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To be fair, a DSLR could only allow an electronic shutter in live view, but it’d still be a useful feature to have. I should also add the 200D / SL2 does actually deploy an electronic shutter when capturing a timelapse video, but you can’t use it in normal live view shooting modes. Above: In terms of controls, Canon’s made a number of changes to the top panel of the 200D / SL2 compared to its predecessor. The presence of wireless connectivity is indicated by a dedicated Wifi button to the left of the viewfinder hump, although if you can exploit Bluetooth or NFC, you won’t be needing it as you’ll be able to initiate the connection from your phone. The mode dial to the right of the viewfinder hump is now indented and flush to the upper panel, and Canon’s also dispensed with the earlier chunky power switch around it in favour of a separate power dial to the side. While both controls offer the same Off, On and Movie positions, I prefer the older style on the 100D / SL1 as it felt more tactile. Meanwhile the single finger dial remains behind the shutter release button, and in front of it the dedicated ISO button is now joined by a DISP button. To formally measure the burst shooting speed of the 200D / SL2, I fitted it with a freshly-formatted Lexar Professional 32GB UHS-II 2000x card, rated at 300MB/s, set the shutter to 1/500, the sensitivity to 400 ISO and fired-off a number of tests. Switching to video mode is easy enough from the on/off switch and the video options you’re most likely to need are easily accessed on screen. The night photograph was very good, with the maximum shutter speed of 30 seconds and Bulb mode allowing you to capture enough light in all situations. The different Picture Styles and the ability to create your own are a real benefit to JPEG shooters, as are the Highlight Tone Priority and Auto Lighting Optimizer custom settings when used in the right conditions. The HDR mode combines three images taken at different exposures to create a single image with greater dynamic range, while the Creative Filters allow you to preview the effect before shooting.
There’s no shortage of fine detail in the centre of this wide-angle shot, and only a slight fall-off of focus towards the edges (1/160s, f/9, ISO 100, 29mm equivalent) I should also add that if the mode dial is set to Creative Filters and you enter movie mode, yet another selection of effects becomes available: Dream, Old Movies, Memory, Dramatic B&W, or Miniature which are applied automatically to the clip as you film – see the Movie mode section in a moment. Once I’d read the manual (top tip there readers!) and worked out how the tagging worked, I became really fond of Canon’s solution. There’s no Wifi connections or logging to worry about, nor the process of manually applying the log later. You just ensure the app’s running on you phone when you want the locations logged and it all happens automatically as you shoot – a perfect application for Bluetooth. Oh and in case you’re wondering, the Location information option in the app is for Canon’s compact cameras; I just feel it should be greyed-out when connected to the 200D / SL2 to avoid confusion, especially as the actual solution is so much easier.The camera has access to mechanical shutter speeds between 1/4000 and 30 seconds, plus a Bulb option for longer exposures; the fastest flash sync speed is 1/200. There’s no built-in Bulb timers for pre-set periods, but when shooting in Live View you can start and stop a Bulb exposure by tapping the screen and a timer is helpfully displayed. There’s no interval timer facilities built-in either, unless you count the timelapse movie mode which doesn’t record the individual images. Offering some consolation though is the supplied EOS Utility for Mac OS and Windows systems which, when connected via USB or Wifi, offers both an interval timer and Bulb timer; the Camera Connect app also lets you tap your phone’s screen to start a Bulb exposure and again to stop it. This one looks a little overcooked, though. Some of the colour information is missing from the heavily saturated flowers (1/125s, f/7.1, ISO 100, 56mm equivalent) The Canon EOS 200D is a big step up from the 100D. It has a Dual Pixel sensor, a better handgrip and articulated touchscreen, and keeps the overall dimensions impressively low. The 800D’s superior autofocus when using the viewfinder, its faster burst shooting and better button layout justify the additional expense, but there’s not much in it. And here are a couple of portrait shots. As you can see, neither the Flash On setting nor the Red-Eye Reduction option caused any amount of red-eye. In addition the EOS 200D is NFC equipped and there’s the option to initiate an always-on low-energy Bluetooth link between camera and mobile device. Canon EOS 200D – Build and design
Canon EOS 800D is better for landscape or sport photography; Canon EOS 200D is instead your choice if you shoot street photography or for everyday use. All of the sample images in this review were taken using the 24 megapixel Fine JPEG setting, which gives an average image size of around 7Mb. Set the camera to the PAL video system and you can film 1080p in 50p or 25p (in normal or light compression), 720p in 50p or 25p Light, or VGA in 25p (in normal or light compression). Set the video system to NTSC and you can film 1080p in 60p, 30p or 24p (with 30p available in normal or light compression), 720p in 60p or 30p Light, or VGA in 30p (in normal or light compression).
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Canon is well aware of the fact that operating a DSLR via its touchscreen alone won’t be for everyone and has had the foresight to include an option to disable touch control altogether. We’ve seen Canon roll out its new Guided User interface across several DSLRs now, including the EOS 800D and EOS 77D. It has been designed to aid newcomers to a DSLR who’d prefer a more animated menu and some basic shooting advice based on the exposure mode that’s selected. On older generations if you wanted to control the DSLR over Wifi using the EOS Utility, it had to be via a router or hub, which limited wireless operation to home, office or studio use. But since the 70D, it now also works with a direct peer-to-peer connection between camera and computer. This means you can wirelessly remote control the EOS 200D / SL2 directly with a laptop alone, literally in the field. I tried it in my house, remote controlling the camera from different rooms or even floors with my MacBook Pro, although understandably as the range increased, the live view refresh and speed of transferring images (if enabled) reduced. So while wireless control is cool, you should still use a USB cable for the best and most responsive experience. I’d also love to see an option to program a series of shots, not just at preset intervals but also with preset exposure values that could be different for each shot if desired. sec (1/2 or 1/3 stop increments), Bulb (Total shutter speed range. Available range varies by shooting mode)
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