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First Ever Canon EOS 300D Review

Mark Goldstein | Digital SLR Cameras | August 30, 2003 | 6 Comments

Canon EOS 300DIt’s all happening this morning! Not content with giving you the UK prices for the Olympus E-1 and Pentax *ist D (which I still have trouble typing), there is now the very first user review of the Canon EOS 300D to report! It’s brought to you by Vic Icasas, a photographer from the Philippines, who has had access to the 300D for the last week. He’s written a pretty thorough review, together will sample photos, and posted it on the MAC community site PhilMUG (I’m not sure why he posted it there…). You will have to register with PhilMUG to read the review - to be honest I was quite surprised to find the whole site still up and running! grin (via Luminous Landscape).

“I usually look to Phil Askey (aka “God” for many digital photographers) at dpreview when it comes to the ultimate, definitive last word on digital cameras, but in this case I seem to be in the enviable position of having had unrestricted access to Canon’s latest digital SLR in the last week or so while Phil has yet to release his impressions. In fact, as of this writing, I believe I may just be the first person in the world to release an online review of this camera, right here on PhilMUG!”

Website: Canon EOS 300D User Review

Website: http://www.pbase.com/piranha/kiss” target=“_blank”>Canon EOS 300D - Sample Gallery



 

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#1 MSkad

Mark, the link to Luminous Landscape you put in your article is a wrong one that open millions of Internet Explorer windows. Please correct it.

12:40 am - Sunday, August 31, 2003

#2 Mark Goldstein

Oops! Missed out the hyphen in the middle. It links correctly now - thanks for letting me know grin

12:48 am - Sunday, August 31, 2003

#3 William C Bert

I read the article and found it informative and interesting. Then I thought for a second and asked myself the really hard question. "Who is this person?" I never heard of him. Phil Askey has the last word on this, but for many 10D owner, we already know the answer, this camera is already a winner out of the box even before Phil's review.

Bill

6:08 pm - Sunday, August 31, 2003

#4 Mark Goldstein

Vic Icasas seems to be a professional photographer with close contacts with Canon, but as you said Bill, he doesn't have the review pedigree of someone like Phil Askey of DPReview.com.

8:19 pm - Monday, September 1, 2003

#5 markku

Actually, Vic is a very good hobbyist here in the Philippines. I think he has close contacts with Canon Phils, so he was able to get his hands on the 300D. He shoots with a 1D, you can see his shots at his photos.ph gallery.

8:48 pm - Monday, September 1, 2003

#6 Mark Goldstein

Thanks markku for clearing that up!

8:58 pm - Monday, September 1, 2003

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