Digital Camera Information

Here is a positive review of the Canon 40D by www.e-fotografija.si with some of the pictures taken in a nightclub by Žiga Intihar as the reviewer. The low light performance was taken in a nightclub and looks like everyone was having a great time.

His writes: “To summarize – Canon made a big step forward in just about every area - image quality, usability, ergonomics and features. The only thing that’s lacking, compared to the Canon EOS 5D, is a full frame sensor. In every other respect, the 40D is as good or better than the 5D.”

For the full review click here.

Here is an interesting review by Prophotohome.com where the review is interactive based. They review different features of the camera with each entry.

The first entry is the AI Servo Autofocus performance where they write:

“From the very first time we saw the specs for this camera we were impressed by what was being offered for the money. Just a few years ago 6.5 fps would have been considered more than enough for serious sports photography. It is weather sealed to boot. Could we really have a serious sports camera for $1,299? It immediately occurred to us that we would indeed have to do the running test on this camera to see how it compares to the 1D MKIII and 1D MKII.”

For the full review, it can be found here

Although reviews of the Canon 40D are still in development - Roland Lim in his blog called “The World According to Roland” has already published his.

In his review, he compares the new Canon 40D to his old Canon 20D. The Canon 20D is almost identical to the 30D and does give a fair comparison.

He writes: “Personally, I think Canon has done a good job with the 40D and has upgraded and added many new useful features. Image quality wise, I don’t think there is any significant differences between the 40D and 30D/20D. There is little difference in real resolution between a 10MP and 8MP sensor. In my opinion, Canon has managed to maintain the high ISO noise level while increasing the mega pixel count. However, there was no major breakthrough in technology and the 40D is not lower in high ISO noise than the 20D or 30D. I have previously done some high ISO test comparing the 40D to 20D.

Overall, I think the 40D provide a nice feature upgrade over the 20D and 30D and at an attractive price. Whether it is worthwhile for you to upgrade to the 40D is something only you can decide for yourself. For me, I am really happy with the 40D. However, my 20D is still working fine and can still take great photos. So I will be keeping my 20D as a 2nd and spare body.”

In summary, the Canon 40D is a great camera and has maintained its silky smooth noise free high ISO images whilst increasing its resolution from 8 to 10 mega pixel.

Source

Although the Canon 40D has not been released yet, Japanese website (www.photo-cafe.jp) somehow has pictures of images taken at different ISO ratings. As expected the high ISO images taken at ISO 3200 from the Canon 40D seems pretty impressive. Images were taken with the Noise reduction turned on and off.

Noise Reduction - OFF ——————————- Noise Reduction - ON

For more pictures click here

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After a long and exhausting wait, the Canon 40D has finally been released and here are the final specifications:

Specifications

Type - Digital AF/AE SLR

Recording Medium - CF Card Type I and II and external media (USB v.2.0 hard drive, via optional Wireless File Transmitter WFT-E3A)

Image Format - 0.87 x 0.58 in./22.2 x 14.8mm (APS-C size sensor)

Compatible Lenses - Canon EF, EF-S, TS-E, and MP-E lenses

Lens Mount - Canon EF mount

Lens Focal Length Conversion Factor* - 1.6x

Image Sensor - High-sensitivity, high-resolution, single-plate, CMOS sensor

Pixels - Approx. 10.10 mega pixels

Total Pixels - Approx. 10.50 mega pixels

Aspect Ratio - 3:2 (Horizontal : Vertical)

Color Filter System - RGB primary color filters

Low-pass Filter - Fixed position in front of the CMOS sensor

Recording System - Recording Format - DCF 2.0 (Exif 2.21): JPEG, RAW and RAW+JPEG simultaneous recording possible. Multiple options for recording images on a memory card.

