Canon EOS 650D

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touchscreens have become such a fundamental part of modern life that it’s hard to figure out why all cameras don’t have them. The Canon EOS 650D was the world’s first DSLR to incorporate touch-sensitivity into its inherited vari-angle design, enabling control of all camera functions and menu options with speed and ease via the large, clear LCD.

This was also the first EOS camera to feature ‘Hybrid CMOS AF’, making continuous autofocus possible while shooting movies. The 18Mp image sensor and DIGIC 5 processor teamed up to deliver sumptuous image quality, even at very high ISO settings. With ‘intelligent’ automatic scene recognition, extended Basic+ shooting modes and a built-in feature guide, the EOS 650D proved to be the best beginners’ camera to date.

Innovations

Not just for movie capture, the hybrid autofocus system was great for shooting stills in Live View mode, combining highly accurate contrast-detection AF with faster phase-detection AF on the image sensor. The touchscreen enabled you to simply touch the part of the image in Live View to quickly focus.

Summary

The EOS 650D packed a dazzling array of features into a lightweight DSLR, with the vari-angle touchscreen enabling you to shoot from creative new camera angles.

specifications

sensor 18Mp APS-C processor DIGIC 5 autofocus points 9 – all cross-type iso (exp.) 100-12,800 (25,600) max drive rate 5fps lcd 3-inch, 1040k, vari-angle touchscreen video 1080p HD