REVIEWS ON CANON EOS REBEL T3I MOVIE

The 600D requires you to take a shot of a white or grey card, designate it as a reference image, and then manually switch to the custom white balance setting (as the camera seems unable to comprehend that having selected the reference image, you probably want to use it). The annoyingly long-winded method of setting a custom white balance remains too. Why Canon can't simply implement it as a separate drive mode, perhaps as a mirror pre-fire when using the self timer like several competitors, remains a mystery. Mirror lock-up is inconveniently buried in the custom function menu, and when enabled allows no quick method of switching back to normal shutter button behaviour. Not surprisingly a number of Canon's long-running interface flaws are still in evidence, too. This isn't disastrous but it can be unhelpful, particularly for people trying to learn the camera. We regularly found this inconsistency disconcerting it's all too easy to find yourself inadvertently moving the AF point around when you really wanted to change drive mode, for example. Despite the cardinal points of the four-way controller being marked with specific functions, they are all given over to AF point positioning as soon as you engage live view, with their usual functions accessed via the Q button.

REVIEWS ON CANON EOS REBEL T3I MOVIE

Our only significant criticism, beyond these minor handling niggles, is the inconsistency of behavior between conventional shooting and live view / movie mode. Also the exposure compensation button is perhaps a bit too close to the viewfinder for really comfortable use, especially if you wear glasses, but it's not troublingly bad. Most of the key controls are well-placed, and the camera handles well for conventional eye-level shooting, although AF point selection is a little less straightforward than on cameras which use the 4-way controller directly. In general, there's not a lot wrong with the 600D in practical use. It's a camera that will be straightforward for most people to use, and easy to get the most out of if you have any experience of DSLRs or enthusiast compacts. It's not got a super-simplified first-time-user style interface of the style that's becoming popular in really low-end DSLRs and mirrorless cameras, but it's still clear and simple to use. The Rebel series' control layout has developed in an evolutionary manner, so presents very few surprises.

The 600D is essentially the same as the 550D in terms of control layout, which isn't a bad thing at all.

Reviews on canon eos rebel t3i