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Canon 550D: Up close and personal

One of the latest dSLR in Canon’s line-up is the EOS 550D. It arrived in the Philippines sometime in late February and we only got the chance to get a sample unit from Canon Philippines to test last week.

Some of the highlights of the Canon 550D are the 18MP sensor, a 6400 ISO and up to 1080p video recording.

It also has Live View and a burst rate of 3.7 frames per second. Also referred to as the Digital Rebel T2i, the 550D squares off with the 7D in HD videos.

Here are some shots I took of the Canon 550D (right) beside the Canon 7D (left). Will be bringing both cameras and testing them around to check both the still image and video recording performance.

The Canon 550D kit (18-55mm IS) may retail for aorund Php54,950 while the body is around Php49,950 (of course, you can get it cheaper in Quiapo and gray-market sellers). Time permitted, I’m hoping to be able to do a review of this in the coming weeks.

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

31 Responses

  1. Avatar for iboÅŸ iboÅŸ says:

    lan bu nasıl bir kamera amq bozuk

  2. Avatar for ardian ardian says:

    porshendetje ardian bunjaku ju porshendet shum por foto e canon tung :P

  3. Avatar for redchic redchic says:

    just bought mine here in dubai 42K with lense and all na temp nga ako bumili ng sigma mura.. :) i love it super nice quality definetly better than nikon

  4. Avatar for J.Denver J.Denver says:

    It all depends on what is preferable for you.
    The real thing before going on with the comparison, is the difference between their levels.
    D90 belongs to the semi-pro lineup while the T2i belongs among the entry level dslr cameras.

  5. Avatar for gsj gsj says:

    @citroen
    Sabi nga di daw maganda output images ng 500 &550d, parang pilit ang 18mpx sa sensor size nila. Kaya pixelated na pag naka crop ang images. Sa

    -Sent via YugaTech Mobile App

  6. Avatar for prosopagnosia prosopagnosia says:

    i have a Nikon D3000 and a Nikon D90. my friend bought an EOS 550D just a week ago.. compared it w/ my D90 and still the D90 is untouchable.. and kudos to my D3000 it is STILL very usable and dependable

  7. Avatar for sylv3rblade sylv3rblade says:

    @madapaka022
    oh.. that was the link I was looking for.. I ended up linking to an older comparison >_>

  8. Avatar for Adrian Adrian says:

    @Jay: mura lang abang lang ng promo minsan may P1500 na promo cebupac or tiger.

  9. Avatar for madapaka022 madapaka022 says:

    check this:
    www.digitalreview.ca/content/Canon-Rebel-T2i-EOS-550D-Compared-to-Nikon-D90.shtml.
    nikon d90 is still the winner. Canon 550d cant match the power of nikon d90.

  10. Avatar for lolipown lolipown says:

    ^
    That statement really doesn’t make sense you know (aside from pointing else where that is)

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