Used Canon EOS 60D DSLR Camera Body w/Battery, Charger, and Strap

I upgraded from a Rebel XS, I spent months researching this camera, and it's Image Quality (IQ) and video handling capabilities, I can now confidently say it's a workhorse of exceptional quality!Having owned a Rebel XS for a few years, and now as a musician with a need for a high Image/ Video quality camera for producing music videos, I researched the Canon 60D extensively. I mean extensively to the point where I re read all reviews online, examined the footage and pics presented, found a friend with a 60D and tested it myself, cross referenced other cameras in it's range and then made an easy decision to buy Canon's offering. Here are my findings:1. The 60D is a sturdy well built camera which will instill confidence in it's user...unless you throw cameras off a cliff for a living!The body having a metal chassis and over layed with a polycarbonate and fiberglass resin mix feels tough in your hands, can take a beating, can be slightly banged, can take a fall, but don't slam it to the ground and expect everything to be 100%...it might be 99%. It's designed to take some weathering as well, a sprinkle here and there, and dust blown at it, but no heavy rainfall or sand storm.If you've used a rebel series, it's much tougher than those.2. It's size and ergonomics are perfect for anyone with medium to large size hands, even small hands too.The rebel is a small size camera, so at first this camera felt a bit big. As the hour progressed I realized how well balanced it felt, no longer over powered by my hands, not too big, JUST RIGHT. I have medium sized hands. The camera itself has sufficient weight to balance lenses well on it's own, not throwing the camera back or forward. In fact it felt like the bigger the lens the more "well balanced" it became. You see the 60D is not TOO HEAVY. I've read of some people's complaint, that the 60D is not heavy as compared to the 50D or 7D...I'm not sure if people have an obsession with carrying lots of weight around, but when you're like me shooting for several hours, you easily begin to adore how comfortable, yet well balanced the 60D is, especially if you go on hikes or trips where the camera hangs on your neck for some time.3. Ergonomics: the 60D has ALMOST but not everything controlled by your right hand, this is well thought through and wise. Even more so, when I had to use my left hand to turn it ON or OFF as well as turn the DIAL MODE, FLASH, LENS RELEASE and use the THRASH, I totally understood why they were placed where they are. These five moves are not to be guessed or happen by mistake, so allowing the left hand to come into play here turns out to be wise, and left my right hand not feeling totally sore as it was sometimes left with the rebel ( which is right hand dependent). My right thumb no longer searches on the back of the camera for buttons, here the layout is simplified with this new SCROLL WHEEL, and MULTI DIRECTIONAL PAD, which being a closely paired unit allowed me to stop searching when my eye was on the view finder. As well as the DRIVE, ISO, METERING, and AF buttons had me very certain as to what I was pressing without looking at them, all under a couple of hours.My one issue though with respect to the THRASH button is that you must confidently press it to get it activated, even when trying to delete photos one at a time but many altogether. This however may turn out to save me from easily deleting wanted media!4. IMAGE QUALITY IS AMAZING, even on the kit lens. Now I've tried the Canon's 50mm F1.8 prime, this is an amazing lens for quality, at a low price, also the 18-55mmIS, 28-135mm IS, 55-250mm IS, 35mm prime and the 18MP stands out and shines. I clearly understand the difference between a 10MP rebel XS and the 60D. I also understand a good lens makes a big difference, as the 50mm f1.8 is a far better quality lens under low light and depth of field image quality when compared to the 18-55mm kit lens. However the 18-55mm delivers excellent images and handles extremely well when shooting video especially in low light. At the end of the day a good lens makes the difference, but the image quality of the 60D will match with the 7D, and beat it's rivals when it comes to colour, and low light images.5. The Creative Filters suite is a master class of an addition to the camera's internal software. It gives a dimension to images only offered in pc editing, all done on the 60D. As well as the In CAMERA RAW EDITING feature. On the rebel XS, I never quite appreciated the RAW files, as I wanted to fix my images on the go, and have as much work done when the images were uploaded to my MAC. The 60D has not been heralded as it ought to for incorporating this new software where many aspects of a RAW file can be easily edited in the camera on the go. After which the images can be further sweetened using the creative filter suite. These additions now have me yearning to shoot in RAW so I can tweak my images for creativity. Truly an enthusiasts camera. A creative mind would love this machine.6. BATTERY LIFE IS INCREDIBLE. So i shot for an hour today, well over 350 FLASH pics, and 10 minutes