Photos: Unboxing the new 24.2MP Canon EOS 80D

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The Canon EOS 80D is Canon's latest semi-professional camera, with a 24.2MP APS-C CMOS sized sensor and Dual Pixel CMOS AF for high-speed AF during Live View shooting.

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The first things you see upon opening the box are the usual manual, warranty card, and Canon Classroom brochure.

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The most important things in the box: camera, lens, battery, and charger. No surprise there.

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The camera assembled with pop-up flash activated. 

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First impression: The hand grip on the camera is deep and nice to hold.

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The usual set of controls to the rear. Note the dedicated button by the front control wheel though - that offers a faster way of cycling through the AF modes.

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A top down view of the main controls.

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All the usual ports are hidden behind individual rubber seals.

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There's a nice knurled finished to the control dials.

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You can now use touch to navigate the menus.

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There's also a handy function that combines touch AF with zooming in during Live View for precise focus adjustments.