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| Brand: Canon
Category: Photography
List Price: $1,299.00
Buy New: $979.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  327 reviews
Sales Rank: 53
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Includes Software: Yes
Optical Zoom: 4.8
Display Size: 3
Maximum Focal Length: 135
Minimum Focal Length: 28
Maximum Resolution: 10
Shipping Weight (lbs): 10
Dimensions (in): 9.7 x 7.6 x 7
MPN: 40D Kit
Model: 40D Kit
UPC: 138030866607
EAN: 0013803086607
ASIN: B000V5QV4S
Release Date: August 30, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great Camera October 17, 2007
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I moved up from the Rebel XT which I had used for over 2 years.
The EOS 40D has a much bigger and brighter viewfinder, is built better and feels much more substanyial in your hands. The 40D is extremely responsive. It focuses faster and more accurately than the Rebel. The menus are more comprehensive and everything has been well sorted out. The live view option is wonderful for macro work. So far, no complaints at all.
 Goodbye Rebel XT October 17, 2007
23 out of 24 found this review helpful
I've been reading about the specs on this thing for 2 months and had everything memorized. I think I'd bust a gasket in my head if I read one more review.
After such a long wait, finally getting my hands on the thing was quite a shock. It feels so alien to me. But you'll be pleased to know it feels very good. Nice and solid. The sound the shutter makes is much nicer than my old XT. And the there is a noticeably larger view through the viewfinder. Still nothing as grand as my old seventies SLR, but a definite improvement. These are the things that are most important to me. If my experience taking pictures is more pleasurable, then I'll take more pictures. That's the way I am and I guess you probably are too.
The next most important thing for me is having the ISO setting visible all the time. You can easily adjust it without removing your eye from the viewfinder. This is such a luxury, it really is. I have shot at the wrong ISO so many times in the past it's not funny.
I love having the two dials too, which is what I suppose makes this a "semi-professional" camera. It's funny how the more you pay the easier everything is to use. You'd think "pro" equipment would be trickier, but that's not how it works at all. I remember trying to find the exposure settings buried deep in my old point and shoot and feeling like throwing it against the wall. No such issues with this.
The only letdown is the LCD. I had read it wasn't very high-res and that is blatantly clear. If you have bad eyes and look at it from a distance, it is great, but if your eyes are good and you want to see detail, you have to zoom. It just doesn't look very nice. In a way I preferred the smaller LCD. That was like seeing a little negative before seeing a print. This is like seeing a bad print before seeing a print.
I'd give this camera 4 and a half stars if I could. I am very pleased with it and would recommend it to anyone thinking of upgrading from the rebel/xt/xti. For the way it feels and for the pro controls.
Oh yeah and if you are an idiot like me, here's a tip. The on switch has on/off and another setting which is "on with the big dial on." I thought the exposure compensation was broken until I realized this.
superb October 16, 2007
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
The camera is awesome. I'll let the pros below me tell all the technical stuff, they seem to have it pretty under control haha. Right out of the box, charge the battery and start snapping away. Im new to SLRs and some of the manual settings are a little out of my league right now, but the interface is easy and Im having fun learning everything, thats what its al about, right? The auto mode is pretty good though when you get lazy.
However, unless you have a lens that you're going to use or for some reason absolutely loathe the lens that comes with a kit, find one that includes the lens kit, you'll save about $150-200 instead of buying separately.
Not since the F1 October 15, 2007
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I suppose this review is less for professional photographers who are thinking about moving up to the next great digital camera and more for photographers who have been put off by the camera/cost issue when considering moving into digital media. In the past, I have always felt that I could get digital results at least as good as the most expensive digital cameras by scanning a slide or negative on a relatively inexpensive scanner. I have held off buying a digital camera until I felt I was buying a truly professional quality camera at a good price. Through the years, the list of reasons for converting to digital photography has become increasingly long, but until now (at least in my opinion) it has never included "professional quality at a good price." The 40M meets that need for me. It has many more features than I can imagine ever using, but in the end it is affordable and shoots at professional standards, and I think that counts a lot. But connection to the camera also counts a great deal.
I have used Canon cameras since I bought my first F1 in the mid-1970s. During this period I wrote industrial articles and always provided my own photographs (and needed a bullet proof camera). The F1 and a Pentax 4X6 were my primary work cameras. But I liked the F1 so much, it was also my primary play camera until the light shoe fitting finally wore completely out. I loved that camera so I replaced it with another Canon, the EOS ElanII, which I never much liked. I never felt "connected" to that camera. In fact, photography has been a bit of a pain since then. For the past 10 years I have seldom really enjoyed a photo outing, and had pretty much quit carrying a camera at all.
The first time I picked up a 40D, I felt the kind of connection I used to feel with the old F1. It feels like an extension of my wrist. I carry it like I carried the F1, in my hand and not around my neck -- ready to lift and shoot.
Intrestingly, I especially like the camera's weight. It is heavy; that's nice. I have always felt an SLR should be heavy enough to overcome any shutter shake. But, perhaps more important, the camera feels like a camera and not like a deck of cards.
I have checked out the many features of the camera but they are discussed in great depth by others in this venue who know much more than I do about the capabilities of digital cameras. As for me? I use the features and find them much better than my Elan -- but that ain't saying much.
On the other hand, I have always liked the lenses I purchased for the Elan over the years, and they work nicely on the 40D.
In brief, I have found much to like in this camera and some things to love. At the same time, I have found nothing I dislike. I am back to going on photo outings just for the joy of using the camera. For a person waiting for professional quality at a reasonable price? I think the wait may have been over with introduction of the 30D but is certainly over with the introduction of the 40D.
AMAZING October 11, 2007
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I purchased the body and the EF-S 17-55 f/2.8 IS USM lens separately. I am new to SLRs however, I have spent the last couple of years taking pictures with no less than 3 higher end digital point and shoots from several manufacturers. This camera and lens blows them all away. I have been able to take panning pictures of my 8 year-old riding a bike in low light without a flash and they turned out sharp as a tack. If you are new to Canon DSLRs, you will need to read the manual very carefully since this thing is complicated to operate correctly, and listening to a few digital photography podcasts wouldn't hurt either.
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