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Canon EOS 4000D DSLR Camera and EF-S 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 III Lens


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3. Canon EOS 4000D DSLR Camera and EF-S 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 II..

 [Senti score 85.8%]

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Best price: £337.00 (9% off)

Product Summary

  • Take beautiful photos and movies with background blur
  • Easily connect, shoot and share on the move
  • Express your creativity with easy to follow guidance
  • Explore the power of DSLR and interchangeable lenses
  • EOS 4000D body, EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 III, Eyecup Ef, Camera Cover R-F-3, Camera strap EW-400D, Battery Pack LP-E10, Battery Charger LC-E10E

Product Attributes

  • Width: 10.2 Inches,
  • Height: 7.7 Inches,
  • Weight: 1.4 Pounds,
  • Length: 12.9 Inches,
  • Size: Body + 18 -55mm Lens

Brand

Canon


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Product Review Analysis*

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75.0% 10.8% 14.2%

Senti score  [85.8%]

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Pros & Cons

superb photos

"very happy with the camera easy to use for a novice and takes superb photos ect"
100.0%

very pleased

"lovely quality camera very pleased thank you""
100.0%

excellent photos

"love this camera really easy to use battery life very good takes excellent photos"
100.0%

amazing photos

"does amazing photos"
100.0%

brilliant camera

"brilliant camera"
100.0%

excellent paperweight

"it's been sitting there since christmas and makes an excellent paperweight"
100.0%

great photos

"great photos and easy to use"
99.9%

absolutely fantastic

"absolutely fantastic product"
99.9%

amazing quality

"really good camera amazing quality with crystal clear picture"
99.8%

huge improvement

"i've already noticed a huge improvement in picture quality between photos taken with this camera and with my reasonably good compact camera particularly when it comes to portrait shots"
99.8%

super nice

"the packaging looks super nice"
99.8%

excellent camera

"excellent camera bag is nice easy to use with big instruction manual"
99.4%

extremely good

"extremely good value easy to use and fairly robust"
99.4%

really good

"it is a really good camera for its price i would definitely recommend this for someone who is new to the world of photography"
99.3%

exceptionally good

"the change in materials really has very little impact on function and results in an exceptionally good value camera"
98.9%

really sharp

"great camera for basics it does a good job in fact i do think it's actually really sharp"
98.8%

works perfectly

"bought as a gift works perfectly"
98.6%

perfect shot

"a lot of practice needed to have the perfect shot"
98.4%

went missing

"great starter camera easy to use for a total novice seller responds quickly and promptly fixed problem when 1st camera went missing in the post had one out next day to me this was great as was my birthday"
97.6%

incredibly positive

"most reviews on amazon are incredibly positive and that is what influenced me to make the purchase"
96.8%

great shots

"will be having lots of fun getting great shots hopefully "
96.0%

best camera

"i am in my 60`s so it takes me a bit longer to get to grips with things but this is the best camera i have ever bought"
96.0%

excellent shots

"my niece loves it at 13 years old has produced some excellent shots and she is just starting and learning"
92.5%

battery life is excellent

"the camera itself is pretty robust i managed to drop it on a concrete path and it survived completely unscathed and the battery life is excellent"
91.7%

shoot remotely

"instantly share and shoot remotely with wi fi and the canon connect app"
90.4%

amazing customer service

"beautiful camera and shout out to the amazing customer service!"
89.2%

great camera

"great camera for basics it does a good job in fact i do think it's actually really sharp"
88.5%

really happy

"🤣 i'm really happy with its wieght and the design"
88.4%

great dslr

"great dslr for beginners takes good pictures it's also easy to get those pictures out of the camera using wifi"
88.0%

reasonably good

"i've already noticed a huge improvement in picture quality between photos taken with this camera and with my reasonably good compact camera particularly when it comes to portrait shots"
75.0%

easy guide

"the easy guide says to turn the camera on and follow the instructions"
75.0%

good price

"wife loves this camera easy to use and at a good price"
75.0%

great price

"all the this for a great price"
75.0%

more confident

"this is a really nice camera for a beginner as you can start off using it in fully auto mode and then switch to more creative manual options when you feel more confident"
75.0%

ideal purchase

"it is a great starter camera and ideal purchase for a relative doing gcse photography"
75.0%

loves photography

"my daughter loves photography and she loves the camera"
75.0%

light photos

"amazing picture quality easy to use great low light photos as well as long exposures would highly recommend and great value for money"
75.0%

