The Canon EOS Rebel T2i is currently Canon's midlevel entry level placed between the T3 and the T3i. The Canon Rebels have always been a lightweight camera designed for entry level users. They offer all the scene modes that are expected to be found on a point and shoot such as the sport and portrait settings. I will not be covering those.
I also will not be showing you test shots or items like that, for that use google and any of the thousand photo sites that do that. I will primarily be covering its ergonomics for general shooting.
For review I used the EF-S 18-135 IS.
Price
You would be hard pressed to find a more feature rich, useful camera for the price. It is currently about $700 at adorama. http://www.adorama.com/ICADRT2I.html This camera will allow a photographer of any skill to produce beautiful photos. It works equally as well for the experienced photographer and the weekend snapshooter.
Ergonomics
This is where this camera falls short. I'm a 5'11" 220 pound O Lineman. So bear that in mind while reading my assessment of the size. This camera is tiny, after an extended time shooting my hands will hurt. For the average sized person, it probably works great but if you have large hands this camera will never feel right. For the kind of body that'll be comfortable to you with an ASP-C sensor I recommend the Canon EOS 7d which I have opportunities to shoot with.
If you exempt the size the rest of the ergonomics are great in my opinion. For example the power switch on the Rebel is my favorite among all of the Canon DSLRs. Having the power switch at the top next to the shutter release means you can flick it in a fraction of a second while you draw it to your eye.
The other controls are all easy to reach and access all of the controls I use frequently, including white balance and ISO.
With the majority of lenses on the body it'll be front heavy meaning it'll lean towards the lens which can make it uncomfortable.
Image Quality
The image quality is excellent. With 18mp at wide apertures (where I do most of my shooting) it'll outresolve many lenses. But the number of pixels mean you can crop down which is immensely useful for sports, wildlife, or other focal length limited situations.
The high ISO performance is beautiful compared to the Rebel XT I normally shoot with. Up to ISO 800 it is almost noise free, grain is acceptable up through ISO 3200 and ISO 6400 and 12800 are for emergencies only.
Auto White Balance will balance in almost any light except for some weird flourescents I've shot under.
Features
Burst rate = 3.7 fps, for general shooting perfect. For sports where the majority of my shots come from it is slow.
Megapixels = 18 megapixels, about as dense as the camera makers are going to push ASP-C at this point.
Sensor Size= ASP-C, 1.6 X Focal Length Multiplier, almost the same size as a movie sensor.
Colors= With the saturation cranked like I do the colors come out rich and beautiful. With the power of Auto White Balance they also come our well balanced.
Those are the features I find important.
Video
This camera can produce some quite impressive video in many useful formats, including 1080 30 fps, 1080 24 fps, 720 60fps, 480 60 fps, and a crop 480 that provides great zoom.
The video is to my eye of great quality, but I am not a videographer and can not comment very specifically. You need to be careful with your depth of field, with a sensor this big you can lose focus and without the autofocus during video you'll have to manual focus. This can ruin an otherwise great shoot.
Sample Images
These are a collection of images I've taken with this camera and lens combo, all rights reserved.
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