Canon EOS 40D

Ok, I'm about to finally write a review of Canon EOS 40D. I own this camera for several months now, and have tried it both in studio and outdoors, so I feel I can share my opinions with you. I previously owned several Canon SLRs, so I will rather compare 40D to older Canon cameras rather then raise Canon vs. Nikon debates. I'm sure the new Nikon D300 is a great camera too, but I'm a Canon user, and that's it. All Canon SLRs are named EOS (Electro-Optical Systems), both film and digital. Canon has 3 EOS lines, "entry-level", "prosumer" (professional consumer?) and "professional". Entry-level SLRs were Canon ...  Read the complete review

I have owned and used a Canon EOS 40D for just over a year and felt that I knew enough about its foibles to describe the pros and cons to anyone thinking to start using a digital SLR or perhaps upgrading from an older version. Pros first: The camera can take RAW images as well as the more universal jpeg. RAW images present you with more of the original scene's detail than jpeg images do. You can capture scenes as solely RAW files, RAW and jpeg, or solely as jpeg. RAW files allow far more 'tinkering' with the way the image looks and is forgiving of errors like under and over exposure; so if you like processing your images in the computer ...  Read the complete review

< Introduction > After several years of using bridge cameras and the like, I thought it was time to move up to a DSLR, after using canon cameras for most of the time in the past, I looked at what was on offer from them, at first I considered the EOS 400 but I decided to go for the newly released and better spec EOS 40D instead, I have used Canon 35mm Film SLR cameras in the past, so I thought I knew what I was in for, but the modern DSLR's are a different beast altogether, and I was pleasantly surprised at what this camera was capable of, it is light years away from my original Zenith camera, and even way ahead of my first Canon SLR which was an advanced ...  Read the complete review

I was one of the unlucky ones when I bought the Canon EOS 40D. It would seem that there are known issues with these in regard to autofocus, although they were obviously not known to the wider public. I ended up being unlucky with one of these camers THREE times. It would be easy for some smarty pants to say "you weren't using it right", but I spent ages going through the manual and trying all sorts of situations and lighting and could not get an unsoft picture out of this. I bought them all in Jessops. I have spoken to various Jessops staff in various branches, at other times unrelated to my unfortunate ...  Read the complete review

To put it simply, the Canon EOS 40D is a fantastic piece of kit. I haven't regretted my purchase for one moment. I know it is the photographer and not the camera that makes the image but my photography has been taken to a whole new level since getting the 40D. A few people have remarked that the body looks quite big to carry around. Yes, the body is large but it handles beautifully and feels substantial in your hands. My old camera is much smaller and now feels somewhat flimsy and awkward to hold. The camera can be set to fully automatic or fully manual mode with a range of semi automatic/manual modes in between. The manual mode give you ...  Read the complete review