of video, 20 minutes of video editing, and my battery at 70%. I'm suggesting here that I will get more than 1400 pics on one battery (Canon states about 1600). So hands down this camera will make do on a world tour easily!7. So the BURST RATE surprised me a bit, coming from a 3fps on a rebel to a 5.3fps on the 60D, I jumped when the shutter started eating up shots, at one point it was simply too many shots to ever be used, and the children playing in front of the camera didn't seem to move any more. 5.3FPS is simply enough, well for me at least. I realized some people in their reviews complain about features they may NEVER EVER truly use. So loosing 1 FPS from the 50D or not having 8FPS compared to the 7D, I'm glad I didn't pay extra for it.8. TILTY SWIVELLY ARTICULATED SCREEN is the best. OK so you can't beat this feature, it's worth paying for. It sets this camera apart from the 7D, 50D, in fact almost every other DSLR except the T3i (at this time of writing). Canon 60D wins with the ability to shoot OVERHEAD, UNDERHAND, SELF IMAGES, TRIPOD SHOTS. This is where the moonwalk comes out for the 60D, and it's Pentaprism LCD screen works well. The glare in midday sun did affect a little bit, but just a wee bit little, as the colours shone through easily even with the glare.So a 3 inch screen is big enough, you see all you'll ever need for a camera at this stage in life, unless they install a t.v. You can easily tell where you loose focus, or where shadows are. Aspect ratio ruler guides really are practical on this screen, canon really packed features into this camera.IF I were to point out issues with this camera to date they would be:1. LCD screen may need a screen protector, as it easily traps finger prints. However it cleans easily with a standard camera cloth.2. The onboard built in microphone for sound recording is average to sub par at times. It's not bad when the surroundings are not too noisy, it's good for catching audio for reference. It's not the audio quality to match with the amazing images this camera produces. It does a "just decent" enough job. But that's why canon has a 3.5mm LINE IN, so you go professional aftermarket.Other than this I would again advise buyers that a great lens makes a world of difference. So understand your needs carefully before you buy a lens, so you know what Focal lengths you need. When you get to use this camera with a good or great lens it makes you yearn for more, you just want to shoot and shoot. It's image quality is that great! It's video mode is that enticing.The Canon 60D is a workhorse in disguise of an enthusiasts camera. It's that good!

I bought this camera primarily for shooting YouTube videos of tricking and parkour. After years of salivating over DSLRs, and reading dozens of reviews, and trying to understand the technical specs, I chose the 60D for several reasons.1) Price. It is affordable, and becoming more so. As I write this review, it's dropped ~$70 since I bought it a couple weeks ago. I'm still happy with my purchase. Not only is the 60D a good value, but the EF lenses that cropped-sensor DSLRs use are also generally more affordable than their full-frame counterparts.2) Durability. The "build quality" of the 60D is what separates it from the T3i and other Rebel models, for me. This was truly the selling point. There is less plastic and more metal on this camera. Deathklok would be proud. I know that I'm going to take this on cross-country flights, road trips, hiking trips, beach adventures, and more. It's not bullet proof, but a little extra resistance to moisture and the elements is worth it for how I'm going to use it.3) Versatility. I'm going to use this camera to make YouTube videos to share my progress in my sport, and to promote my gym. The fact that it's a high quality camera means I can also use it for snapshots of friends, marketing photos for the website, action shots of events at the gym, head shots of my employees, etc. Using different lenses I can get into all kinds of fun stuff: wildlife photography, macro photography, perhaps even astrophotography (though the 60Da is better for that). I can add microphones, separate flashes, mount it on a Glidecam, or a tripod, etc. It is upgradeable and useful in a variety of situations.4) It's an "industry standard." After talking to a lot of people who make awesome parkour and tricking videos, Canon DSLRs in general are the cameras of choice. If you're looking for a camera for wedding photography, vacation photos, or whatever else, ask people who do that what camera they like. Fifty million Elvis fans can't be wrong. If they're all using Nikons, and have good reasons why, then get a Nikon, or a Pentax, or whatever.Okay, that said, I have only been using it for a few weeks. It is definitely going to take me awhile to learn how to use this camera to it's fullest. I have however taken a few pictures and videos already that I am very happy with. The resolution is clear, the autofocus in photo mode is great, and the controls are easy to use once I have learned them. I am pretty much a noob, so if I can do it, you can do it.In summation:1) Get this camera2) Do backflips3) PROFIT!