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This review originally appeared in the Mar/Apr 2001 issue of the American magazinePhoto Techniques. It summarizes the conclusion reached during my initial testing and use of the D30 in late 2000. You can read all of my original writings that appeared prior to this, and view portfolios taken with the D30 on myoriginal D30 pages. 

Inflection Point

The Canon EOS D30 digital SLR is one of those products that are labeled by technology pundits as an‚ inflection point. I believe with the hindsight of history it will likely be seen as having pointed the camera industry in a new direction. Last year's Nikon D1 and earlier Kodak DCS cameras were first to market, but the D30 brings to digital SLRs a combination of price-point and image quality that changes the playing field forever.

The D30 is an SLR straight out of the current idiom. If you didn't notice the LCD screen on the rear you would...

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