camera. If you're getting this for a teenager, I'd recommend the Canon EF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 II Standard Zoom Lens for Canon SLR Cameras as a starter, and then upgrade either your lens or get a better camera that shoots EF-S. But even without this capability, I don't regret buying it, and I'm sure to purchase more Canon in the future.

I have had the Canon 10D for about 6 months. After getting it I sold my film cameras because I don't use them any longer. The camera is comfortable to hold. The controls are intuitive. The Canon manual is clearly written and easy to understand (unusual in my experience). You can change ISO from shot to shot and there is very little noise up to ISO 800. You can go to 1600 or evene 3200 but there is a lot of noise. The automatic white balance is good -- but not great. I shoot in Canon RAW so you can adjust white balance, exposure and contrast later. This is just wonderful. The Canon software is slow and clunky so I use Photoshop CS. Photoshop CS brings Canon RAW images in seamlessly and allows a myriad of useful adjustments. The auto focus is good. I have the camera programmed to focus where I select. When I do this the focus accuracy is near 100%. In fully automatic mode it is less accurate. The body is part metal and part plastic and feels pretty rugged but it is not a full professional body. The internal flash is modest but useful to have in a pinch. I ended up buying the 550 EX which is excellent. A good digital camera is more than megapixels. Canon's firmware is second to none. IMHO, Canon is the clear leader in digital cameras. Buy with confidence.

I had just bought this camera, and it is not compatible with any other Canon lens but the eos 10d ones. So either buy a great adapter, or only buy those lenses. It is really heavy, and quite big. It has all the features of the newer models, so don't worry about that. It is quite complicated if you are thinking this to be your first digital SLR. But over all.. it is an awesome camera!!!

When I bought the camera I found the screen to be too small and it was really grainy at even it's lowest iso.

The 10D is the camera I had been waiting for; the look and feel of a 35 with all the benefits of a digital camera. The camera feels great in your hands and produces outstanding results. It can be used as a point and shoot with little instruction and the creative modes and manual override settings allow you the freedom to take control of any shooting situation. The 9 shot drive mode is great for sports action. The camera even gets good battery life (approx. 500 shots w/half flash). I highly recommend a minimum of 128mb compact flash card for higher end photos as well as a tripod for optimal control. B/c the 10D is compatible with all EF lenses it's easy to pickup extra lenses at good prices. Extra batteries and other accessories are also available. Outstanding camera but still very hard to find and a bit pricey when you can find one.

The Canon 10D is a good camera as far as it's image quality, but it's image processing is slow - compared to the 40D that I use. I mean considering this is a 6 year old model, it's not to surprising. The tones that the 10D captures are very good. But time from capture to reviewing it in the LCD, or pressing the review button to pressing the Info button to see the histogram is very slow. It takes about 10-15 seconds to be able to review the histogram. So as a backup / second body camera it's good, but not as your only camera if speed is important to you.