Canon DSLR Camera EOS 90D

I needed a new camera, my old Canon DSLR just wasn’t cutting it anymore. I wrestled with buying a new mirrorless but didn’t want to buy all new lenses, and besides my canon DSLR’s have served me well since the early 2000’s doing everything I’ve asked of them. This new model shines! Takes great photos and video’s as well. The 18-135 lens will make a great everyday carry around lens and the best thing is, all my older lenses and equipment will fit perfectly, no adapters needed! This is the top of the line, the pinnacle of Canon’s DSLR line. The best there is IMHO.

Great quality pictures, easy to use camera. If you want to go hard core, you can manually set various settings ( shutter speed, ISO and more ). Comes with a 200 page manual which shows basic/mid level features, you can have Canon customer support send you a 600 page manual in PDF format that shows you EVERYTHING about the camera. You can also get PDF manuals on basic and advanced photo editing.

This is the first digital camera that I owned personally I use to borrow a camera when needed.
It looks good and handles well.
Even better it’s from Canon USA with a USA warranty.
It took me about 2 days to grasps the concept of the camera the ins and outs of it.
I am happy with it so far.
Just need to get more lenses.

Everything Canon has built into the EOS crop sensor line of enthusiast cameras. Each one building on the previous. The 32megapixels, the multi-array of focal points, the simple navigation & plethora of options at your fingertips. Touch screen, wifi, remote controllable with app. It’s just a solid, solid, extremely versatile camera. Match it with the kit 18-135 lens and you have a lightning fast focusing camera ready to cover most of your needs. Add a nifty 50, a longer telephoto, and the prime lens of your choice and have one versatile workhorse of a camera.
I upgraded from my 60D (I’ve had for 11 years) and I’m supremely happy with this upgrade.

I was so excited to have Canon 90D when it arrived and before I opened the box. HOWEVER, sadly I found the camera package was not sealed, which was supposed to be so. What made me more disappointed is the main dial, which was stiff and but what made me even more dumbfounded is the camera lens, which might have been manufactured, hopefully not designed, for utilization of a wrench to make it turn. As every time I turned the lens manually (I was using the manual mode and had turned it to MF), I had an issue of turning it smoothly, in a soft fashion, the failure of which resulted in a shake of the camera. I’ve given the camera two stars for its delivery, but not the camera set. I’m definitely going to return it soon!

As we’ve bought Canon before, it works pretty well. I’m going to purchase another Canon 90D, and I wish the forthcoming new purchase would be without issues. Otherwise, I’m going to turn to other brands such as Sony and Olympus, both of which were purchased years ago and have been working amazingly well.

I’m going to leave my review for the new purchase after it’s arrived and has been tested.

I’ve upgraded from CanonT3i and what a learning curve, but, oh so well worth the education for the versatility and quality of photographs ! Whole new ballgame, very pleased!

I bought this camera more for still photography than video, and for the resolution and ISO upgrades, over my old 7d, which I have really liked for years. With the increased resolution, I especially like the performance with my 100-400 f4.5-5.6L IS II and my 70-200 f2.8L IS, as well as my other lenses, such as the 18-135 USM that I bought to use as a general walk-around lens. I use the fold-out, live viewing screen with smaller zooms, but also with my faster fixed lenses; which makes street photography much more versatile. I recall photographing the Cuna Indians in Panama in the late 60s. At that time they believed that the camera would steal their soul, so the would turn away or cover their faces. Sneaky me, I would set the mechanical timers on my Pentax Spotmatics, which were totally manual SLRs, and secretly shoot photos while the cameras with fast fixed lenses hung from my neck, while my hands were obviously nowhere near the camera. Click! Got it. Hah! So now I am adding the 90d’s fold-out optical live view screen, in order hold the camera away from my face, and this photographer seems more innocuous. Of course there’s more….such as video, which will eventually get around to using… More, also, since I still haven’t had this little gem that long.

Looking back at the progress both of SLR and DSLR cameras; Film cameras, then earlier digitals, both full frame 5d series and the APSC 7d and 7d MKII. I am comparing some of my previous film cameras and their capabilities and versatility – and the resulting images – comparing with the Canon A2, and the A1, and the earlier Pentax Spotmatics I’ve had. Viewing comparatively, it’s easy to see that the 90d is not a toy.

Yep, this 90d is is not full frame, but so what? Looking at the results vs the price, comparing those facets with previous film cameras and full size sensor digitals. The 90d is not overly expensive, and some people scoff at what they’re calling non-professional. But in my case, with multiple decades of experience, it does produce professional results.
I have photo-gadget freak and pretentious wanna-be friends who’ve dumped multiple tens of thousands of $$ into their photography pass times, calling themselves professional this or that, bragging about top of the line this or that computer or photo equipment, much of which changes with the edition of each of the next new releases. Yet 98.5% of them have never made enough income with their “art” to even pay for a fraction of their photo and computer equipment.
Yeah, the proof is in the taste of the pudding.
As always, we need to see the finished products and those which is good enough to be hanging on any wall,
anywhere, and whether observers stop long enough to give it a good look, let alone even study it.
All of that, in defense of an inexpensive DSLR camera which does pretty well, and can & does yield “professional,”
not merely trivialized “enthusiast” results.

Gripes would be:
1) That this 90d would be nice – for my own taste – if it were to be encased in a heavier, titanium alloy body, such as those that people refer to as more of a professional camera, like the 7d, versus an “enthusiast” camera, because of the weather proofing, etc. I would actually prefer a Mark III, in the 7d line, which I was waiting for, but apparently the 90d is IT; no more of the Canon 7d line. So I bought one and am satisfied with its performance.

2) The little whiz wheel in back, seems a bit small. But, that does also have a fast forward and back button in the middle of it.

3) And, whatever Gordon Laing has come up with; among all of the pros and cons of his thorough and snappy 90d review on YouTube.