Image Format - JPEG, RAW (Canon CR2)

File Size

- JPEG/Large: Approx. 3.5MB (3,888 x 2,592)
- JPEG/Medium: Approx. 2.1MB (2,816 x 1,880)
- JPEG/Small: Approx. 1.2MB (1,936 x 1,288)
- RAW: Approx. 12.4MB (3,888 x 2,592)
- sRAW: Approx. 7.1MB (1,936 x 1,288)

Folders - Automatically created by camera; can be user-created with “Manual Reset” file naming setting

File Numbering - Continuous numbering

Auto reset - Manual reset (the image numbering is reset to 0001, a new folder is created automatically)

Color Space - Selectable between sRGB and Adobe RGB

Interface - USB 2.0 Hi-Speed, mini-B port. NTSC/PAL for video output

White Balance - Settings

- Auto, Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten, White Fluorescent Light, Flash, Custom WB setting, user-set Color Temperature (2,500~10,000K)

Auto White Balance - Auto white balance, taken from imaging sensor

Personal White Balance - White balance bracketing: Three consecutive images written to CF card for each firing of shutter; Up to +/- 3 levels in 1-step increments

White balance shift: blue/amber bias and/or magenta/green bias +/- up to 9 levels; manually set by user

Viewfinder - Type (Eye-level SLR with solid glass pentaprism)

Coverage - Approx. 95% horizontally and vertically

Magnification - 0.95x (-1 dpt with 50mm lens at infinity)

Eyepoint - Approx. 22mm

Dioptric Adjustment Correction: -3.0 to +1.0 diopter

Mirror - Quick-return half mirror (Transmission: reflection ratio of 40:60)

Viewfinder Information - AF (AF points, focus confirmation light), Exposure (shutter speed, aperture, ISO speed, AE lock, exposure level, spot metering circle, exposure warning), Flash (flash ready, flash exposure compensation, high-speed sync, FE lock, red-eye reduction light), Image (monochrome shooting, maximum burst, white balance correction, CF card information)

Depth-of-Field Preview - Enabled with depth-of-field preview button; possible in Live View Function

Eyepiece Shutter - None

Autofocus - Type

- TTL-CT-SIR AF-dedicated CMOS sensor

AF Points - 9 cross-type AF points, including center AF point; fully functional with f/5.6 or faster lenses

Additional high-precision, diagonal cross-type sensor at Center AF point, used with lenses f/2.8 or faster

AF Working Range - EV -0.5 ~18 (ISO 100 at 73°F/23°C)

Focusing Modes - Autofocus (One-Shot AF, Predictive AI Servo AF, AI Focus AF), Manual Focus (MF)

AF Point Selection - Automatic selection, Manual AF point selection

Selected AF Point Display - Superimposed red illumination in viewfinder; also visible on top or rear LCD panel when AF point select button is pressed

AF-assist Beam - Intermittent firing of built-in flash

Exposure Control - Metering Modes

- 35-zone TTL full aperture metering
- Evaluative metering (linked to all AF points)
- Partial metering (approx. 9% of viewfinder)
- Spot metering (approx. 3.8% of viewfinder)
- Center-weighted average metering
- Metering Range
EV 0-20 (ISO 100 at 73°F/23°C with EF 50mm f/1.4 USM lens, ISO 100)

- Exposure Control Systems
Program AE (shiftable), Shutter-priority AE, Aperture-priority AE, Auto Depth-of-field AE (non-shiftable), Full auto (non-shiftable), Programmed image control modes, Manual exposure, E-TTL II autoflash program AE

ISO Speed Range - Equivalent to ISO 100-1600* (in 1/3-stop or whole stop increments), ISO speed can be expanded to ISO 3200

* Standard output sensitivity. Recommended exposure index.

Exposure Compensation - Exposure Compensation (user-set): +/-3 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-half increments

AE Lock - Auto: Applied in One-Shot AF mode with evaluative metering when focus is achieved
Manual (user-set): By AE lock button in all metering modes

Shutter - Type - Vertical-travel, mechanical, focal-plane shutter with all speeds electronically controlled

Shutter Speeds - 1/8000 to 30 sec. (1/3-stop increments), X-sync at 1/250 sec.

Shutter Release - Soft-touch electromagnetic release

Self-timer - 10 sec. delay, 2 sec. delay

Remote Control - Canon N3 type terminal

Built-in Flash - Type - Auto pop-up, retractable, built-in flash in the pentaprism

Guide Number - 13/43 (ISO 100 in meters/feet)

Recycling Time - Approx. 3 sec.

