Canon EOS 1300D specs leaked and it’s basically a 1200D with WiFi
Mar 7, 2016
John Aldred
John Aldred is a photographer with over 25 years of experience in the portrait and commercial worlds. He is based in Scotland and has been an early adopter – and occasional beta tester – of almost every digital imaging technology in that time. As well as his creative visual work, John uses 3D printing, electronics and programming to create his own photography and filmmaking tools and consults for a number of brands across the industry.
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Looking at the specs for Canon’s not quite yet officially announced Canon EOS 1300D (otherwise known as the Rebel T6), you might be thinking that you’re just looking at a recycled EOS 1200D, and you’d pretty much be right.
Other than adding WiFi and NFC, there doesn’t seem to be any significant difference between the two cameras at all.
There is a minor improvement with the Digic 4 processor of the 1200D being upgraded to the Digic 4+ in the 1300D, but it is a pretty insignificant change.
Undoubtedly, WiFi and NFC are very handy and welcome features for shooting to mobile devices. Being able to quickly load your images into Snapseed or Lightroom mobile, and blast them out to Instagram or Facebook, is exactly what many users are looking for now.
So, while it’s not a bad change for those who are just making their first DSLR purchase, it’s not something I would really see as an “upgrade” for existing 1200D owners, unless you have an absolute and burning desire for wireless shooting.
It seems a little underhanded of Canon to offer such a minimal improvement into a camera that already sits at the end of the spectrum where most users are likely to be less informed about the capabilities of their equipment.
I would imagine that a not insignificant number of those users may essentially buy the same camera they’ve already got, thinking that it’s a significant upgrade just because it has a new number.
What do you think? I know it’s low end entry level gear, but that doesn’t mean they should be neglected, right?
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John Aldred
John Aldred is a photographer with over 25 years of experience in the portrait and commercial worlds. He is based in Scotland and has been an early adopter – and occasional beta tester – of almost every digital imaging technology in that time. As well as his creative visual work, John uses 3D printing, electronics and programming to create his own photography and filmmaking tools and consults for a number of brands across the industry.
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6 responses to “Canon EOS 1300D specs leaked and it’s basically a 1200D with WiFi”
maybe canon is ready to abandon the entry level DSLR market for mirrorless?
but then canon had to introduce a mirrorless that has better features than the M3.
or canon is willing to drop the price on this to make it attractive.
in this camera category price is the most important factor i think.
Canon brand and offerings are so all over the place and their product line (bodies) are so lopsided that i would not know where to start with them, a 5DMK3 is old tech for all practical purposes and was blown out of the water by the D750 and D800/810 Line…. then they responded with the 5Ds and Nikon’s D610 which is a third of the price has more dynamic range than the Canon… then the 7D which compared with the D750 is a flop then the 1Dx … The Alpha Male Machine. Mediocre image quality at best compared with the Nikon D4s… come on man get one straight.
Owh.. it’s Canon so not really that surprising.
Really surprising how Canon doesn’t want to mess up their most popular line and probably their biggest money maker as well.
If they go 2 years without a new release in the Reble market, they are falling behind. If they release a new camera with some new features, it’s a disappointment. This web site and its commenters won’t let Canon win.
This website and most of it’s commenters are Canon users ( I am Nikon) It just sounds absourd that at this time in the game Canon expectations of sales are up because they added 1 or 2 features on their base DSLR and these features have been available for the longest time in other brands…
They expect the consumer and reviewers to be all over the place for some Meh… upgrade.
No it does not happen that way, not anymore at least.