Canon EOS 600D review

Is Full HD video capability and an articulated screen enough of an improvement on the 550D?

Canon EOS 600D Review
The Canon EOS 600D offers plenty of features for the beginner photographer to grow with the camera. But is it too similar to the EOS 550D to justify a new model?

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To test the Canon EOS 600D image quality, we shot our resolution chart with a Sigma 50mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM lens.

If you view our crops of the resolution chart's central section at 100% (or Actual Pixels) you will see that, for example, at ISO 100 the Canon 600D is capable of resolving up to nearly 24 (line widths per picture height x100) in its highest quality JPEG files.

Examining images of the chart taken at each sensitivity setting reveals the following resolution scores in line widths per picture height x100:

JPEGs

ISO 100 (Click to view full size image)

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Canon eos 600d review - iso 200


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Canon eos 600d review - iso 400

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ISO 1600 (Click to view full size image)


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ISO 6400 (Click to view full size image)