A Beginner's Guide

Tanvi Dhulia puts Canon’s latest iteration, the EOS 200D to the test. How does the compact DSLR fare?

- Tanvi Dhulia

When Canon had launched the EOS 100D, it drew attention for its compact size and was expected to give competition to mirrorless cameras of the time. It displayed a superior performance, but perplexed some by its seemingly high price tag. Four years after the 100D’s release, what does Canon have in store for us now?

Features

The EOS 200D has made a 6.2MP upgrade from its predecessor by having a 24.2MP APS-C CMOS sensor. The image processor too has been bumped up from DIGIC 5 to DIGIC 7. It has an ISO range of 100 to 25,600 (which can be expanded to 51,200). The sensor features a Live View Dual Pixel AF system with 49 AF points. It also has an optical viewfinder, with which a separate AF module with 9 points is active.

The 200D comes equipped with a 3-inch fully articulated LCD screen. It has got a resolution of 1.04 million dots.

Considering the EOS 200D is aimed at novice photographers, features like its scene modes with simple guidelines can be very useful for someone like me who is writing a full-fl edged review of a DSLR for the first time. Amongst these, it has an HDR Backlight control mode which can be used to photograph high contrast scenes so as to retain details in bright or dark areas.