looks good

"looks good apart from that not tried yet will update when have"
75.0%

great features

"easy to use and loads of great features"
75.0%

great value

"great value for money"
74.9%

light enough

"great camera looks great and takes good pics and is light enough for me to use with my damaged shoulders "
74.9%

decent results

"my lad has taken to it too and slowly starting to get some decent results"
74.9%

really well

"working really well for taking photos of a one year old that doesn't stay still"
74.9%

depth info

"i am not a tech person but this camera is very user friendly and you can go online for more in depth info and instructions if you want to get more adventurous with your photography "
74.9%

changes lenses

"i love the massive amount of creative control it gives me and being able to changes lenses is a revelation"
74.9%

family photos

"my daughter will be using it for her gcse photography and i will be using it for leisure family photos"
74.9%

super deal

"i bought the camera on amazon prime day and got a super deal including lens and case"
74.9%

love photography

"great camera well canon is always canon i love photography this camera is great for the price i have taked a lot of pictures with it easy to use and excellent picture quality good battery really happy with the purchase"
74.8%

looks great

"great camera looks great and takes good pics and is light enough for me to use with my damaged shoulders "
74.8%

look forward

"we still have a lot to learn about the camera as it has a lot of features but we look forward to it as so far this has been an excellent buy"
74.8%

picture quality

"amazing picture quality easy to use great low light photos as well as long exposures would highly recommend and great value for money"
74.8%

nice photographs

"takes nice photographs and is easy to use"
74.8%

taking photography

"if you want to start taking photography a little more serious but on a budget this is the one"
74.8%

simple instructions

"nice size and i'm an amateur so the simple instructions help a lot"
74.7%

gcse photography

"my daughter will be using it for her gcse photography and i will be using it for leisure family photos"
74.7%

dslr photography

"i'm a beginner when it comes to dslr photography and found the camera very easy to use as well as all the manual settings which are conveniently explained on the display screen when you select them it has a range of auto settings which are great for when you're just starting out"
74.7%

very quick

"very quick delivery as it's a present that hasn't been given yet i can't put a true review but it looks very good in fact am hoping to get one for my husband"
74.7%

totally recommend

"amazing totally recommend"
74.7%

five stars

"given this camera five stars as it was bought as a present for granddaughter who is very pleased with it"
74.7%

nice weather

"great camera cant wait for christmas birthdays and best of all some nice weather to take photos lol"
74.7%

pretty robust

"the camera itself is pretty robust i managed to drop it on a concrete path and it survived completely unscathed and the battery life is excellent"
74.6%

level models

"there are certainly dslrs out there with more features and so on and a less plasticky construction but this camera is brilliant value for money in comparison to most of the next level models you get an awful lot for your money with the 4000d particularly if you're just starting out"
74.6%

liked stabilisation

"i would have liked stabilisation but can invest in a better lens later"
74.6%

beautiful pictures

"takes beautiful pictures love it thank u"
74.6%

natural step

"i loved using the 'pro' mode on my phone and this camera seemed like the next natural step up"
74.5%

good choice

"being a beginner it is a good choice of camera"
74.5%

just perfect

"it was just perfect and so was the camera case"
74.5%

fast photos

"we have loved being able to take fast photos that appear to be infinitely better than from our iphones"
74.4%

just great

"just great"
74.4%

better again

"we’ve just begun to dig into the settings and the result are better again"
74.4%

works wonders

"i paired it with canon 50mm lens and it works wonders"
74.4%

lovely pictures

"cant wait to go on holiday and take some lovely pictures"
74.3%

quality photos

"bought when traveling and didn’t want to take my big expensive cannon very good quality photos and very easy to use downsides are the need to manually open the flash which wasn’t explained clearly at all in the instructions and the lens housing is plastic so i would worry of you misaligned the thread but these keep the costs down and didn’t affect my use at all once i’d worked out the flash!"
74.3%

creative control

"i love the massive amount of creative control it gives me and being able to changes lenses is a revelation"
74.3%

good value

"quite complex but the manual explains everything good value for money as a second lens came with it"
74.3%

charged quickly

"when it arrived it was well packaged and easy to assemble and charged quickly"
74.3%

great definition

"great definition and very easy to use"
74.2%

really nice

"this is a really nice camera for a beginner as you can start off using it in fully auto mode and then switch to more creative manual options when you feel more confident"
74.2%

