Amateur Photographer - UK 2019-11-15)

The90D’smeteringsystem,rarely

misjudgesscenesandwasfoundtobe

extremelyreliableduringourtesting

Canon EF -S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, 1/400sec at f/5.6, ISO 100

ittostart/stoptheexposure
whilereferringtoa timer.
TheEOS90Dis thefirst
double-digitEOSDSLRtofeature
4Kvideo.Mostimportantlyit uses
thefullwidthof thesensorwithno
crop.Videographerscanshoot4K
videoat 30/25pandFullHDvideo
at upto120fps.Thosewho’dlike
tomonitoraudiolevelswillbeglad
toreadthatbothheadphoneand
microphoneportsareincluded,
beinglocatedat thesideof the
bodybehindthesameflap.
Otherpointsof interestinclude
a single card that accepts UHS-II

SDcardsandtheacceptanceof

Canon’shigh-staminaLP-E6N

battery.Batteryeconomyhas

improvedtoo– upfrom 960

shotsontheEOS80Dto 1300

shotsbasedonCIPAtesting.Users

who’dliketoextendbatterylife

canalsoloadtwobatteriesvia

theBG-E14(£174)batterygrip,

whichis thesamethattheEOS

70DandEOS80Duse.

Buildandhandling

Canon’sdoubledigitDSLRshave

sharedmuchof a likenessin terms

of their styling for many years. The

70Ddidn’tlookvastlydifferent

tothe60Dandthe80D,which

presenteda slightlyenlarged

thumbrest.Glanceat the

90Dfromthefrontandyou

immediatelystartquestioningif

anychangeshavebeenmadeat

all.Oncloserinspectionyou’ll

noticethebuttontoraisethe

pop-upflashprotrudesslightly

moreandtherearen’tasmany

holesforthein-builtmicrophone.

Turningourattentiontothetop

plate,theratherplastickytopdial

hasbeenreplacedbyonethathas

a better-knurled texture, but in

mostotherrespectsit’sidentical

tothe80D.Thebuttonstotake

controlof AFmode,drivemode,

ISOandmeteringarealllaidout

thesame,withthesmallbutton

that’spositionedbetweenthetop

platedialandshutterbuttonbeing

wellpositionedtocyclethrough

theAFareamodes.In totalthere

areninecustomcontrols;however

theAFareabuttonisn’tone

youcanreassigntoa different

function.Ontheleftshoulderof

thebodyyou’llfindthemodedial

withlockbuttonwithintoprevent

it beingmovedaccidentally.The

On/Offswitchis positionedbelow

themodedialagainlikesomany

otherCanonDSLRs.Thoughit’s

notasnaturaltouseasanOn/Off

switchthatencirclestheshutter

button,youdoquicklygetused

toflickingit withyourleftthumb.

Themostsignificantchange

tothe90D’sbodyis foundat the

rear.Afteryearsof notseeinga

multi-controllerjoystickat therear

of a double-digitEOSDSLRit’s

greattoseeoneaddedagain.You

mayrecallthata joystickfeatured

ontheEOS20D,30D,40Dand

50D,butwasthenremovedfrom

theEOS60D,70Dand80D,

forcingthosewhowantedone

tolookat moreadvancedEOS

models.It’spositionedwherethe

Quickmenubuttonusedtobe

onthe80D,sothishasbeen

relocateda littlelowertothe

right. The playback button

Ashotcapturedin liveview

whiletestingthe90D’sface

detectionfunctionality

andhighISOperformance

CanonEF-S18-135mmf/3.5-5.6IS

USM, 1/2000sec at f/5.6, ISO 6400

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