Canon eos 750d
There’s a feast of high-tech thrills in this showstopper of a beginners’ camera that boasts some advanced features
For sheer image resolution, the 750D kicks all the other cameras on test into touch, with its 24.2Mp image sensor. That’s a significant increase from the 18Mp sensors featured in the other cameras but, of course, megapixels aren’t everything. There’s usually a trade-off in that, while more megapixels give the potential to capture finer detail and texture, image noise is likely to be more noticeable, especially when using high ISO settings under low lighting conditions. We’ll come to how the 750D fares in these respects across the page.
Along with its greater megapixel power, the 750D is the only camera in the group to sport a new-generation DIGIC 6 processor, and an ‘intelligent’ viewfinder that can warn you about flickering lighting, and gives the option of a superimposed grid pattern to aid composition. The autofocus system is much more advanced, based on 19 rather than just nine points, and all of the AF points are cross-type. Meanwhile, Live View and movies benefit from a revamped Hybrid CMOS AF III autofocus system. The 750D is well connected too, with Wi-fi and NFC built in, which are lacking in the 100D and 700D.
Build and handling
In the hand, the 750D feels remarkably similar to the 700D, which is no bad thing. The sculpted and textured grip areas ensure a comfortable hold, while the layout of the buttons and dials makes for quick and intuitive adjustment of the most important shooting settings. The 750D also shares the 700D’s fully articulated touchscreen facility, with all the same benefits to handling that we mentioned previously.
One difference in handling is that the 750D has a row of three buttons behind the shutter button, instead of just one for ISO. The extra two buttons enable you to easily turn the LCD touchscreen on or off, and give quick access to options for the more advanced autofocus options. These include the availability of five different subsets or ‘zones’ of AF points, as well as the usual single-point selection and automatic multipoint mode.
Performance
A sporty little number, the 750D overtakes the 700D for continuous shooting. It has the same 5fps maximum frame rate, but can keep going at full tilt for up to 940 shots in JPEG mode, instead of just 22 shots. In Raw quality mode, the rather more modest increase is only from six to eight shots.
The autofocus systems work superbly well for both regular and Live View/movie shooting. The 750D also features a new metering system that, in our tests, proved a little more consistent than with the other cameras in the group. Remarkably, while the greater megapixel count enables the capture of finer detail, there’s no real degradation in image noise at high ISO settings, making the 750D an excellent low-light performer.