For the test, Canon lent to me the following:

• D30 digital reflex camera with IBM Microdrive 1Gb.
• Lens EF 14mm F2.8 L USM.
• Lens EF 28-70mm f2.8 L USM.
• Lens EF 70/200mm f2.8 L USM.
• Lens EF 300mm f2.8 L IS USM.

Due to the focal extension factor (1.6 in Canon D30), the effective focal I used where the following (if compared with 35mm format):

• 14mm = 22mm.
• 28-70mm = 45-112mm.
• 70-200mm = 112-320mm.
• 300mm = 480mm.

The first impression when you take the camera on your hands is to handle a real reflex; except for the 1.8 inches display mounted on the back of the camera and for a few special commands (like the white balancing), it seams a traditional reflex.

When you take shots, the camera works like a traditional camera: due to the speed of 3 images per second (max 8 images without stop) you can use it for sport reportages also.

Following the Canon instructions, I recorded the images in "jpg large" format directly in the camera memory card, creating a 2Mb file for each picture at a 2160x1440 pixel wide. Thanks to the large amount of memory available in the memory card, I worked for two days using only half of the available memory. Thanks to the PCMCIA adapter for the IBM Microdrive, I quickly downloaded all the images from the memory to the notebook without any software.

Canon mounted on the camera the supplementary grip with an extra space for batteries, so I worked for two days without any problem about battery consumption.

The only thing I didn't like of the camera was the built-in flash: with the 28-70mm lens I noted a shadow on the picture because of the lens length (that is a bit short, anyway...); I think that the built-it flash may be useful only with shorter lenses.

The pictures you find on the bottom of the page are made during the two day with the Canon D30 camera; I applied only the following alterations to the original files:

• 90 degrees rotation for portrait pictures;
• resampling of the picture to obtain the maximum side 400 pixel long, 72 ppi and bicubic resampling;
• saving in jpg format, quality 6 and standard line to limit file size to no more than 50Kb.

I want to thank Canon Italia (Alberto Czajkowski and Ivano Dal Corso first of all) and all the Paganella Bike staff in Andalo (especially Mario Facchini) for their valued support.

Paola Pezzo.

© 2001 Alessandro Tintori.

© 2001 Alessandro Tintori.

© 2001 Alessandro Tintori.

© 2001 Alessandro Tintori.

© 2001 Alessandro Tintori.

© 2001 Alessandro Tintori.

© 2001 Alessandro Tintori.

© 2001 Alessandro Tintori.

© 2001 Alessandro Tintori.

© 2001 Alessandro Tintori.