Since I have also bought over the years some lenses, tripods and a flash, a system change did not come down to another manufacturer actually in question. I just wanted a Canon Body Buy and first pulled a climb to the 70d into consideration initially also. Since one has, however, always read a lot of negative reports by many users since the release of the 70d, before now a good year, thoroughly criticize all the auto focus and the focus problem and this problem so far also still unresolved, I have now decided yet go to the smaller 700d and doing it with 18-135mm 1 nor the new Canon EF-S kit lens: 3.5-5.6 IS STM take.
I have the camera now for a few weeks and am so far very satisfied, even if I have promised me in some points a little more.
Here is the picture quality at first mention. Here I thought that making the jump from 10 to 18 megapixels but more noticeable. The images are all in daylight undoubtedly very good and also much more brilliant than the old camera. Also, the focus is always located in the correct place. Nevertheless, in low light, the images are then also not much better. It occurs in low light still on strong noise. Right here I have me then but hopes of a new camera with higher ISO values and the almost doubled resolution more. The image size is good with 10 megabytes and more than twice as large. If you make a lot of pictures, then you realize that too quickly, despite jpg format.
From the processing of the camera from Canon usual good quality and better than my old 1000D. The housing is made of a tough plastic grip and rubberised surfaces on the handle are much thicker than in the small four-digit models. Overall, the camera fits comfortably in your hand, big hands but should the case not be smaller.
The swivel display with touch function is new to me, it facilitates taking pictures with tripod considerably and makes it possible to shoot over other heads. If you have to get used to it, you want this display does not miss more, although I still prefer Scan through the viewfinder. This is happening now often that I accidentally press the buttons with his nose right of the display, which are placed exactly in a small space in the 700d.
Another new feature is the video function. For this you not only need a lot of memory, but also a relatively fast SD card. Canon recommends a class (6) memory card. I once bought a Class (10) after the videos were discontinued with my old SD cards for a few seconds. The videos show quite a lot of space and have in poor lighting conditions the same problem with the noise. A camcorder can therefore not be replaced but that was not planned. The lens focuses automatically with and is sufficiently fast.
Overall, I have not even fought my way through all the features and it will probably no longer use, as the old camera, all. If one both manuals side by side, so that the 700d is almost exactly twice as thick as the 1000D, which is based on a considerably wider range of functions of the 700d. The manual is very well structured and suitable for both New introduction to photography, as well as a reference book if you already know a bit about the Canon cameras.
In conclusion, one can say that you currently really can not go wrong with this camera. But it is equally well suited for DSLR beginners also for something more advanced photographers. Amateurs and professionals will naturally resort to the one-digit models. The price is, considering the quality offered and the variety of functions, very good. As a downside remains the only significant image noise in low light conditions for me.
