Siew Yen Photography: 3rd Canon EOS 60D Review

The Canon EOS 60D review could not have come at a better time as my friend's wedding was during the weekend! I had previously taken some casual photos of Jeffrey and Austral prior to their wedding day with my other friends and it was a pleasure to take their photos again during the church wedding.

Doing a wedding shoot is always challenging because you have to be alert and be constantly on the move. Most importantly, you have to be quick with your camera settings to adjust to the different lighting and events happening in front of you!

In fact, that is why most wedding photographer will carry two cameras at the same time with two different lenses to ensure that no time is wasted and that each precious moment is captured! I only used the EOS 60D for this shoot and as it was a church wedding, I used my 580EX II flash and decided to switch between my own 17-55mm f2.8 and the 18-200mm f3/5-5.6 lens that came with the EOS 60D.

One of the things that came in handy was the quick control dial on the EOS 60D which allowed me to switch my settings immediately. The back of the church had fluorescent lighting while the front had used tungsten lighting. This made me have to adjust my white balance constantly and quickly to ensure that the colours turned out properly!

The high ISO helped again when I didn't want to use my flash. By using a high ISO and a faster shutter speed, I was able to prevent camera blur caused by shaky hands and motion blur. Trust me, this is useful.

I also took photos from one floor above the church in order to capture different angles and this was when I used the 18-200mm lens. You will see from some of the photos below that I had taken from above and managed to zoom in at 200mm. Something I was never able to do previously because my maximum focal length was 55mm with my other lens.

However, I must add that this was no joke having to balance the camera with the flash from the top and holding the lens steadily because it was quite heavy! In fact, I was praying hard that the camera will not slip from my hands or that would be the end of it!

The EOS 60D also has an iFCL metering system with a 63-zone dual-layer sensor. As a result, it is able to provide better exposure because the focus point location data and colour data are both analysed, whatever the situation.

Using the EOS 60D for a wedding was a pretty interesting test as I really had to experiment with various types of shots and lighting. In short, you definitely need a reliable camera when you're taking photos of a once-in-a-lifetime event!