Flash-ready Indicator - Flash-ready indicator lights in viewfinder

Flash Coverage - 17mm lens focal length (equivalent to 27mm in 35mm format)

Flash Metering System - E-TTL II autoflash

Flash Exposure Compensation : +/-2 stops in 1/3- and 1/2-stop increments;

Can be set on EOS 40D body or with most EX-series speedlites

LCD Monitor - TFT color, liquid-crystal monitor

Screen Monitor size - 3.0 Inch.

Pixels - Approx. 230,000 pixels

Coverage - Approx. 100%

Brightness Control - 7 levels provided

Playback - Image Display Format

Single image, 4-image index, 9-image index, Jump, Magnified zoom (approx. 1.5x to 10x), Histogram, AF point display, Auto rotate, Rotate
Live View: View image before shooting on LCD monitor; live histogram and live simulation of exposure level possible with C.Fn IV-7-1

Highlight Alert - In the single image display and (INFO) display, over-exposed highlight areas will blink

Image Protection and Erase - Protection

Single image or all images in the memory card can be protected or cancel the image protection

Erase - Single image, select images, all images in a CF card or unprotected images

Direct Printing from the Camera - Enabled with the Print/Share button

Compatible Printers - CP and SELPHY Compact Photo Printers, PIXMA Photo Printers and PictBridge compatible printers (via USB Interface Cable IFC-200U, included with camera kit)

Settings - Print quantity, style (image, paper size, paper type, printing effects, layout), trimming, tilt correction (compatibility varies, depending upon printer in use)

Menus - Menu Categories

- Shooting
-Playback
-Setup
-Custom function/My Menu

LCD Monitor Language - 18 (English, German, French, Dutch, Danish, Portuguese, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, Greek, Russian, Polish, Simplified/Traditional Chinese, Korean, Japanese)

Power Source - Battery

- One dedicated Battery Pack BP-511A

AC power can be supplied via the optional AC Adapter Kit ACK-E2

Number of Shots - Normal shooting, at 73°F/23°C:

-No flash: approx. 1100 images
-50% flash use: approx. 800 images

at 32°F/0°C:
No flash: approx. 950 images
50% flash use: approx. 700 images

(tests comply with CIPA industry test standards)

The above figures apply when one fully-charged Battery Pack BP-511A is used

Battery Check - Automatic

Power Saving - Provided. Power turns off after 1, 2, 4, 8, 15, 30 min.

Back-up Battery - One CR2016 coin-type lithium battery. Battery life approx. 5 years

Dimensions and Weight

Dimensions (W x H x D) - 5.7 x 4.2 x 2.9 in./145.5 x 107.8 x 73.5mm

Weight - 26.1 oz./740g

Operating Environment - Operating Temperature Range
32-104°F/0-40°C

Operating Humidity Range - 85% or less

Source

It seems the Canon 40D may have started to ship across the country judging by the photo of an apparent invoice or purchase order from a certain retailer. I’m sure the corporate watchdogs at Canon are conducting their own investigations into this leak. It lists the price as $1599.99, however I’m not sure if the lens is included.

Interestingly, if you enter the UPC code into the UPC database, you get the description as “Canon EOS 40D D-SLR W”. Again, I have no idea what the W stands for in the Canon 40D D-SLR W, but it does make me wonder what it could be? Wireless ? Who knows?

Here we go again. The date for the release 0f the Canon 40D is getting closer and closer as more rumors and materials are starting to pop up. Even digital camera websites selling cameras are anticipating a change - many are now preparing for the addition or the coming of the new model.

The run-out sales are appearing and stores are trying to empty their stocks of the Canon 30D with huge discounts. ? Should I buy the 30D at a great price or should I wait for the new 40D???? Many are torn between and unable to make the decision.

Well let me tell you, the new model is coming and it won’t be long.

Specifications

10 megapixels CMOS

1.6x crop factor

Processor - DiGIC III

Sensor Cleaning System

6.5fps (3fps selectable)

sRAW support(RAW 12MB and sRAW 7MB -14bit?)

24 Custom function

3 Custom mode(C1,C2,C3)

LiveView, Weather Sealing(?)

230,000 pixel 3″ LCD and 7 step brightness control

ISO 100-1600 1/3 stop. 3200 expand

ISO display in viewfinder

New wireless transmitter WFT-E3

New EF-s 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 IS

New grip BG-E2N