The Canon EOS R100 could well be the affordable, easy-to-use entry-level camera you’ve been waiting for. Something simple enough for you to capture your treasured family memories, as easily as you would on a smartphone, yet advanced enough to help you grow as a photography student or amateur. Indeed, the Canon EOS R100 is a camera easy enough for first-timers to take great images in auto, but reveals its real strengths when you take it into semi-automatic and manual modes to start getting creative in ways that just aren’t possible on a smartphone.
The R100 replaces the bestselling Canon EOS 250D (Rebel SL3) budget DSLR as well as the Canon EOS 2000D (Rebel T7) and stands as the cheapest entry point into the company’s EOS R mirrorless camera system. Priced at less than £700 with a Canon RF-S 18-45mm F4.5-6.3 IS STM kit lens, it’s an attractive and affordable package, and £230 cheaper than the R50 kit.
As one of the best cameras for beginners, the Canon EOS R100 abandons manyboasts a guided user interface with friendly and helpful menus to make it easy to make the camera do what you want it to. Do not worry if you’re unfamiliar with camera settings, as the menus offer descriptions of the various modes as well as on-screen examples of what you can expect – making it a breeze to get shooting right away. Features like Creative Assist enable you to make adjustments to things like contrast, brightness and background blur without needing to know about settings. Don’t misconstrue the streamlined features and single control dial for this being an underpowered camera, though, the Canon R100 is still very capable.
