Littleben wrote in post #12856542
im interested in the performance, the color variation and depth of field capability's and such
Depth of field is strictly a matter of aperture, focal length and distance to the subject. The longer the focal length and the larger the aperture, the shallower the depth of field.
From a Tamron 70-200mm f/2.8 lens and a 60D:
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Focal Length: 200.0mm
Aperture: f/2.8
Exposure Time: 0.0025 s (1/400)
ISO equiv: 1000
Exposure Bias: +0.67 EV
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: shutter priority (semi-auto)
White Balance: Auto
Flash Fired: No (enforced)
Orientation: Normal
Color Space: sRGB
From a Tamron 70-200mm f/2.8 lens and a T2i:
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Focal Length: 200.0mm
Aperture: f/2.8
Exposure Time: 0.0010 s (1/1000)
ISO equiv: 100
Exposure Bias: +0.33 EV
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)
White Balance: Auto
Flash Fired: No (enforced)
Orientation: Normal
Color Space: sRGB
Each image demonstrates how a long distance to the subject and a large aperture leads to an image with a shallow area in focus and the background out of focus.
Also: "color variation" is a matter of camera settings and post-processing, and can be whatever the photographer wants. There are minor differences in "performance" between the four 18MP Canon DSLR's, but you can expect the T2i, T3i, 60D and 7D to produce similar images under similar conditions. The differences between the cameras are price, functions and features (for example, 3.7 frames per second for the T2i and T3i, 5.3 fps for the 60D and 8 fps for the 7D).
A photographer's style, experience and abilities will be larger factors than the choice of camera body.