good battery

"great camera well canon is always canon i love photography this camera is great for the price i have taked a lot of pictures with it easy to use and excellent picture quality good battery really happy with the purchase"
74.1%

happy customer

"happy customer!"
74.1%

fantastic camera

"you can ignore them this is a fantastic camera"
74.1%

great accessories

"not too heavy and there are great accessories for it"
74.1%

fairly robust

"extremely good value easy to use and fairly robust"
74.0%

fantastic price

"superb quality at a fantastic price"
74.0%

very happy

"very happy with the camera easy to use for a novice and takes superb photos ect"
74.0%

smart phone

"as a newbie to photography outside of my smart phone this is a great camera"
73.9%

excellent service

"excellent service from the sellers i requested a speedier delivery for a birthday and they excelled"
73.9%

takes good pics

"great camera looks great and takes good pics and is light enough for me to use with my damaged shoulders "
73.8%

into photography

"bought as a first camera to get into photography and is a lovely product"
73.7%

beautiful camera

"beautiful camera and shout out to the amazing customer service!"
73.7%

good photographer

"this camera is extremely capable of taking good pictures all it needs is a good photographer behind it"
73.7%

good solid

"good solid camera well made up with this"
73.7%

good product

"good product"
73.7%

perfect camera

"perfect camera bought as a gift for my boyfriend who recently took in to photography"
73.6%

fantastic pictures

"have taken a lot of fantastic pictures with this little beauty"
73.5%

premium materials

"canon have done away with premium materials like aluminium or magnesium replacing with plastic"
73.4%

good ideal

"looking good ideal for family photos and days out"
73.4%

lovely snaps

"he’s managed to capture some lovely snaps"
73.3%

good quality

"the camera is light and the materials feel of good quality"
73.3%

very impressed

"this camera was priced very reasonably for what it is capable of doing very impressed"
73.2%

quality and value

"excellent quality and value"
73.2%

affordable improvement

"look it feels a bit plasticky and lacks the weight and attention to detail of higher priced dslrs but i wanted a new affordable improvement on the sort of pictures i was getting from my cheap huawei phone and the difference is amazing"
73.1%

lovely product

"bought as a first camera to get into photography and is a lovely product"
72.9%

more powerful

"you may want to invest in a second lens with a more powerful zoom if you want to take pictures of say wildlife but the 18 55mm lens is a great all rounder for everyday use"
72.9%

more adventurous

"i am not a tech person but this camera is very user friendly and you can go online for more in depth info and instructions if you want to get more adventurous with your photography "
72.8%

nice pictures

"good quality and nice pictures"
72.7%

camera quality

"good camera quality perfect for beginners"
72.7%

beginner user

"as a beginner user it was exactly what i needed and it's such great quality"
72.6%

into painting

"on the bright side nagging has ended she's now looking into getting into painting "
72.5%

would recommend

"would recommend!"
72.4%

great piece

"great piece of kit for a beginner"
72.4%

user friendly

"user friendly and i enjoyed fiddling with it and learning"
72.3%

digital photography

"ne w to digital photography"
72.3%

little beauty

"have taken a lot of fantastic pictures with this little beauty"
72.2%

infinitely better

"we have loved being able to take fast photos that appear to be infinitely better than from our iphones"
72.1%

solidly built

"the camera body is light weight but solidly built"
72.0%

much better

"much better cameras cost a lot more and for the price this is easy and fun to use"
71.9%

compact excellent

"worth every penny big camera now compact excellent"
71.8%

very speedy

"as described and a very speedy service"
71.1%

entry level

"canon's "entry level" does exactly what you'd expect"
71.1%

recommend this

"it is a really good camera for its price i would definitely recommend this for someone who is new to the world of photography"
70.9%

contacted amazon

"so i contacted amazon who promptly sent me a replacement sadly it still did not work"
70.9%

level product

"entry level product easy to use"
70.4%

very reasonably

"this camera was priced very reasonably for what it is capable of doing very impressed"
70.1%

great quality pictures

"for vacations and day trips easy to use and great quality pictures once uploaded to desktop"
70.1%

very professional

"good camera looks very professional easy to use after reading manual beginners don’t be afraid to purchase"
70.0%

product photography

"just what i needed for product photography"
69.9%

camera user

"would highly recommend this product to a first time camera user"
69.9%

nice photos

"i am still learning how to fully enjoy this camera i did some nice photos already"
69.8%

