I used the camera for 2 months with 18-135mm and from time to time with the borrowed 50mm. The fixed focal length, however, this has become dearer to me and if I had not sometimes rely on the flexibility, I would probably get me today more 2 fixed focal lengths. But that's another topic.
My first concerns were confirmed when unpacking, the camera holds up like toys on. The advantage of course is that they thereby acting quite easily. Have I bought a battery grip to thereby Wurd's then directly enjoyable, my rather large hands get so much better understood. with battery grip, lens and compact flash has factor "light" but also adopted immediately.
The operation was to be understood intuitively and quickly for me after the transition, the division of the sub-menu points lacking at some points in my opinion any logic, but because you find yourself in 5min or not pure, really not a factor in my opinion.
What I did not realize before is that you can in the AF mode not readjust Manuel readily (or should). That's technically just solved differently than other manufacturers. Am I to blame, I could know me but sometimes annoying huge.
18 megapixels are when they are displayed reasonably low noise, a great job. I could not so freely change the picture in retrospect, without compromising the quality was seriously worse before. With the 600D, I've already some landscape photos in portrait formats transformed because my spontaneously captured motive liked better in this dynamic format on the screen. And the thing is subjective noise in most situations to ISO 800 and 1600 can certainly still use.
The video mode is ne nice gimmick, on a tripod, for example, in communication situations is a real alternative to a video camera, with moving motifs, it is simply difficult how to achieve a steady, sharp image, with such a degree of depth of field. Who would seriously filming with a DSLR, but a 5D Mark II buys well with Glider or Steadicam. With this mode, I am however also always busy in between, degree because he eats enormous space and even on fast SD card for more than a few seconds to work (who wants hereby movies, should therefore CLASS 10 Buy). But it looks out-of-cam really nice out.
The swiveling and very pleasant display I stopped initially for gimmick, when filming, I would not want to miss him and in some recording conditions, it was also quite practical. However, I nutz him very rarely because the AF nunmal not fast and clean running, as is the case without Live View. But I think, for example, for people to submit video reviews, a video diary cause (you can see about the display, while depicting himself) or often photographed from unusual perspectives this is a great thing. Those like me who usually works through the viewfinder, incidentally, has a display of key, which in low light is often useful degree, so that the display does not appear. The viewfinder is the way compared to my old PENTAX quite small, but it becomes clear and tidy, you. The most important thing in mind and that is the image, the iris, shutter speed, ISO speed
The 18-135 is a great all-rounder, the luminous intensity is obviously not the best but the image stabilizer makes up for a lot. What I find is brazenly that CANON mitliefert no Geli in its non-L lenses, I was also previously unclear, since this was part PENTAX. Did it not of Canon for 30 Euro (!), But appointed by a third party for 7 euros. Dreist I find that yet.
The standard belt is quite annoying (as well as any other camera vendors), either to order or to something else makes it like me and binds both ends of a side. That's me, although still not entirely at ease, but otherwise I was always either what, so that the finder was not reasonable cost front glass or front face.
I can not say anything, just type the YN565EX because my CANON counterpart was too expensive and am very happy about working with the fill-in flash.
Various little things (in my opinion illogical Menuaufteilung, no Geli as CANON usual without BG very ungriffig, the relatively small search) cost the 600D Unfortunately, despite a great price / performance ratio the 5th star.
I would be glad about inquiries and comments.