Canon Eos 60D or 600D

[kj lee]

before this, i eyed on 60D...and i heard it has very good reputation....
recently canon came out with 600D

big price difference, but i read the feature and specification of it, it is almost same as 60D...

so i really wanna know which camera to buy, what is the difference between both of them...
hope there is people using them, or expert in camera to tell me the difference...i don't really understand all the specification of the camera...

P/s: i love lighting and night photography...i like 60D because of it's good image noise reduction...i wonder whether 600D can to rise to the occasion...

PP/s: i cant afford anything above 60D... no money...

[danika410]

The difference between the Cannon 600D and the 60D is that the 600D is more beginner and entry-level while the 60D is a little more complex and is used by anyone including some pros. They both are 18 megapixel, and can record video in full 1080p. Either one should be a great camera for the money.

[inkista]

The two cameras more or less share the same sensor/processor, so on strict image quality or iso noise performance, they're going to be similar in performance.

Where the 60D is an "upgrade" over the 600D is in the controls and UI features.

The 60D has more dedicated controls. For example, on the 600D, you can set the iso by hitting a button and spinning a wheel. All other non-exposure settings (white balance, drive mode, AF mode, metering mode) are set through the LCD on the back of the camera and/or menus. With the 60D, otoh, has similar fast-setting buttons for iso, drive mode, AF mode, and metering mode, and a top LCD, so you don't need to resort to the back of the camera to see how everything is set.

600D:


60D:


Also, on the back of the camera, the 60D has a second wheel, for the thumb, where the 600D uses four-way buttons. The wheel is easier and faster to manipulate than the four directional buttons, and also makes the aperture setting more easily accessible when you shot in full manual mode. On the 60D, you use the top wheel for shutter speed and the back wheel for aperture. On the 600D, you use the top wheel for both settings, but you have to hold down the AV +/- button to access aperture. It's more fiddly and a little slower.

And the mode dial and menus on the 60D offer a few extra options that the dRebels don't have:


The B is for fast access to "Bulb" mode (where you have a super slow shutter speed and you tell the camera to leave the shutter open for as long as you hold your finger down on the shutter button). On the 600D, you have to dial your shutter speed below 30 seconds to access Bulb mode. The C is for "Custom" mode, where you can save your camera settings to create quick access to a personal mode you've created. I find this really useful for the more esoteric settings that require multiple settings in combination: like using back-button autofocus, or mirror-lockup with a timer.

The 60D is also better geared for fast-action photography: it has a more sophisticated autofocus system (all cross-top sensors), and a faster frame rate (5fps vs. 3fps) in burst mode. It's also got a larger and body with better build quality than the dRebels.

It's hard to weigh or judge how important these features are to you as a beginner. A 600D is a perfectly good camera, and very capable of taking good pictures. A 60D just adds some more bells'n'whistles, but its additional features are mostly "nice to haves" not so much "gotta haves".

[Mimsy]

Hi there,

My first dSLR.
My first post on DPS.
Lots of firsts this week.

I have just bought a 600D. I spent quite a bit of time (well, all my free time for about a week) researching dSLRs. I settled on the 600D as it seemed to suit my needs pretty well, and for the price, it seemed like a pretty fantastic camera.

I brought it home 4 days ago and have been loving it. I have been very impressed by the images I have captured and I am looking forward to learning more.

Today I took it out to the park and tried it in sports mode and took a bunch of continues shoot images. I got some great shots of gorgeous dogs running around. Unfortunately some of them are a bit blurry.

I have a 14 day period in which I can "exchange" the camera. The 60D is $300 AUD more but it is heavier/bigger.

So my question is:
How much better would the 60D perform in the sports/continuous mode?

From my reading it seems that the 600D vs 60D are going to perform pretty similarly for still shots etc. But I just wonder how much better/faster the 60D autofocus would be for these kind action shots. I will do some photography of animals but particularly want to be able to take good candid shots of running around, on swings etc.

Unfortunately I don't have the $$ to go up to the 7D or 5D Mark II (and I think would seem a bit awkward/big for me to carry around my neck.)

Thanks.

[inkista]

Can you post an example of one of the blurry images with EXIF (iso, aperture, shutter speed)? It may not be misfocusing that's causing the issue, it could be motion blur from too slow a shutter speed. In that case, a 60D would have done exactly the same thing. Also, what lens you're using can have an affect on autofocus speed. USM lenses tend to be a little faster.

From my personal experience in moving up from a 350D to a 50D, the autofocus system was a little bit nicer, but it was a marginal improvement [and I was going from 7-pt AF to 9-pt all-cross-type AF; you'd be going from 9pt to 9pt], not a quantum leap in performance. And a faster burst mode merely means you get more shots per burst, but not that you get better autofocus during the burst. Others may have different experiences.

[Lou857]

Just a guess but the focusing probably has more to do with the focal points the camera picked rather than the actual focus.

You'd also not want to judge a camera by it's programmed modes.

Nice camera you got!!
A bit lighter than the 60D.