Camera 450D - Wonderful Pictures, Settings, Partially Hidden

I have a long analog past behind me, only aThe Kit lens is held in the usual Kit lens for
Minolta xd7, then another and then finally digitallylightweight and quality, ie at least it is completely
Minolta Dynax a Minolta DiMAGE 7i. After Minoltaout of plastic, and the bayonet fitting is made of
has slept through the digital development and,plastic. As mentioned earlier, the standard,
consequently, has dropped out of the market, ithowever, after all, the lens is stabilized. I will stay
was time to invest in a new system. Since Canonhere only to criticize that the Canon lens hoods
lenses offered to join me and the world leader inare sold separately, which is a bad habit.
DSLRs is, it was not a big problem to decideNow for the general criticisms, there are
whether to Canon.therefore only 4 stars: The camera is equipped
But the camera:be great, but, for example, compared to the
The Image quality is excellent, perhaps a bitOlympus E510, which I have also tried out a
worse than the 400D, which is probably due toshortcoming: Many settings are available only via
the higher pixel count (12 instead of 10 MP) on thethe menu and order elegant bar even when the
same space.camera is in the eye.
The case also makes a good impression, although- What disturbs me personally the most: to be
I think it's a bit small for my relatively large hands.the spot mode must be set in advance of the
This could probably create the battery grip help.display, it is not possible to activate it as usual
Although I use almost exclusively thewith a button and turn off when you release the
semi-automatic (aperture or time) and the manualbutton again.
mode, but the inclusion programs for beginners- The flash control is also available only at the
are certainly very useful. The According Portraitthird level of menu. That is, if you want to make
Program I use now and again very happy if Iquick settings, simply "too far away." A little
have no desire to make all the necessary settingsbetter is when the setting in the user-configurable
by hand."My Menu" takes over.
The equipment of the camera is, as usual with- The white balance can be in the camera does
Canon, fairly abundant. Finally, there is also annot specify a particular Kelvin number. This is only
automatic sensor cleaning; how effectively theypossible if one works in Raw Mode and then
work, but will be told only after some time. Inadjusts white balance on the computer.
contrast to the 400D, the Camera 450D has aIn general, I am aware that I am here kritsiere
spot metering (I use very often). Not bad, but onthings that are more professional cameras after
systemic change to Canon is that the imageCanon Market Policy reserved. However, the
stabilizer in the lens and is not in the housing, forabove-mentioned Olympus E510 offers these
bright AND stabilized lenses achieve extremelycapabilities in the same price range. Therefore,
high price levels. But well, so far we went without"only" four stars.
a stabilizer. :-).