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• Canon EOS 40D SLR Digital Camera Kit

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  $959.95 - $1554.52
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  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: ken830

  Updated:12-12-07

  Duration of ownership:1 Days

  Strengths: Big screen, Fast continuous shots, Good size (Feels great in your hands), Great build-quality.

  Weaknesses: None. If I had to nit-pick:- APS-C sized sensor vs full-frame (35mm)- Weather-sealing could be better- Built-in flash a bit weak- No built-in dedicated AF assist lamp- Low screen resolution

  Overall Evaluation: This is my first DSLR, and I think it's a great one. It's not too expensive, but feature-rich enough for me to grow into. The performance and quality of the camera body is top-notch. Overall, I'm really satisfied with the purchase.

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  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: buylosellhi21

  Updated:11-23-07

  Duration of ownership:

  Strengths: Great ISO Sensitivity; Excellent Image Quality; Live View on LCD; Instant On Power-up, Very Responsive

  Weaknesses: Automatic White Balance is poor under incandescent lighting.

  Overall Evaluation: This is a great camera that exceeded my expectations. It is definitely a step above the Rebel XTI, which feels like a toy compared to the 40D. The camera takes beautiful pictures under a wide variety of conditions, including low light with high ISO's. Go ahead and purchase, you won't be sorry.

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  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: danielmpeterson

  Updated:11-12-07

  Duration of ownership:7 Days

  Strengths: Finally added the dust removal system. Comes with the best lens Canon makes for the buck (28-135mm IS). Larger LCD.

  Weaknesses: Yet another battery grip to buy.

  Overall Evaluation: Finally Canon added the dust removal system. I never dared to clean my own sensors on the 20D and 30D I owned. Larger LCD is nice as is the active view LCD. I wish Canon would engineer each new camera so that previous version battery grips (BG series) would work with newer bodies. Nice jump in Megapixel count from the 30D. Improved DIGIC processor. Nothing flashy about it. Just what you expect from Canon.

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  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: hipster148

  Updated:11-08-07

  Duration of ownership:

  Strengths: The 28mm-135mm lens included with the kit has image stabilization

  Weaknesses: none so far

  Overall Evaluation: I have the 30D with some assorted lens but I wanted to upgrade to the 40D for current up to date features. The Digic-3 processor really performs quite stellar! I was amazed just how useful ISO 3200 can be. The self cleaning feature is a great addition too! I have also read where the shutter assembly has been redesigned for quicker and more efficient operation. All and All I feel it was a very good upgrade indeed!

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  4 Star Review

  Reviewed by: ixcafe

  Updated:11-07-07

  Duration of ownership:19 Days

  Strengths: Live View, more custom features, sensor cleaning, and on and on.

  Weaknesses: Live view is primitive. Low LCD resolution. No built-in wireless controller (wireless grip is extra). No HDMI/ HDTV support. Rear LCD is of no use in very bright sunlight.

  Overall Evaluation: I recently upgraded to 40D from 350D. The difference is day and night. I love the more solid build, the 9 point focus, and faster FPS.Maybe it is not such a big deal for 20D or 30D user, but for me, I am very satisfied with 40D.

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  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: richyrich4

  Updated:11-05-07

  Duration of ownership:5 Days

  Strengths: Takes very quick shots. Self cleaning dust is very helpful when other camera's has spots on their pictures and need clean. Amazing pictures, I love the big LED display nice and sharp and easy to use.

  Weaknesses: I'm use to a smaller camera before. Its heavy compare to my old SLR camera.

  Overall Evaluation: Over all I would recommend this digital camera to anyone that wishes to start on beginner professional photography. This camera has alot of parts that you can buy as well to enhance picture quality even better.

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  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: tqli07981

  Updated:11-05-07

  Duration of ownership:5 Days

  Strengths: Continuous shooting speed, buffer size, 3 inch LCD, accurate WB and auto focus, built quality

  Weaknesses: 10.1 MP is a bit less than what I have anticipated

  Overall Evaluation: This is a very nice camera by Canon, specially if you come up from XT line. Everything works the way it supposed to. After using it for a couple of days, I like it even more. If you come from 20D or 30D, their is almost no learning curve. Just unpack and off you go. The only slight disappointment I have is the number of Pixes. I was hoping Canon will come out with a 12MP sensor instead of the current 10.1MP, which is only a very small stepup from the 20, or 30D. Make it less incentive to upgrade. But this is a rather minor issue. Overall, I have to say I like it a lot.

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  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: eimuntas

  Updated:10-19-07

  Duration of ownership:15 Days

  Strengths: Great zoom, lighting fast up to 6 shots per second, very good lens with optical stabilizer, allows to shoot in low lighted areas. Many iso levels, low noise levels.

  Weaknesses: High price

  Overall Evaluation: Great zoom, lighting fast up to 6 shots per second, very good lens with optical stabilizer, allows to shoot in low lighted areas. Many iso levels, low noise levels, very nice colors, solid body design, nicely balance weight. Controls are laid out with thought, it is very easy to make adjustments, does not reuire to browse menu all the time. Live shot could be viewed through LCD. Light sensor self cleaning mechanism installed. Fast file transfer from camera to PC. Highly recommended purchase.

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  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: frankii

  Updated:10-06-07

  Duration of ownership:

  Strengths: Fast snapshot,big lcd,live view mode and better grip

  Weaknesses: none

  Overall Evaluation: This is one of the best and most affordable camera you can get on the market right now. With 3 inches lcd, you can't miss the detail. If you want to take sport or action pictures,then this is the one to go for it. Get ready for the machine gun speed snapshots.

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  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: gregoryfo

  Updated:10-05-07

  Duration of ownership:

  Strengths: better autofocusfaster speedlive viewstill 1.6 croper

  Weaknesses: none yet

  Overall Evaluation: I upgraded from a 350d and feel the upgrade was well worth the money. Camera is much faster both with fps and autofocus. Got good service from a preicegrabber store. It takes very nice pics, at over twice the speed of my previous camera. I have only used live view once, but for macro work I feel it will make for a good improvement. I am glad it kept the 1.6X lens crop factor as it makes my long lenses even longer. For fast moving sports a 1 series is still going to give you much better auto focus speed and accuracy, but for high school or lower sports this camera will be more then adaquate.

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Canon EOS 40D SLR Digital Camera Kit

$959.95(18 sellers) • Avg User Rating •Specs