Comments on: Canon announces the EOS 40D. Really. This isn't a rumor.

Some of the year-old rumors were eerily prescient. But the Canon EOS 40D is finally here.

[make_or_break]

Another non full-frame sensor?

I thought Canon was at the forefront of full-frame CMOS sensors. Would've been much nicer had this 40D received the usual pattern of the trickle-down of technology from its upmarket siblings, like the 5D. Certainly would've lit a fire under their competitors had they done so.

[danakabuter]

I have checked it

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[Starfires]

New Camera

Well, of course, there'll always be a new model and this one, especially as a set, looks attractive to me. The only thing missing for me is in-body stablisation that would work with any lens, though the lens set does make up for that somewhat.

[lastgino]

Presale info (ritzcamera.com)

Hi,

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[zupcsics]

What is it w/ Canon and "spot meters" ???

Does Canon feel the need _that_ much to "differentiate" (that is, cripple) their mid-range dSLRs, to encourage people to buy the pro models???

This is reidiculous - even $ 150 "point and shoot" cameras have better spot meters than this ...

Having lived with an earlier Canon dSLR - the D60 (worst exposure metering of any camera I've owned) as well as their previous (_much_ better, imho) mid-range film cameras, I can say from experience that a 3 % or larger spot meter will give unsatisfactory results in many conditions.

In particular, properly exposing skin tones in mixed sunlight, or flowers in virtually any outdoor condition is very problematic (i.e. random success/failure). I had to resort to external metering (before giving up on this camera in favor of other, less expensive cameras that did a _much_ better job of exposure metering BTW).

At this size, this isn't really a "spot meter" it's more of a "small zone meter".

So my $ .02 (for what it's worth), is to seriously consider whether "zone averaging" exposure is sufficient for your needs before buying this camera, or consider a different camera...

[Mark Goldstein]

Canon EOS 40D Review

Hi,

Just wanted to let you know that we've published an in-depth review of the Canon EOS 40D:

http://www.photographyblog.com/reviews_canon_eos_40d.php