instructions manual

"easy to use and set up with an easy to read instructions manual"
69.7%

build quality

"however i think canon should have included the auto flash and a little better build quality"
69.6%

loved it took a picture

"my girlfriend loved it took a picture then put it back in the box"
69.6%

lovely camera

"lovely camera for a beginner and also is very useful for doing nice and pro photos of products for my etsy shop"
69.2%

priced dslrs

"look it feels a bit plasticky and lacks the weight and attention to detail of higher priced dslrs but i wanted a new affordable improvement on the sort of pictures i was getting from my cheap huawei phone and the difference is amazing"
69.2%

photos and videos

"takes great photos and videos"
69.0%

some features

"i will have to read up on some features but works well and quality was better than i thought it was going to be"
68.5%

loves the camera

"my daughter loves photography and she loves the camera"
68.5%

great starter

"great starter set"
68.4%

worth the money

"a very good camera for somebody just starting out in photography so well worth the money"
68.4%

fits the bill

"i am not a camera person i bought this for special occasion etc and it more than fits the bill this thing does all the picture taking for you really just point and it can automatically zoom and get the best picture brilliant"
68.3%

excellent value

"bought as a bundle for son excellent value great camera"
68.1%

good range

"lens has a good range of adjustment and no issues focusing"
68.1%

great pictures

"great value quality takes great pictures"
67.9%

time is fast

"is easy to set up and you can be ready to go in ten minutes charge time is fast"
67.7%

canon site

"the canon site offers new drivers and manuals to download"
67.6%

looking forward to using

"looking forward to using it"
67.1%

camera body

"the camera body is light weight but solidly built"
66.9%

quite complex

"quite complex but the manual explains everything good value for money as a second lens came with it"
66.9%

great for a first camera

"it great for a first camera when trying to take better quality shots and easy to use"
66.8%

happy with purchase

"i’m still learning the different functions but really happy with purchase"
66.7%

they excelled

"excellent service from the sellers i requested a speedier delivery for a birthday and they excelled"
66.3%

canon ef lenses

"it takes the canon ef lenses"
66.2%

no issues focusing

"lens has a good range of adjustment and no issues focusing"
66.2%

fancy picture

"it shoots raw has aspect ratio in the menu which is a bonus can do a few fancy picture affects the camera app to connect to wifi is easy once you see how it works it might take a few tries but once it's up and running it does work well and you can transfer pictures to flickr and instagram easily enough"
66.0%

lasts long

"light easy to use battery lasts long extremely happy with the purchase"
65.8%

delighted with

"i received this camera with the 18 55mm lens for christmas and i'm absolutely delighted with it"
65.8%

pleased with

"given this camera five stars as it was bought as a present for granddaughter who is very pleased with it"
65.8%

light weight

"the camera body is light weight but solidly built"
65.8%

looks very good

"very quick delivery as it's a present that hasn't been given yet i can't put a true review but it looks very good in fact am hoping to get one for my husband"
65.4%

happy with product

"very happy with product"
65.3%

easy and quick

"very impressed with purchase daughter bought for her birthday to take pictures of her dogs she is a beginner so learning as she goes along the camera set up etc was very easy and quick took some sample pics which came out lovely haven’t selected stars for battery life as i cannot comment having only just received the camera but am sure it will not disappoint highly recommend"
65.3%

lovely quality camera

"lovely quality camera very pleased thank you""
65.3%

came out lovely

"very impressed with purchase daughter bought for her birthday to take pictures of her dogs she is a beginner so learning as she goes along the camera set up etc was very easy and quick took some sample pics which came out lovely haven’t selected stars for battery life as i cannot comment having only just received the camera but am sure it will not disappoint highly recommend"
65.1%

carry case and sim card

"when opened parcel was very satisfied with camera and lens but carry case and sim card had been omitted"
64.9%

image quality

"pros: shoot raw files won't transfer into the app jpg only aspect ratio can be adjusted good image quality app works well usb charging if required turn wifi off hdmi port turn wifi off wifi design i like the smaller screens cons: hot shoe is useful for certain things but not third party flash guns or triggers no remote control port plastic mount probably not that big a deal"
64.6%

absolutely loves

"he absolutely loves it"
64.5%

decent camera

"having been using an iphone camera to take pictures of cars kids dogs etc i took the leap of buying a decent camera"
64.4%

