The new standard bearer for the traditional DSLR – performance, usability and great image quality in one reasonably priced package

Great battery life; Quality images to impressive ISOs; Fast burst mode shooting

Lots (and lots; and lots) of competition

“The Canon EOS 90D is a DSLR trying to fit in a mirrorless world, and it succeeds.”

Excellent speed; Dual Pixel Autofocus; Uncropped 4K; Comfortable design; Excellent battery life

Heavy; Small buffer; Tracking and eye AF struggles

It's no coincidence that Canon has released the 90D and the mirrorless EOS M6 Mark II camera at roughly the same time. These two cameras have quite a few of the same features, including the same image sensor.

If you're looking for a Digital SLR, then the Canon EOS 90D gives a range of compelling features, that make it a great choice. As a DSLR, rather than a mirrorless camera, it also offers exceptional battery life, with 1300 shots possible before the battery is depleted.

32mp APS-C CMOS sensor; 4K / FullHD video without crop; 10fps continuous shooting; High-image quality; Excellent colour reproduction; Excellent 1300 shot battery life; In-camera raw editing

Conservative design; Smaller buffer than expected; Focus options are hidden in custom settings; Shows weaknesses of kit lenses

For those who continue to prefer the advantages of DSLRs over mirrorless – long battery life, good handling and a wide choice of native lenses – the Canon 90D is a fine choice.

Traditional controls and handling; Excellent battery life; Good all-rounder

No image stabilisation; DSLRs starting to feel outdated; Single memory card slot

The EOS 90D becomes Canon’s most powerful mid-range DSLR to date, inheriting the body, side-hinged screen, optical viewfinder and 45-point autofocus of the earlier 80D, while upgrading the sensor resolution to 32.5 Megapixels, offering uncropped 4k video at 25 or 30p, faster burst shooting of 10fps,...

The EOS 90D is a DSLR that functions most reliably when used in live view, thanks to its excellent Dual Pixel AF system. Through-the-finder AF is less reliable, by comparison. The camera also offers excellent Raw image quality and usable full-width 4K in a well-built, weather-sealed package with...

Those looking to document friends and family; Anyone seeking an easy-to-use DSLR than can seamlessly handle stills and video capture; Those planning to mostly shoot in live view.

Sports action and wildlife photographers requiring reliable through-the-finder autofocus.

There are irritations and limitations with any camera, and we can pick out a few with the EOS 90D – but this camera’s capabilities are so impressive and so all-encompassing, that you can’t expect miracles.

Optical viewfinder; Size and ‘heft’; Vari-angle touchscreen; Uncropped 4K

120fps video S-AF only; Limited buffer capacity; Not much gain from 32MP

Canon EOS 90D review: Introduction £1209.99 body only 32.5-million-pixel APS-C CMOS sensor DIGIC 8 image processor ISO 100-25,600 (expandable to ISO 51,200) 10fps continuous shooting 220k pixel RGB+IR metering sensor Dual Pixel CMOS AF with Eye Detection AF Microphone and headphone input 1300-shot...