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As much as I would never use the LCD regularly, I do wish I had a foldable one on my 5DII, mainly for the reasons molgrips gives above. Also, I do find the screen very useful for checking the focus in liveview on tripod shots - as good as the viewfinder is in the 5D, it would really benefit from a split-prism
From PP's run down of the specs, I would get the 60d, I reckon.
Really? Why? Honest question. 🙂
@zokes - that's one of the main things I really miss from my old film Nikon - a split prism viewfinder. So, so good.
it would really benefit from a split-prism
Holy cow.. I used to use a manual focus film camera (never used an AF one in fact) and I can't understand why they don't have them in DSLRs. If it gets a bit dark you're basically screwed. Really annoys me.
You can get aftermarket ones that you have to fit yourself into the cam (google focusing screens), but guess what - not for my cam! At least, not from the well known manufacturers. There's a cheap Chinese job that will apparently work and someone online has tried it with good results.
Bit nervous about hacking my camera but I have so much trouble with my Sigma 30mm f1.4 focusing in low light, which is what I bought it for, that I might give it a try.
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From PP's run down of the specs, I would get the 60d, I reckon.Really? Why? Honest question.
I find the extra screen on my D80 really useful, which the 60D has.
Bigger buffer (just because)
Shutter Speed (shooting with a 1.8, easily takes you to high shutter speeds in relatively bright light. Nice to have some headroom.
Higher flash sync speed - again nice to have some headroom.
I think on another post as well you mention that the 650d has a touchscreen. I reckon it's completely pointless on a camera, unless you really have made the camera so small that you can't fit any buttons on (or put such a big screen on). The screen gets smeary, you can't change settings by touch (button press & twizzle of command dial while not even looking away from viewfinder), it seems like technology for the sake of it (wrong application of a technology, perhaps) and I've never found it to be an advantage on any camera that I have used it on. The only thing I can think it would be good for is swiping through pics when reviewing them, but this doesn't seem like reason enough to add it.
Also - 2 command dials on the 60D, although not sure about the buttons running along the top in front of the second display; doesn't look very ergonomic.
Grip looks a bit small on the 650D
Oh, swivel screen on the 60D
Apart from that, 😉
On some compacts you can touch the thing you want to focus on and it'll focus on that and track it as it moves too, which is quite nice. Also you can have a bigger screen cos you don't need as much space for buttons.
But on an SLR - not sure. I guess it would be easier to just touch stuff on a busy screen rather than click across all the options, depends on how the UI is organised. Think of it as buttons that can change shape and position depending on what you're doing.