great kit for beginners

"great kit for beginners"
64.3%

easy to use solid

"easy to use solid and does the job"
64.0%

happy with this

"my litle sis is happy with this"
63.9%

quickly and promptly

"great starter camera easy to use for a total novice seller responds quickly and promptly fixed problem when 1st camera went missing in the post had one out next day to me this was great as was my birthday"
63.9%

easy to assemble

"when it arrived it was well packaged and easy to assemble and charged quickly"
63.8%

level dslr

"this is an entry level dslr and i am a beginner"
63.7%

really easy to

"really easy to use and i absolutely love it"
63.6%

brilliant beginner camera

"it's a brilliant beginner camera if you want to start photography"
63.5%

very easy to

"so far the pictures we have taken are great and we have found the camera very easy to use"
63.4%

lots of features

"has lots of features and program modes to help you on your learning curve"
63.4%

pleased with the camera

"i was at first very pleased with the camera and i soon began to get the get back into the photography and began adding to my kit with a tripod and flash"
63.0%

pleased with the item

"bought for my niece to study photography in 6th form and she is really pleased with the item"
63.0%

very good product

"very good product"
62.6%

value quality

"great value quality takes great pictures"
62.4%

fiddling with

"user friendly and i enjoyed fiddling with it and learning"
62.4%

fabulous beginners

"fabulous beginners dslr"
62.3%

changing lenses

"for those who are very keen on photography and more likely to experiment with changing lenses often they will not like the plastic feel of the camera and lens mount which is obviously more liable to wear than metal"
62.2%

well easy to

"works well easy to use"
62.2%

speedier delivery

"excellent service from the sellers i requested a speedier delivery for a birthday and they excelled"
62.2%

well pleased

"lovely camera daughter is well pleased"
62.2%

great all rounder

"you may want to invest in a second lens with a more powerful zoom if you want to take pictures of say wildlife but the 18 55mm lens is a great all rounder for everyday use"
62.1%

likely to experiment

"for those who are very keen on photography and more likely to experiment with changing lenses often they will not like the plastic feel of the camera and lens mount which is obviously more liable to wear than metal"
61.9%

it's perfect for

"this camera isn’t perfect but it’s perfect for me"
61.8%

more features

"there are certainly dslrs out there with more features and so on and a less plasticky construction but this camera is brilliant value for money in comparison to most of the next level models you get an awful lot for your money with the 4000d particularly if you're just starting out"
61.8%

also competitive

"the price is also competitive"
61.3%

drivers and manuals

"the canon site offers new drivers and manuals to download"
61.2%

lightweight and easy

"great camera very lightweight and easy to use"
61.2%

brilliant value

"there are certainly dslrs out there with more features and so on and a less plasticky construction but this camera is brilliant value for money in comparison to most of the next level models you get an awful lot for your money with the 4000d particularly if you're just starting out"
61.1%

great first camera

"all in all great first camera"
60.8%

works well

"i will have to read up on some features but works well and quality was better than i thought it was going to be"
60.8%

easily enough

"it shoots raw has aspect ratio in the menu which is a bonus can do a few fancy picture affects the camera app to connect to wifi is easy once you see how it works it might take a few tries but once it's up and running it does work well and you can transfer pictures to flickr and instagram easily enough"
60.8%

grips with things

"i am in my 60`s so it takes me a bit longer to get to grips with things but this is the best camera i have ever bought"
60.7%

with your photography

"i am not a tech person but this camera is very user friendly and you can go online for more in depth info and instructions if you want to get more adventurous with your photography "
60.7%

ideal for a beginner

"this is canon’s new ‘entry level ’ camera which is ideal for a beginner"
60.3%

very clear

"i would also have liked a bigger and better screen but i use the view finder anyway which is very clear"
60.3%

worth the price

"worth the price"
60.2%

love this camera

"love this camera!"
60.0%

carry around

"this is my second slr i sold my first one last year and bought a compact as it was too heavy to carry around and too complex for me"
60.0%

plenty of choices

"good menu with plenty of choices for shooting many subjects in different conditions"
59.9%

it's perfect

"it's perfect"
59.6%

good camera

"it is a good camera for beginners"
59.6%

take up photography

"it's so easy to use and great if you want to take up photography as a hobby"
59.6%

extra fun dimension

"we’ve also bought a new 300mm lenses and this has added an extra fun dimension to our photography experience again this was easy to do and easy to use"
59.6%

