Canon 40D

"Good nine point auto focus system, works well even in low light"

dpreview.com | talking about the camera's auto-focus

"Low noise and a complete lack of unnatural artifacts."

dpreview.com | talking about the camera's iso-noise

"With each step up the evolutionary ladder to the EOS 40D Canon has demonstrated improvements in image quality."

dpreview.com | talking about the camera's image-quality

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The Canon 40D vs other recent DSLRs

	Short startup delay
	400 ms startup delay

	More lenses available
	162 lenses

	Fast shutter speed
	1/8000 of a second

	Short shutter lag
	128 ms shutter lag

	Doesn't use battery, see more detail
	Pentaprism

	Above average battery life
	1100 shots

The Canon 40D vs other recent pro DSLRs

	Quite small
	Professional size 146x108x74 mm

	Thin
	2.9"

	Light
	822 g

	Built-in flash
	External flash not needed

The Canon 40D vs other recent DSLRs

	Very narrow dynamic range
	11.3 EV

	Manual focus only
	None

	contrast detection autofocus
	slower focusing

	Old
	August, 2007

	Not so popular
	Among snapsort users

	No image stabilization
	Risk of blur

	Fixed screen
	Less flexible

	Lacks in-camera panoramas
	You could stitch photos in post

	Lacks in-camera HDR
	You could do HDR manually

	Doesn't take 3D photos
	No 3d support

The Canon 40D vs other recent pro DSLRs

	No movies
	None

	Less color depth
	22.1 bits

	Below average sized screen
	3.0"

	Poor maximum light sensitivity
	1,600 ISO

	No weather sealing
	Need to shelter it from weather

	Below average viewfinder coverage
	95%

	No GPS
	Missing geo-tagging

	Low boost light sensitivity
	3,200 ISO

	Very noisy at high ISO
	703 ISO

	Very low overall image quality
	64.0

	Very low resolution screen
	230k dots

	Small viewfinder
	0.59x

	Lower true resolution
	10.1 MP

	Slow continuous shooting
	6.5 fps

	Small sensor
	APS-C 22.2x14.8mm

	Fewer storage slots
	1

Image quality data for the Canon 40D provided by DxOMark

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Yamazaru

(3:07 AM, March 17, 2012)

I'm planning to get eos 40d. But i worry it cant used with lens with white dot.

Gquinn

(6:14 PM, December 16, 2011)

What have you decided to buy? I am evaluating as well...I am leaning towards the d3100.

Snapsort

(3:24 AM, December 07, 2011)

Have you seen our comparison of the Canon 40D vs the Nikon D3100?

Ikazanne

(3:22 AM, December 07, 2011)

Erm i would to ask for an opinion....i hope someone can help me!!
Is canon 40d the best or nikon d3100???? Which one should i get????

Anossovs

(6:16 PM, July 29, 2011)

A golden camera, don't loose this one.

brad oliveira

(5:52 AM, March 29, 2011)

This happen to me with my laptop. Lucky for me I used to work for Best Buy and I knew they were scamming me. Those warranties become as good as gold when they give you this option, but you need to know how not to get scammed. The first thing Best Buy does is find something comparable to your item. When they find this item, they give you the option of taking that camera OR taking the value of that camera that THEY choose. Here is the catch. THEY NEED TO MATCH EVERY feature on your camera or give you something better. If they cant match all the features of your broken item, then you are supposed to get the full amount of what you paid for the camera. That amount then can go towards any SLR camera sku. This does not include bundles they may be offering with additional lens. The lens that comes with the camera is the lens you get. If you can find one feature on your D40 that the t2i doesn’t have, I would go down to best buy and let them know you didn’t know any better. If you cant get anywhere , call the cooperate office and explain to them you were screwed over with a camera that is not comparable and you feel that you should’ve been given the option of a better camera. IE. d60. It may be too late at this point, but at least next time you know. Im surprised they haven’t been sued for this. Sorry angel but they shouldve given you the value of the d60. Those warranties make them a fortune.

Snapsort

(10:32 PM, January 16, 2011)

I'm sorry to hear about that frustrating experience! Presumably the Canon 60D is the closest thing to the 40D these days?

Angel

(9:11 PM, January 16, 2011)

I just recently took my canon 40D in to bestbuy to be repaired (had warranty) they said it couldn't be fixed or rather cost more to fix so they (what I thought was exchange with another 40D or gift card for same amount) told me they would give me what they say is compariable to the 40D which was in the amount of 900.00 for a rebel t2i to which I was not very happy after spending $1800.00 for the 40D and don't believe the 2 are even closely compariable yes the rebel has a higher megapixal but loses out on shutter speed and alot of other factors. Can someone who knows more then the people that work at bestbuy tell me what is a compariable slr camera to the one I had. And for people shopping at bestbuy I'd beware they lie about their warranties and seem to know very little about any of their products or warranties or are just flat out telling customers the wrong info to get them to buy and it might just be this one on so beware if you live in Florida stay clear of Bestbuy in Gainesville florida off Archer rd

PhotographerOfKilkenny

(2:04 AM, January 14, 2011)

+Amazingly the 40D is , by default, still the best performer today at the start of 2011 amongst the Canon crop frame DSLRs.
It was always better than its successor the 50D, Canon has made a hash of both the 60D and 7D by piling too many pixels onto their sensors.

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