so what do you think? 40d link

[jann1033]

http://www.dpreview.com/previews/canoneos40d/
i don't see the price anywhere but guess i might be saving my pennies for a little longer

 

[Furgus]

I saw $1299 for the body. Nikon is suppose to announce something this week. I am not holding my breath though.

 

[YEKCIM]

I'd probably be salivating if I were a Canon guy.

~YEKCIM

 

[jann1033]

yeah, guess the 6.5 fps reeled me in as well as the different focus, bigger eyepiece due to my poor vision, sigh...to bad i forgot to see the giant scroll down box and other pages when i read the link the first time

 

[Furgus]

I'd probably be salivating if I were a Canon guy.

~YEKCIM

yeah me too. The specs look great....but it is a canon

 

[gruZ]

I'm a Canon guy, so it looks like a great camera. Still not going to upgrade from my 20D, though, as it's still a great and more than capable camera for my purposes.

While the 20D (or 30D for that matter) is no slouch when it comes to higher ISO noise, the even better performance of the 40D (based on Digic III and examples from the 1DSMIII) would be very nice!

But, if I were purchasing another body, that would be it!

 

[pisco]

I have been waiting for Canon to some out with a camera with enough new features/enhancements to get me to upgrade from my original Digital Rebel. The 40D will definitely be the one.

Now I just need to come up with a spare $1299.

 

[Anewman]

It think I will be upgrading from the 20D, it is the extra speed and buffer that hooked me.

 

[boBQuincy]

I usually skip generations and didn't see enough upgrades to make me put away my 30D for now. The sensor cleaner has been pretty much shown to be worthless, all the other upgrades look nice, especially the Digic III.

 

[DVC Jen]

Looks nice - but I am not drooling over it.

I am quite happy with my 30D - now maybe in a few years with the next upgrade - I will probably be more than tempted.

 

[We-Luv-Disney]

AS my 20D has far surpassed the 50,000 shutter cycle mark, I will be upgrading as soon as possible. The 40D looks like an amazing camera, I'm just hoping all the bugs are worked out before I pick one up.

 

[mabas9395]

I told myself that I would devote my money to buying better glass rather than upgrading my body, and only buying a new body if my XT became lost or damaged. But after seeing the 40d, I think my XT will be taking a long walk off a short dock just shortly before Christmas.

 

[Master Mason]

I think I will be getting the 30D, the price has been dropping, and while there are some improvements that are nice, I don't see them as being $300 to $400 nicer to me.

 

[Magix]

I want one. I don't have the money, but I want one. May be time to trade in my old Elan 7E. I hate to give it up, but I haven't used it in years (since I got my 10D). I've been feeling the need to get a new camera for a couple years now... Got to get the credit card paid down a bit first.

 

[mabas9395]

Has anyone heard if the weather sealing on the 40d is for the whole body? I read somewhere that they were pretty vague in the wording because they only weather sealed the battery and CF card doors.

 

[Master Mason]

Has anyone heard if the weather sealing on the 40d is for the whole body? I read somewhere that they were pretty vague in the wording because they only weather sealed the battery and CF card doors.

that's what the canon site says

 

[Groucho]

At what point does the fps cease to matter?

If you're not going to be able to capture the shot at 5fps, do you think that you'd get it at 6.5? This seems to be one of those things that is very popular on paper, but I just can't believe that it makes that much of a real-world difference for your average person in everyday shooting. (Not talking about pro sports photographers here.) Heck, how often does your average photographer even use continuous shooting?

 

[MICKEY88]

At what point does the fps cease to matter?

If you're not going to be able to capture the shot at 5fps, do you think that you'd get it at 6.5? This seems to be one of those things that is very popular on paper, but I just can't believe that it makes that much of a real-world difference for your average person in everyday shooting. (Not talking about pro sports photographers here.) Heck, how often does your average photographer even use continuous shooting?

who knows, but look what Sony just announced

August 20, 2007 – Sony today announced it is commercializing a new CMOS sensor for upcoming digital SLRs. The 12.47-megapixel APS-C size CMOS promises improved noise reduction, better image quality, and faster speeds of up to 10.39 frames per second, according to a company press release.

 

[Master Mason]

groucho,

I shoot a lot of baseball, so it is important to me, If i can fire off 5 or more shots during a pitch, a play at the a base, or an at bat, one of them will usually be pretty good. The action happens pretty fast.

As your son gets bigger you'll start to see a greater value in it I am sure.

That being said, the increase from 5 to 6.5 doesn't justify the extra cost to me.

 

[jann1033]

same with me and birds, especially little ones, are so fast my rebel misses a lot of shots i want to take but i'm sure it does depend on what you shoot..ie a tree vs a chickadee