still does it's

"really easy to use has very good battery life if you are a beginner this is perfect for you to learn the basics of the camera the pictures are great however the video is a bit grainy but it still does it's job"
59.6%

having fun experimenting

"i’m having fun experimenting"
59.6%

does everything

"does everything i need it do"
59.4%

bigger and better

"i would also have liked a bigger and better screen but i use the view finder anyway which is very clear"
59.3%

a good idea

"my daughter has been after a cheep camera for a while now but when she seen the deal for black friday i though it would be a good idea to get it as a early christmas present "
58.9%

excellent starter

"the instructions are easy to follow and for a first camera i think it's an excellent starter"
58.8%

light to carry

"it is light to carry and that is something that i personally like"
58.5%

photos of products

"lovely camera for a beginner and also is very useful for doing nice and pro photos of products for my etsy shop"
58.5%

recommend this product

"would highly recommend this product to a first time camera user"
58.5%

very user friendly

"i am not a tech person but this camera is very user friendly and you can go online for more in depth info and instructions if you want to get more adventurous with your photography "
58.4%

good basic dslr

"good basic dslr my only concern is the plastic lens mount that could end up wearing out all in all a good buy for a first dslr"
58.3%

opposed to just phones

"i think it’s a smart move to keep people using dslr as opposed to just phones"
58.3%

decent editing software

"personally i find the colours less saturated than with nikon cameras but that is a personal preference and one that can be fiddled with post production using any decent editing software"
58.1%

happy bunny camera

"happy bunny camera arrived week early looks good judt got to wait for memory card as not supplied minor detail will review after its been used"
58.1%

good for the money

"very good for the money"
58.1%

great starter camera

"it is a great starter camera and ideal purchase for a relative doing gcse photography"
58.0%

creative manual options

"this is a really nice camera for a beginner as you can start off using it in fully auto mode and then switch to more creative manual options when you feel more confident"
58.0%

world of photography

"it is a really good camera for its price i would definitely recommend this for someone who is new to the world of photography"
58.0%

better lens

"i would have liked stabilisation but can invest in a better lens later"
57.9%

having lots of

"will be having lots of fun getting great shots hopefully "
57.8%

price was great

"happy with the purchase the price was great too!"
57.7%

been an excellent

"we still have a lot to learn about the camera as it has a lot of features but we look forward to it as so far this has been an excellent buy"
57.7%

good starter camera

"this is a good starter camera if you are new to dslr"
57.4%

of the best around

"for the price one of the best around"
57.2%

toned great

"love canon company especially i love that those cameras have already so nice color correction images are so warm and nice toned great for beginners wi fi function is so helpful for advanced selfies"
57.1%

happy with my purchase

"i am happy with my purchase"
57.1%

happy with the purchase

"happy with the purchase the price was great too!"
57.1%

love my friends

"i love it more than i love my friends!"
56.9%

easy to follow

"easy to use not too heavy instructions easy to follow"
56.9%

bought a compact

"this is my second slr i sold my first one last year and bought a compact as it was too heavy to carry around and too complex for me"
56.9%

package easy

"delivery very fast and perfect package easy use"
56.8%

bought for her birthday

"very impressed with purchase daughter bought for her birthday to take pictures of her dogs she is a beginner so learning as she goes along the camera set up etc was very easy and quick took some sample pics which came out lovely haven’t selected stars for battery life as i cannot comment having only just received the camera but am sure it will not disappoint highly recommend"
56.8%

daughter loves it

"amazing my daughter loves it xx"
56.8%

easy to use downsides

"bought when traveling and didn’t want to take my big expensive cannon very good quality photos and very easy to use downsides are the need to manually open the flash which wasn’t explained clearly at all in the instructions and the lens housing is plastic so i would worry of you misaligned the thread but these keep the costs down and didn’t affect my use at all once i’d worked out the flash!"
56.5%

real beginner

"the camera is simple enough to allow the real beginner to point and click but with enough control to really develop techniques and to experiment"
56.4%

very good camera

"a very good camera for somebody just starting out in photography so well worth the money"
56.4%
...

