I exchanged my Canon D30 to 20D at 2005-03-15. The change
was done because of following reasons: better autofocus,
better ergonomics and better high ISO performance. Below
is my little comparison between D30 and 20D based on
actual usage not reading other reviews.
20D pros:
- Autofocus is much faster and more accurate.
- Ergonomics are much better, for example focus point
selecting joystick is very good.
- Build quality is better, camera feels much better
on hand.
- High ISO performance is much better.
- 8Mpix is more than 3Mpix, but at my use when only
publishing photos to internet and printing always A4
size, this isn't very big benefit. Naturally slight
cropping can be done and still print at A4.
- Better battery life using same BP-511 batteries.
20D cons:
- File size is much larger, before my 1GB MicroDrive was
enough for half day travelling in nature but now it's full
in couple hours.
- Setting ISO value is much more difficult than in D30 [in
D30 you can set the button inside back command dial to
activate ISO adjustment, in 20D you have to press one of the
buttons in front of the top LCD-screen and I haven't yet
learned (= I will not learn never) to find that button without
moving my eye from viewfinder]
General
SoftwareDave Coffin's RAW converter Phase One - DSLR One Breeze Systems (BreezeBrowser, Downloader...) Digital Workflow - Converters link page Pekka Saarinen's Linear Sharpen photoshop action DCRAW - converted to Mac DCRAW tutorial by Guillermo Luijk
TechniquePanoramasPanorama ToolsPanorama Tools (Mirror) Panorama Tools Panorama Tools (Mirror) PTGui ePaperpress insructions for Panorama Tools ePaperpress insructions for Panorama Tools Caldwell photographic - Correction distorsion and color fringing Correction distorsion and color fringing Caldwell photographic Max Lyons - PTAssembler tutorial Big Ben's Panorama tutorial John Houghton PTGui tutorial panoguide.com
Taking panorama picturesDIY Pan/Tilt-head Home Built Panorama Head Jasper-Engineering: Pano head Big Ben's panorama tutorial 10D tutorial (8mm Sigma lens) Kaidan - Kiwi-VL panorama head Panoguide - Setting up to shoot panorama
Canon D30 and 15mm fisheye Photo.net - Fisheye to rectlinear conversion Luminous Landscape - Imagealign
AIM-DTP SharpeningOutback photo - Edge Sharpening Luminous Landscape - High pass sharpenign
Exposure / Dynamic rangeLuminous Landscape - Blended exposures Luminous Landscape - Digital split neutral density filter Luminous Landscape - Local Contrast Enchancement Luminous Landscape - Hybrid conversion AIM: The Linear RAW Workflow
ColorLuminous Landscape - Making better Black & White photos
Luminous Landscape - Instant PhotoShop AIM-DTP - Color Dither Gamma (how to adjust gamma for monitor) High Dynamic Range (HDR)Naturescape's HDR tutorial
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