Canon EOS 40D
(The Canon EOS 40D currently typically sells for less than $1100)
The great-grandson of the first consumer digital SLR, the 40D is the newest child in a series of cameras with great heritage - an evolution from camera to camera has resulted in one of the finest digital SLR cameras you can buy - especially at this price-point.
Sporting a 3-inch LCD monitor, a snappy 6.5 frames-per-second continuous photography mode, digital compact-style ‘live view’ (which means you can see on the LCD monitor what you’re about to take a photo of) and a refreshed menu system brings the 40D up to scratch with the rest of the current digital SLR line from Canon.
Oddly, the 40D is only a 10 megapixel camera - odd, because the freshly launched 450D, aimed at a less professional segment of the market, already wields a 12 megapixel chip. It wouldn’t be unreasonable to see updates to the 40D soon (50D, anyone?), but how soon is anybody’s guess.
Steve’s Digicams:
“If you’re looking for a 10-megapixel camera that can fire long bursts, is compatible with a mature system of professional accessories, and creates superb images in almost any light, look no further.” (full review)
Imaging Resource:
“The new Canon 40D offers a very mature set of features in a camera that’s priced lower than its predecessors. It also offers as much value and image quality as competing designs that are hundreds of dollars more” (full review)
Photo.net:
“The Rebel XTi is a better camera to throw into a bag if you think that you might want to take a picture. The 40D is a better camera to take if you are leaving the house on a specifically photographic mission. The 40D is a truly great camera for wildlife and sports photography. ” (full review)
The Luminous Landscape:
“The bottom line is that the Canon 40D is the most DSLR for the money that Canon has ever offered” (full review)
DP Review:
“When I first started using the EOS 40D a simple description came to mind: that this is a ‘well sorted camera’” (full review)
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