+ Good megapixel-to-price ratio (12.8 for $3300)
+ Full-frame sensor
+ Excellent image quality
+ Excellent, low ISO noise
+ Fast and accurate auto-focus
+ Large, very comfortable grip
+ Large, bright, full-frame viewfinder, due to larger mirror and prism than the 20D
+ Lighter weight than the Canon 1D series, but solidly built
+ Large 2.5" LCD
+ Very quick start-up time
+ ISO visible in viewfinder
+ ISO can be set in third-stop increments
+ Camera controls are similar to other Canon EOS digital cameras
+ User-defined Picture Styles can be created
+ Optional BG-E4 battery grip supports AA batteries
- Lower "prosumer"-level weather-sealing and construction
- Relatively slow 3 fps continuous shooting mode
- No built-in, pop-up flash
- Mode control knob too easy to turn accidentally
- Mirror lock-up setting is buried in the interface
- Print button seems strange on a digital SLR
- LCD difficult to see in bright sunlight
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