Camera Test: Canon EOS 40D
Posted on October 29, 2007 - Filed Under Reviews, Photo, Cameras | Visited 1245 Times
Canon’s EOS 30D was the DSLR middleweight contender to beat for most of 2007, thanks to its tough body, great image quality, fast autofocus, and semi-pro controls. So it’s no surprise that the new 10.1MP EOS 40D ($1,300, street, body only; $1,500, street, with EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM lens) holds fast to the 30D’s overall body design and exposure controls. In fact, from the front it’s hard to tell them apart.
Inside, though, Canon’s engineers found ways to raise the 40D’s image quality, boost its burst rate, speed up the AF system, and improve the viewfinder. Around back, they even squeezed in a 3-inch LCD with live preview mode.
Is there enough punch in the 40D’s new features, and price to keep it from being knocked out by new contenders from Nikon, Olympus, and Sony? We’ll know for sure in the next few months as we run all of those cameras through the Pop Photo Lab and our field tests.
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