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in some respects it's hard to tell who cannons targeting with the EO 60 its budget full-frame camera on one hand it's got some fairly consumer II features gps check built-in Wi-Fi check single SD card slot check you finder with less than 100 percent coverage check wimpy autofocus system check on the other hand it's missing things like a built-in flash that you'd expect in a non pro camera but it's not that the 60 isn't a really nice camera I happen to like it a lot it's got great photo and good video quality a relatively fluid operational design with a soft shutter action and a solid but not weatherproof build photos are everything you'd expect from a full-frame model sharp with good tonal range and they're usable well into the higher ISO sensitivities with lots of details in the highlight and shadow areas the Wi-Fi implementation fares pretty well as long as you bypass all the stuff that requires a Canon Image Gateway membership such as direct uploads to other websites the camera remote app lets you change shutter speed and aperture ISO sensitivity and exposure compensation which is a lot more than you get with other apps as usual the GPS operation was pretty spotty here in New York City I could get a signal while shooting in Union Square but practically nowhere else and if I forgot to turn it off during the battery by incessantly hunting for a signal that's par for the course though my biggest gripe is probably the somewhat sluggish autofocus performance while the counter performs pretty quickly in good light and it has a reasonably deep buffer to maintain its 4.5 frame per second continuous shooting rate the autofocus really slows down in dim conditions I think what's most frustrating is that the 60 should be clearly better than the older cheaper 70 and it's not well the 60s full-frame photo quality noticeably outshines its aps-c based siblings and it has a much broader feature set in checkbox' ways the 7d has a better view finder faster autofocus a more durable mechanism and an extra custom setting slot just to mention a handful of things if you're thinking of moving up from one of canons aps-c based models like the 60d it's definitely worth it for the photo and video quality if you're considering it instead of one of the more expensive full-frame models it's a fine alternative if you don't mind the ninety seven percent coverage viewfinder single card slot less durable shot or lack of a headphone jack fewer customizations in all those other little ways in which you might have to compromise I'm Laurie grinning and this is the canon eos 60