Canon EOS 1300D 18MP Digital SLR Camera (Black) with 18-55mm ISII Lens

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Why you can trust TechRadar We spend hours testing every product or service we review, so you can be sure you’re buying the best. Find out more about how we test. He is a Fellow of The Royal Society of Arts, holds a Foundation Degree in Equitation Science and is a Master of Arts in Publishing. He is member of Nikon NPS and has been a Nikon user since the film days using a Nikon F5 and saw the digital transition with Nikon's D series cameras and is still to this day the youngest member to be elected in to BEWA, The British Equestrian Writers' Association. The mode dial is on the top, and is easy to switch between the shooting modes. Besides Auto, Aperture Priority, Shutter Speed Priority, and Manual, you have several other mode options. There are Portrait, Landscape, Close-up, Sports, Food, Night Portrait, and Creative Auto.

The camera is made of carbon fiber/glass fiber and polycarbonate resin. The grip is on the right side and is quite comfortable. It is easy to hold the camera in hand, but it is not weather-sealed. An obvious competitor to the EOS Rebel T6 / EOS 1300D is Nikon's 24MP D3300. That camera offers higher resolution and better battery life (700 shots) and its maximum burst rate of 5fps beats the T6's 3fps. You can have great results with a faster EF 50mm 1.8 STM or EF-s 24mm f/2.8 STM lens. These are more suitable for portraits and street photography or when you are shooting moving subjects. Stepper Motor Technology (STM) not only provides ease of focusing and fast AF but is perfectly silent, which is crucial when shooting videos. The Canon EOS 1300D has a light but sturdy body. It weighs around 485 grams and is easy to carry around as it is lightweight. The camera has an ideal size and weight for traveling or long events.There is also the Fujifilm X-T10, which is a mid-range compact camera. It has a 16.3MP APS-C X-Trans CMOS II sensor and a tilting 3-inch 920k-dot LCD screen. It is capable of 8fps burst shooting, and its ISO sensitivity range is ISO 100-51200. Battery life remains at a respectable 500 shots, which should see you through a typical day's shooting without the need for a recharge. The Canon EOS 1300D (Canon Rebel T6, Kiss X80) is an entry-level DSLR introduced in 2016. It is an upgrade of the EOS 1200D. One feature that has seen an upgrade is the screen. The EOS Rebel T6 / EOS 1300D's LCD display is a 3-inch, 920k-dot unit, whereas the T5 boasted only 460k dots. This upgrade should make viewing images, and using the menus, a more pleasant experience.

All-purpose metering generally works well to produce accurate exposures. However, you may find that in some high-contrast shooting scenarios bumping up the exposure compensation a little helps to create a more pleasing effect. The 1300D includes an optical viewfinder. It offers a reasonably bright and clear view, but it shows only 95% of the scene. That’s pretty normal for entry-level DSLRs, but it means you need to be careful during composition that something doesn’t creep in to the edge of the frame that you don’t notice. This is one place where electronic viewfinders definitely have an advantage over their optical cousins. You can shoot photos in JPEG, RAW, and RAW+JPEG format. The RAW images are relatively neutral, and the colors are not too vibrant. This is something you can fix in post-production.Canon’s entry-level DSLR has now been succeeded by the Canon EOS 2000D, but could still offer decent value for money as a second-hand option for those looking to get on the first rung of the DSLR ladder. The model’s biggest advantage is its ease of use. Beginners will not have to spend a lot of time figuring out its navigation and menu functions. If your hoping to buy your first digital SLR camera or if your looking to upgrade your current DSLR or even if your searching for accessories, then look no further visit CameraPro Sri Lanka for competitive & attractive prices. The biggest rival is the Nikon D3300. It offers a better battery life and higher resolution. It is also more expensive. Even though the sensor has limitations in dynamic range, the 63-zone exposure metering performs well.

Make no mistake, if you’re jumping from a compact camera or smartphone, then the quality of the 1300D’s images will impress, despite its age.As well as the fully automatic and scene shooting modes you'd expect in a camera aimed at novice photographers

The 1300D uses the Digic 4+ image processor versus the 4 in the 1200D. It’s a bit long in the tooth nowadays when you consider the most recent version – as found in the Canon EOS M50 and EOS R– is up to Digic 8. As a result, we have just 3fps continuous shooting on offer, and a buffer that can only cope with six raw files at a time. However, the Nikon is that bit more expensive and doesn't have built-in Wi-Fi or NFC, so which camera you prefer will depend on which specs are most important to you. If you’ve used or seen a 1200D, then you’ll be familiar with the 1300D’s build and layout – Canon hasn’t strayed too far from the blueprint here. The 2000D isn’t a huge upgrade on the 1300D, so if your budget is tight then the 1300D might be the wiser choice between the two. There are now better budget DSLRs available, though, as well as decent mirrorless alternatives like Canon’s own EOS M50 for a little more. VerdictNative sensitivity remains at ISO100-6,400, expandable up to 12,800, but given the slightly better processor a modest improvement in low-light performance is promised. That said, the ISO range now looks quite limited compared to much newer rivals.