Our quick take

Canon EOS 250D - 4.0 / 5

Design

  • 3-inch 104k-dot LCD vari-angle touchscreen, optical finder Guided shooting and creative modes Lens mount: Canon EF/EF-S Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 3.5mm mic in SD card slot

Performance

  • 9-point AF system with optical finder (f/2.8 centre point, f/5.6 others) 143-point Dual Pixel AF with live view (3,975 point manual selection) 12 scene modes, 10 creative filters (including 4 HDR modes) 5 frames per second (5fps) continuous shooting AI focus, One Shot and AI Servo focus modes Battery: 1020 shots (finder), 300 (live view)

Image quality

  • 24.1 million-pixel APS-sized CMOS sensor, ISO 100-25,600 (51,200 high mode) Shooting modes: Raw (14-bit), Raw+JPEG (Fine, Normal), JPEG Video: 4K (3840x2160, 24/25p), HD (1920x1080, 60/50/30/25p) 384-zone evaluative metering via live view 63-zone dual-layer metering via viewfinder

To recap

Ideal for beginners looking to learn, vloggers wanting decent Full HD capture (including to camera with a 3.5mm mic), or progressing photographers looking to learn more. Picture quality is great, the price is accessible and this entry-level model shows why Canon is so strong in this suit.