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| Brand: Canon
Category: Photography
List Price: $1,299.00
Buy New: $979.95
You Save: $319.05 (25%)
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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:
 A worthy Upgrade October 9, 2007
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
I've had the 20d for 3 years now, and passed on the 30d when it came out.. Just not enough of an upgrade for my money. Then the 40D showed its head.. and Wow! Finally a worthy upgrade! The Huge display LCD makes my 20d look like a child's camera... The live view, I figured would be for amateurs, but I was Wrong! Live View mode allows you to fine-tune manual focusing like never before. With the live mode turned on, you can digitally zoom into any area on the live image, and see it at 5x or 10x zoom, and you can see your focusing change down to the millimeter!.. It's awesome.
Also, the 10mp is nice, but honestly you will likely not even notice this difference.
If fast photography is your thing (sports or wildlife) nothing beats the 6.5fps.. I thought the 20d was fast, but it feels old compared to this new machine.
One bit of advice, get at least a 4gb card.. If you shoot raw or raw+jpeg like I do, then you will fill those 1 and 2gb cards in no time.
The feel of this 40d is much the same as all the series, but the back buttons have been moved to make room for the huge LCD.. Not a big deal, but you will be able to adapt.
Almost forgot, the settings dial now has 3 custom options on it.. Very Cool. This effectively allows you to make custom functions for one touch changes to every important setting all at once. I have one setting that has 400 ISO, continuous shooting, center weighted metering, and several other settings, all for shooting animals on the run. With one turn of the dial, all my settings are now set for landscape; 100ISO, 1/2 stop exposure bracketing, evaluative metering, ect..
It effectively makes missing a photo opportunity impossible, as you don't have to spend 3 minutes making all your adjustments to the camera to adapt to your situation. This is one of the main reasons I pony'd up for this bigger brother to my 20d.
All in all, I'm a very happy customer, and unless you really need full frame (I know we can talk ourselves into anything), this camera will make you smile. :)
P.S. don't expect to get much out of your 20 or 30D on eBay, as they are going for pennies on the dollar.. keep it as a spare or give to your mother.... ok, sell to your mother..
Unbelievable DSLR camera October 7, 2007
5 out of 10 found this review helpful
This is without doubt the best camera I have owned. Smooth action, quiet shutter, rapid fire release. My opinion: it is light years ahead of its competition. When you pick it up, you KNOW you have a REAL camera in your hands. Pictures are excellent. If you are serious about photography, choose this over the 30D (I have both). There is more than $300 difference in the camera, compared to the 30D...more like $800 difference.
Phenomenal Camera! October 5, 2007
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
Amazing upgrade to my beloved 10D. The 3" review screen is an amazing asset in the field to make sure each shot is perfect. The LiveView feature makes it possible to preview a shot in various modes prior to taking the shot. Allows you to get the exact shot you are looking for before you even release the shutter. The clarity is amazing even at a poster-print size. A definite recommendation for any mid-level pro-sumer. A great upgrade to previous Canon DSLRs.
The Wow affect! October 2, 2007
23 out of 24 found this review helpful
When I took the first couple of shots with the 40D, my
reaction was Wow.
The 40D is 80% to 90% of the 5D, The slight change to the control layout is an
improvement. Spot metering, is a real plus. The sensor seems to have
significantly lower noise than the 20D. This is my new happy-snap camera. It
goes everywhere with me. I've only taken a few thousand photos so far, and I
have to say I am very impressed. I really look forward to the times I can get
out just to take photos with the 40D.
For it's class, just a little lower than the 5D, this is the finest camera I
have ever seen. The value, the bang (or should I say click) for the buck is
the best value I have ever seen. The 40D, delivers more than I ever expected
to see in a camera at this price point. I think Canon, has once again,
undeniably taken the lead, in the Digital SLR camera market with the 40D.
Last but not least, ordering through Amazon, I was able to get the 40D when
all of my local camera stores were sold out...
solid camera October 1, 2007
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I will not try to summarize the many tech reviews of this camera. There are plenty of highly competent websites to visit for this info.
Firstly, cameras are personal and this camera just feels great in the hand. It is complex to use every facility but to take competent shots is easy.
I said I would never buy a DSLR without serious dust removal/masking facilities. I have owned this camera for a month and no dust problems so far, Eventually it will need to be cleaned professionally either by me or someone else - that is a fact of DSLR life. But serious congratulations to Canon for addressing the problem head on.
So how does it work. Well the beast is simply superb. It's like a marriage - it takes a while to meld - same here - after a month we are still learning how to do things better together. But so far everything is working as well or better than could have possibly been expected. And considering the hype surrounding this camera that involves very high expectations.
A further comment: this imager is so good that you need very good lenses to see its best. I'm afraid both kit lenses fail this camera miserably. It's not that they are so bad, rather that this camera is so good. I expected this.
Now I have to fork out for an EOS 70- 200mm IS USM, to really see what this camera can do. The kit 17- 85 USM is not so good at the wide end. That is not the camera's fault. You can see what this camera can do by looking at the long end of the 17 - 85mm.
Life is full of compromises. The best camera/lens would take great photos but would be so heavy, you couldn't lift the kit up a mountain. The 40D is hikable (just):
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shows some 40D images taken very far up (2605m) a mountain. Now I've gotta pull the 70-200 f4 up the same mountains! Ugh!
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