really disappointed

"no user instructions i was looking forward to a new hobby i know it isn’t the most expensive camera but a good starter i now feel really disappointed"
99.3%

absolutely awful

"the app is absolutely awful so slow loses connection constantly and all round very bad for the wireless connection part"
98.6%

been disappointed

"i bought this as a camera for the whole family and to try out some astrophotography and so far i have not been disappointed"
97.9%

which was disappointing

"i am very pleased with the camera easy to use once i downloaded the instruction manual which stated there should have been a quick start guide with the camera but this wasn't included which was disappointing"
87.8%

bogged down

"it's aimed at people who are not yet bogged down by the pedantic elitism that seems to be so prevalant in the photographic community"
74.9%

only issue

"only issue for me was getting the connectivity to my phone going but be patient once it’s there it’s excellent"
74.9%

sluggish autofocus

"pros : takes good quality photos cons : low resolution lcd display is horribly cramped sluggish autofocus and burst rate no touchscreen my thoughts with smartphones increasingly capable of sensational photography you get the sense camera makers are finding it ever harder to shift low end dslrs"
74.8%

major issue

"however i've found a way round that if anyone is interested in timelpase photography i've done a video under "nightshooter photography" on youtube amazon don't allow links now to the other major issue that many still don't realise"
74.8%

nagging girlfriends as

"100% would recommend this camera perhaps not as a gift for nagging girlfriends as you may end up buying avery expensive shelf decoration"
74.8%

seems an odd omission

"this seems an odd omission but is perhaps another way of cutting costs"
74.7%

pedantic elitism

"it's aimed at people who are not yet bogged down by the pedantic elitism that seems to be so prevalant in the photographic community"
74.5%

few second intervals

"be aware that timelapse is not built into this camera and that you will need a work around using a pc or phone app to achieve imaging at a few second intervals"
74.5%

most expensive

"no user instructions i was looking forward to a new hobby i know it isn’t the most expensive camera but a good starter i now feel really disappointed"
74.3%

loses connection

"the app is absolutely awful so slow loses connection constantly and all round very bad for the wireless connection part"
72.2%

not seem substantial

"did not seem substantial"
68.9%

just a shame

"it’s just a shame many of its core features feel older than the audience it’s aimed at"
68.7%

least expensive

"so you buy the least expensive dslr camera that canon have made and they want you to buy their own expensive flash guns ?"
68.3%

broken otherwise

"security seal was broken otherwise ok"
67.8%

resolution lcd display

"pros : takes good quality photos cons : low resolution lcd display is horribly cramped sluggish autofocus and burst rate no touchscreen my thoughts with smartphones increasingly capable of sensational photography you get the sense camera makers are finding it ever harder to shift low end dslrs"
67.6%

treated myself

"i bought this as i have always had an interest in photography but never had a decent camera so i treated myself to this one and am slowly but surely getting to know how to get the best pictures i have ever taken"
67.2%

been opened

"sticker isn't genuine tamper seal had already been opened"
67.1%

waste of money

"waste of money!"
66.7%

nothing professional

"there is nothing professional about it most of the settings in the m mode can be found easily in most smartphones these days"
65.8%

does n't work as well

"the autofocus doesn't work as well"
65.7%

attempting to stream

"don't get this camera if you are attempting to stream or use it as a web cam"
63.7%

manual shooting mode

"perplexed by failures i used chat feature of amazon and it transpires if i turn the camera on by moving the dial up from off position to m manual shooting mode then different menu comes up allowing me to clear previous settings"
62.2%

after several tries

"when i first got it wifi of the camera to connect to phone did not work after several tries"
61.8%

poor advertising

"poor poor poor advertising"
61.4%

long exposures

"the built in wi fi is close as we come to a standout feature allowing you to transfer photos to a smartphone or tablet with relative ease or even control the camera from your phone – if you don’t want to risk shutter shake when capturing long exposures for example"
61.0%

worn and broken

"i bought the body only as i've had quite a few dslr's over the years and needed something cheap to go with lenses as my cameras have become old worn and broken"
60.5%

rely on smartphones

"so many people rely on smartphones now but this is a camera designed to get people away from using these and back to cameras"
60.5%

canon's fault

"of course this is not canon's fault who seem to have created a fantastic camera"
60.5%

user manual

"i yelled with delight seeing a thick booklet in the box only to find a very few pages applied because it was written in hundreds of different languages rather than as a user manual"
60.2%

wish camera manufacturers

"i do wish camera manufacturers would include a memory card with the product though even a small capacity one would be a nice touch"
59.1%

makes no sense

"makes no sense but then i tried the same with original presumed defective camera"
58.4%

