Customer Reviews for Canon - EOS 60D DSLR Camera (Body Only) - Black
Customer Rating
5
Super nice camera
on September 3, 2020
Posted by: Trigger
from Southern California
I bought this camera in 2010. It still works marvelously. I used it all the time and have just starting doing astrophotography with it. Very versatile camera. Although a crop sensor, the body can accept the nice L lens. Uses SD cards which are very common.
I bought my canon 60d in November 2011, but in October 2016 I had an accident in a lake, my camera was completely wet, it was totally unusable. But, I read on the internet, that if I put it in a bag with rice and left it a while, it sure worked. Well, I put it in a bag of rice, and put it in a drawer. Honestly, I forgot all about it. After 5 months, I remembered the camera, I took it, I cleaned it, I put a generic battery that I have, and voila ... my camera is working !!!!!!! I am very happy I did not lose it, because with that camera, I have been able to develop my tourism business, making captures in the tours that we do. Thanks Canon, for making good quality products.
This camera has been my go to for all my challenge shots. I've even won second place with her. She's a great camera with all the umph the more expensive cameras of her day are.
I used a 10D, then a 30D and was thrilled with both but this 60D is easily the best of the lot. It fits my rather large hands better than the Rebel T3 I also owned for a couple years (the T3 is a great beginner camera that I give five stars to) and is therefore more comfortable to use. The 60D has a much better viewfinder than a Rebel and better focus points. Noise level is low throughout the ISO range. Image quality, of course, is excellent. I love the flippable viewing screen. My only complaint is that Canon decided to move away from the Compact Flash card to the Secure Digital format cards. I guess to make it more amateur friendly. Anyway, this is a great camera.
I bought this camera new May 2012 and it has performed flawlessly since. The flip out screen is very nice for awkward angle shots, the shutter is quiet (quieter than my 70D) and the 9 point autofocus is fast very accurate. Autofocus via live view uses contrast detect and is quite a bit slower but accurate. Exposure metering is very accurate and plays well with my Canon flashes. (580 EX II, 420 EX and 270 EX II) The IR wireless slave flash control is very useful. Does not focus like a camcorder when shooting video. Need a 70D, 7D MkII or Rebel T4i or later for that. (See my 70D review). Ergonomics and menus are very good. You can repurpose most of the buttons on the back too. Uses "multi controller" as opposed to a joystick on previous xxD models. Nice fit for my hands and my wife's who inherited this camera when I got a 70D.