Camera test 50
Photography News | Issue 50 | photographynews.co.uk
Performance: exposure latitude
Original image
-4EV
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-2EV
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+3EV
To test the flexibility of the EOS 200D’s Raws a set of manually bracketed exposures was made. The correct exposure of this scene at ISO 100 was 1/100sec at f/8, and the shots corrected in Lightroom Classic. Underexposure performance was well up to standard and the -3EV and -4EV shots both recovered well. Noise was clearly evident in the -4EV shot but it was neutral and crisp so didn’t look offensive, although detail particular note was its exposure system that produced perfectly acceptable straight-ouf-of-the- camera JPEGs. Right Shot with the Tamron 18-400mm at 18mm, the camera’s aperture-priority AE system giving an exposure of 1/100sec at f/10. Below, far right The Canon EOS 200D handled contrasty sunlight well, too, here using an exposure of 1/200sec at f/8 at ISO 100. Below, near right Venturing indoors doesn’t hold any fears for the EOS 200D and here ISO 3200 was used to enable an exposure of 1/50sec at f/5. Images The Canon EOS 200D delivered consistently impressive pictures during its review. Of
was impacted slightly. Noise level dropped appreciably with the corrected -3EV shot and that improvement continued with the -2EV image which was almost indistinguishable from the correctly exposed picture. Tolerance to overexposure was good, although not quite as good as underexposure. The +1EV shot corrected well enough to look the same as the correctly exposed shot but there was a noticeable (and correctable)
cyan colour cast in the highlights of the +2EV shot. The +3EV and +4EV shots did not fare so well. The shadows looked fine but the highlights had that detailess flat grey veiled look which didn’t look too healthy. In sum, while the EOS 200D responded well to underexposure and even -4EV shots can deliver acceptable images, more care must be taken with contrasty scenes where highlights can look less good if overexposed.
Images While even the grossly underexposed Raws from the Canon EOS 200D could be recovered successfully, it was a very different story when it came to the overexposed shots and +2EV was about the limit.
+4EV
Verdict
The Canon EOS 200D is priced at £679 with an 18-55mm f/4-5.6 IS STM, while the body only option is £579 so it is nicely priced as an entry level model. It does face strong DSLR rivals from Nikon, Pentax and Sony.
Features 22/25 Plenty going for it for a camera at
this price point Performance
21/25
Exposures very good, AF decent and reasonable high ISO skills Handling 22/25 Its smallness might be an issue for some, but control layout very sound Value formoney 23/25 The EOS 200D packs a decent punch for the money Overall 88/100 This camera doesn’t pretend to be anything extraordinary, but it is a capable and small DSLR Pros Small size, flexible monitor, menu options, price, potential to grow into Cons Too small for some hands, small AF working area when using the viewfinder, viewfinder image is quite small
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