risk shutter shake

"the built in wi fi is close as we come to a standout feature allowing you to transfer photos to a smartphone or tablet with relative ease or even control the camera from your phone – if you don’t want to risk shutter shake when capturing long exposures for example"
58.4%

remote shutter port

"never have i come across a dslr no not even an entry level one that's years old without a remote shutter port"
58.2%

canon 4000

"canon 4000"
58.0%

does n't do them

"the canon wifi app is not a replacement for a proper intervalopter for timelapses as it just doesn't do them"
57.6%

lacks the proper tools

"i got it as a christmas present for my partner who had long time been nagging about how much she'd like to get into photography but lacks the proper tools"
57.1%

packing very poor

"product arrived ahead of time packing very poor looked like the box and camera although new looked second head!"
56.6%

never came

"also the 16gb chip never came too"
56.4%

shift low end dslrs

"pros : takes good quality photos cons : low resolution lcd display is horribly cramped sluggish autofocus and burst rate no touchscreen my thoughts with smartphones increasingly capable of sensational photography you get the sense camera makers are finding it ever harder to shift low end dslrs"
56.1%

smudged and weak

"it came with the focus red dots smudged and weak compared to my friend’s"
56.1%

still do n't realise

"however i've found a way round that if anyone is interested in timelpase photography i've done a video under "nightshooter photography" on youtube amazon don't allow links now to the other major issue that many still don't realise"
55.1%

power plug

"works as it should only issue is the power plug was broken"
55.0%

disappointed i obviously

"i feel disappointed i obviously should have bought a more compact camera with zoom lens built in"
55.0%

n't aimed at pros

"but this camera isn't aimed at pros!"
54.7%

n't arrived with

"the bag for the camera and card for the camera hasn’t arrived with it"
54.7%

not need this

"so if you just want to wrap your head around shooting in m mode and if you have a smartphone that has one and can let you decide the aperture iso and wb then you do not need this"
54.6%

budget dslr

"still a great budget dslr as you might expect we’re not talking about a camera that’s stacked with features"
54.5%

round very

"the app is absolutely awful so slow loses connection constantly and all round very bad for the wireless connection part"
53.5%

this a bad camera

"is this a bad camera?"
53.5%

complain for this price

"cheap material but you cannot complain for this price"
53.3%

more obvious handbook

"made it easy to get a feel for how lense zoom focusing and different camera shutter speeds work although a more obvious handbook for some technical terms would be useful as i struggled with some of the terminology used in different mode settings"
51.6%

decided to dumb this

"whilst the camera is good canon have decided to dumb this and the 2000d cameras down by removing the middle pin of the flash hot shoe"
51.5%
...

Top positive statements

Statement Strength**
"Great Camera well canon is always canon I love photography this camera is great for the price I have taked a lot of pictures with it easy to use and excellent picture quality good battery really happy with the purchase" 93.1%
"very easy to use and the quality of the pictures is brilliant." 93.1%
"Great camera for basics it does a good job in fact I do think it's actually really sharp." 93.1%
"Really easy to use and I absolutely love it." 93.1%
"Lovely quality camera very pleased thank you"" 93.1%
"value for money is excellent." 93.1%
"Delivery very fast and perfect package easy use" 93.1%
"The camera itself is pretty robust I managed to drop it on a concrete path and it survived completely unscathed and the battery life is excellent." 93.1%

Top negative statements

Statement Strength
"poor poor poor advertising." 90.7%

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Positive mentions

Mentioned Object Mentioned in Strength
DSLR
"canon have made a great entry level system for people easing into DSLR photography"
"good camera for DSLR beginners"
88.0%
EU
"boycotting anything made in china until their food safety standards meet EU standards"
66.4%

Negative mentions

Mentioned Object Mentioned in Strength
Canon
"of course this is not Canon's fault who seem to have created a fantastic camera"
"Canon 4000"
67.5%

Emotion analysis

Positive tone

Neutral tone

Negative tone

47.7% 29.3% 23.0%
  happiness 30.5%
  neutral 28.2%
  worry 18.4%
  fun 6.3%
  relief 5.2%
  love 4.0%
  sadness 2.9%
  hate 1.7%
  empty 1.1%
  enthusiasm 1.1%
  surprise 0.6%

* analysis performed using Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods, data for the analysis has been gathered from multiple publicly accessible sources.
** strength is the level of sentiment expressed in a sentence, phrase or keyword. It ranges from 0 to 100%
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last analysis update 2024-03-22