For this post, I had to consult my diary. Last year, on 25 Aug 2017, I’d visited the Wex Photographic shop in Norwich, and saw the EOS 750D and 200D. The buttons on the 750D, while not providing enough ‘travel,’ seemed okay once the camera was turned on – but in the event they weren’t okay, I noted that the touchscreen facility was there.
With the 200D, I noted that it was a comfortable, very light camera (even with the 18-55mm kit lens attached), but noted that the d-pad style buttons on the rear were too small – and my fingers aren’t exactly what you’d call ‘big.’
The 750D had 19 cross-type AF points, to the 200D’s 9 AF points – with only 1 cross-type AF point at the centre. That meant more choice when it came to focusing and image composition.
Whereas the 750D could only record video 720p at 50fps or 1080p at 30fps, the 200D was the favoured choice of many reviewers for vlogging, offering Full HD, 1080p 60fps video recording.
Sept/Oct 2017
Shooting ahead a couple of months, my attention was now on which camera to pick. As I don’t want to overcomplicate things, these were my notes:
-Nikon D5600 great. Downside: video quality. Also, 39 AF points, but only 9 cross-type – same as 200D. (D5300 much the same!)
-Pentax – great low-light performance, but cheap build quality, 11 AF points (cross-type?) & video quality not great.
-Canon EOS 750D vs 200D
-Panasonic G7 [mirrorless] – “4k video” but smaller censor than DSLRs, & it’s a mirrorless/CSC = compatible lens availability/back-catalogue?
-Canon 750D – battery grip, lenses available, 720/50 & 1080/30, plus 19 AF cross-type points, 200D only has 9 AF/1 cross-type.
-Canon 800D – 45 cross-type AF points. 1080p 60fps video. Superior to both 200D & 750D. Perfect! BUT, £869 with 18-55mm kit lens.
-Decision made: Canon 750D. For better, or worse…
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