Performance
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Sample
photos
Sample
photos
The colors are wonderful with good
saturation. You can change the sharpness, contrast, saturation and color tones
via the image options. Shooting with flash produces good quality shots with
very few red-eye effects in portraits.
Lens
performance
Sample
shots by the lens
The exposure is reliable. Dynamic range is
also good and is expandable in many ways, including “Auto lightning optimized”
or the HDR mode which provides image combinations, although the best result
would be produced when shooting on a tripod.
Macro shooting performs impressively for a
kit lens, with the lens focusing on the 25cm-away subjects. A good result is
achieved when using the full telephoto zoom, although for better results, a macro
lens is obviously recommended.
Detail levels are good when using either
the lens at the wide or telephoto end. Vignette is noticeable in shots (much
more at the wide-angle end), although it is somehow reduced as the built-in
correction fulfill its job. The purple fringing and chromatic aberration are
low, although they are still visible if the images are viewed at their full
sizes, but the camera will fix these problems in the camera itself.
ISO
noise level
ISO
sample photos
As expected, ISO 100 produces very smooth
result, with very low noise level. The result of ISO800 is good although slight
grain is visible. At ISO1600, the noise level becomes more noticeable. The
slight loss of color are recorded as the noise increases at ISO3200, and the
noise gets even worse with more noticeable color loss at ISO6400.
Results of the 700D are better than that of
650D at ISO3200, 6400 and above, although the difference is quite clear. Above
this level, at ISO12800, the noise rises again, but the picture is still usable
with further processing as the detail is still acceptable. Just as expected,
the ISO25600 witnesses the highest noise level, and as there are many lost
details, this setting should better be avoided.
White
balance
White
balance testing photos
The Auto White Balance performs quite well
under tungsten light with slightly warm result. Using the tungsten preset mode
would produce the similar performance. AWB performs even better under
fluorescent light as the colors are much more neutral and the same result would
be produced when using the preset fluorescent.
Digital
filters
Digital
filters
You can choose different effects as shown
in the picture above, as well as set the background blur easily in the Creative
Auto section. However, these effects are not fully available when shooting RAW
images, with additional creative filters in JPEG or playback, including Grainy
black and white, Soft focus, Fish-eye effect, Art bold effect, Water painting,
Toy camera and Miniature. Now, it is possible to view the effect before you
start shooting, as well as modify the strength of the effect when using the
live view mode.
Video
Video’s quality is good, as they are
recorded at full HD at 25 or 24fps with adjustable microphone as well as wind
filter/ attenuator options or the option to enable/ disable sound recording.
Recording at ISO12800 is possible with stereo sound. Like with the live view
focus test, the camera can be slowed down when focusing during video recording
process to lock the focus although with the STM lens, there is almost no sound
recorded from the focus motor.
