Above: In terms of controls, Canon’s made a number of changes to the top panel of the 200D / SL2 compared to its predecessor. The presence of wireless connectivity is indicated by a dedicated Wifi button to the left of the viewfinder hump, although if you can exploit Bluetooth or NFC, you won’t be needing it as you’ll be able to initiate the connection from your phone. The mode dial to the right of the viewfinder hump is now indented and flush to the upper panel, and Canon’s also dispensed with the earlier chunky power switch around it in favour of a separate power dial to the side. While both controls offer the same Off, On and Movie positions, I prefer the older style on the 100D / SL1 as it felt more tactile. Meanwhile the single finger dial remains behind the shutter release button, and in front of it the dedicated ISO button is now joined by a DISP button.

During Movie shooting: Auto (100-12800), 100-12800 (in 1/3-stop or whole stop increments) ISO can be expanded to H: 25600 With plenty of detail and nicely controlled noise from its 24-megapixel sensor, image quality was good, too. In fact, it’s on par with cropped-sensor SLRs costing much more. Nikon has a slight advantage for low noise at fast ISO speeds, though.Just like the EOS 800D, the Canon EOS 200D offers an ISO range of 100-25,600, which can be expanded to a maximum of ISO 51,200 in its ‘H’ setting. It comes with an Auto ISO setting for those who’d prefer the camera to be the judge of the best sensitivity setting to use and the ceiling in this setting is ISO 25,600. The guide changes on the mode, but in each case makes it easy to explore the creative options available. I think Canon’s done a great job here in making all aspects of the camera very accessible to beginners without patronizing more advanced photographers – it appeals to, and works well with all skill levels.

The app itself offers two main options: Images on Camera and Remote Live View Shooting. You’ll also see options for Location Information and Camera settings, although the former isn’t for use with the 200D / SL2 as I’ll explain in a moment.On older generations if you wanted to control the DSLR over Wifi using the EOS Utility, it had to be via a router or hub, which limited wireless operation to home, office or studio use. But since the 70D, it now also works with a direct peer-to-peer connection between camera and computer. This means you can wirelessly remote control the EOS 200D / SL2 directly with a laptop alone, literally in the field. I tried it in my house, remote controlling the camera from different rooms or even floors with my MacBook Pro, although understandably as the range increased, the live view refresh and speed of transferring images (if enabled) reduced. So while wireless control is cool, you should still use a USB cable for the best and most responsive experience. I’d also love to see an option to program a series of shots, not just at preset intervals but also with preset exposure values that could be different for each shot if desired. This one looks a little overcooked, though. Some of the colour information is missing from the heavily saturated flowers (1/125s, f/7.1, ISO 100, 56mm equivalent)