Top 10 features of Canon 90D DSLR Camera
I hope you would have seen tons of reviews on Canon 90D and I don't want to repeat the whole bunch of things again and again and waste your time. I like to share the top 10 features which I found those were very useful to me in various shooting conditions.
- Dual Pixel AutoFocus in 4K [24FPS/30FPS]
- Dual Pixel AutoFocus in 1080p [24FPS/30FPS/60FPS]
- 120 Frames per second Video in 1080p
- Digital Image Stabilisation for Videos
- Support for UHS I & UHS-II Memory Cards
- In-Camera Picture Editor
- Custom Profile addition
- 1/8000 shutter speed
- 11 FPS Burst mode in RAW images
- Flip - Touch Screen
Dual Pixel AutoFocus in 4K [24FPS/30FPS]
Shooting 4K in a 'Less than $1000' Camera is great, what if you can shoot in 4k with Canon's Dual Pixel Autofocus that can help you to keep your subject in focus, don't you think that is a great feature. This helped me a lot when I was shooting in a 'Run and shoot' conditions.
Shooting with autofocus is really handy when shooting on a Gimbal or a Steady Cam as manual focusing may be very difficult as you can disturb the operation of the gimbal or can bring in some shakes to a balanced steady cam.
Dual Pixel AutoFocus in 1080p [24FPS/30FPS/60FPS]
Canon 90D provides AutoFocus capability in 1080p video shooting in all frame rates [24FPS/30FPS/60FPS]. Canon's Dual Pixel Autofocus keeps the subject in focus even in fast movements. The focus adjust speed can be adjusted in the camera settings [Low / Medium / High], this is really a fantastic feature.
120 Frames per second Video in 1080p
Shooting in 120fps is great for faster actions and when they are played in 24fps on a timeline, the footage looks awesome. This 120 fps footage from Canon 90D is 1080p. Another advantage of 1080p footage is you don't need a powerful computer to edit them, unlike the 4K footage. I promise shooting in 120 frames will change your perspective of the 90D camera. Canon has done a marvellous job in this camera by including this 120 fps feature. We also expect the dual pixel autofocus to work at 120 fps, hope Canon will soon release an updated firmware for this.
Digital Image Stabilisation for Videos
Canon 90D has a Digital Image Stabilisation built in the body, yes it unbelievable but its a fact. It has 3 stages, [ Minimum, Normal, Enhanced ]. Canon does this with the cropping factor, the first 2 modes are good and the 'Enhanced' mode shows some wobbling in the picture to keep it stabilized, so I will not recommend this mode. This is very hand when shooting videos in handheld. This feature is common to all the shooting modes available in the canon 90D camera.
Support for UHS I & UHS-II Memory Cards
Canon 90D supports both UHS I and UHS-II cards. UHS I is the low-level memory cards good for taking pictures in normal mode, they have lower reading and writing speeds like around 60MB/second. This may be a blocking factor for the camera to write the image quicker when burst shooting or in storing higher bitrate video like 4K. This will lead to 2 things,
- Filling the Camera buffer soon as it takes more time to write the images into the memory card
- Frame drops in video content as writing speed are lower than required in higher formats of video.
UHS-II cards are great in this matter, they are build to read and write at higher speeds like more than 100MB/second. This will overcome the 2 issues faced by the UHS I cards. Canon has offered this feature at this mid-range camera while the other competitors have done this only in their high-range cameras.
In-Camera Picture Editor
There is an in-camera picture editor to do the basic adjustments to the picture taken. This may not be a full-fledge editor but it allows you to play with a few presets and custom adjustments before you can directly transfer your picture to your mobile devices thru the in-built WI-Fi of the Canon 90D.
Custom Profile addition
This is a feature in most of the Canon cameras, it helps you to add a custom Picture profile to your camera to the already available list. This is very helpful when shooting videos in the Canon 90D. As we don't have CLog in 90D we can add flat profiles like the CineStyle which increases the dynamic range in the footage which should be colour corrected and graded in post-production. All videographers love this feature in the Canon DSLRs
1/8000 shutter speed
I see this as a great feature as a photographer when shooting in bright sunlight without any ND filters, this is the best friend of you. Even most Sony mirrorless cameras provide only 1/4000 shutter speed but Canon 90D has 1/8000. This may not be a major feature but when you don't have this its a pain when taking pictures in the bright light and open aperture. I hope all photographers agree to this point.
11 FPS Burst mode in RAW images
Canon 90D has 11 frames burst mode in RAW, this is fantastic when shooting sports and high-speed action shots like races, dances, action and water events. This is also helpful in wildlife photography as you cannot ask a wild bear to give you a stunning pose in the jungle. I use this when I shoot birds, particularly flying birds and have captured the flapping wings during their flight. The auto-focus is also complementing while doing the burst-mode shooting.
Flip - Touch Screen
Canon 90D has a fully articulating FLIP-TOUCH screen. This really helps when
- I'm shooting a video on a gimbal
- doing very low angle shots.
When shooting a video on a gimbal I don't need to touch any physical buttons on the camera as it might induce some shakes in the footage, with this touch screen I can access most of the camera functions by just a touch.
I can flip this screen when I shoot pictures/video in a very low or high angle, this shows exactly what I'm shooting. Moreover, this has 80% focus points on the touch screen, to change my focus I need not turn the focus ring on my lens but I can touch the screen and Canon 90D does the focus automatically. Isn't is great for a photographer or a videographer to change the focus on runtime without a focus-puller !!
There are more than 25 best features in this camera, will write to them soon...
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