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The viewfinder is also somewhat improved, with a nine-point focus indicator and a bright green LED information display. It seems larger and brighter than the 350D, and is about the same as the viewfinder on the Sony A100 and significantly larger than that of the Olympus E-400.
The 18-55mm kit lens supplied with the 400D isn’t up to the usual high standard one associates with Canon optics, with noticeable barrel distortion at wide angle. It’s be a better idea to buy the camera body-only and splash out on a decent lens. Canon provides a dust compensation feature in the XTi's free software. You shoot a blank image as a reference. The XTi does this with raw and JPG images, unlike Nikon who only does this with raw and then charges for the software. Personally I find it easier to Photoshop dust than mess with proprietary software. It's nice, but I prefer my Nikon D40, which costs less. I prefer cameras based on their usability. The XTi probably has more real resolution if you print everything at 20x30" (50 x 75 cm), but I rarely print bigger than 12 x 18" (30 x 40 cm). If you're the kind of guy who uses a tripod in broad daylight consider the XTi, and if you're someone like me who hand-holds and uses fill-flash, the D40 is much better.Image quality, as expected, is excellent. I just got mine, so give me a little while to write about it.
The advantage of the XTi over other brands is that the XTi has a huge range of color and contrast adjustment. I can get fantastic oversaturated images from it which I can't quite get from any of my Nikons. These Canons let me crank up color more, which may or not be your taste.Enjoy fast Auto Focus and full resolution shooting at 3.0 fps - just point and shoot for impressive results with Scene Intelligent Auto The 400D uses the same highly acclaimed Digic II image processing engine as the 350D, but is now equipped with a nine-point AF system, a much wider range of features and a vastly improved control interface. The 400D offers a huge range of picture adjustment and control, but at the same time manages to be accessible and easy to use. The key element is the Picture Style option. There are nine pre-set Picture Style settings, all of which can be customised for sharpness, contrast, saturation and colour tone, with nine increments of adjustment for each parameter. The default settings are for standard, portrait (less sharpness) landscape (extra sharpness), neutral, faithful and three user-defined settings. When shooting, these Picture Style settings can be selected by simply pressing the Set button and scrolling up or down on the D-pad. It make accurate professional picture quality control very easy. Thankfully the annoying feature of the 300D and 350D, where menu choices had to be confirmed by pressing the Set button has been dropped. Seeking the best printer for your business? Hit your productivity targets with inkjet and laser printers that are a perfect fit for any workspace – including home offices. Again, the 35-zone evaluative metering system has coped with this unusual shot, capturing both shadow and highlight detail. Magic Cleaning Function is 1.) an anti-static charged sensor and 2.) an ultrasonic vibrator and 3.) a piece of tape to catch dust that falls off when the sensor cover shakes. It does this for a second each time the XTi is turned off or on, and you can do it manually.
Battery Life: Excellent. On my first charge (which means a lot of playing and less shooting) the meter dropped to 2/3 at 575 shots. It dropped to 1/3 at 980 shots, two weeks later. Three weeks later it died at 1,122 shots. On the next charge I got 824 shots before it dropped to 2/3. The EOS 400D is up against some very accomplished competition, but it gets off to a running start by being a third-generation product, with a design that has evolved over several years. Physically it is very similar to the 350D, with a lightweight and compact body made of tough polycarbonate plastic over a stainless steel chassis, although it is in fact a completely new body. Build quality is very good, with none of the cheap and flimsy feeling of the 300D. The battery and card hatches have metal hinges, and although the port cover is a rubber plug it fits well and will keep dust at bay. At the maximum 1600 ISO there is some visible image noise over dark and mid-tone areas, but the image quality is still good enough to print.It comes as a body only, or as a kit with the excellent and inexpensive EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 zoom lens. If you're starting out and undecided as to brand, I'd opt for the Canon Rebel XTi over the Sony A100, but personally I prefer my Nikon D40 to any of these, and it costs less! I own all of the Nikon D40, D70, D80 and D200 and Canon Rebel XTi and 5D. Lenses – The lens has dust inside that may affect images. The rubber zoom/focus ring is coming away from the barrel of the lens. If you want a deeper bargain, get a close-out price on last year's Rebel XT. Image quality is the same ( megapixels have little to do with anything) but the smaller LCD on the Rebel XT is a bit too orange for my taste, so I prefer this newer XTi. Cameras – LCD screen is heavily worn either by de-lamination or has scratches to it. Rubber grips are starting to come away from the body.
Missing: No custom function for Safety Shift in aperture and shutter priority modes. This is a nice feature on the fancier Canons. No nikon has this feature either. Our used products are subject to wear and tear in comparison to brand new products. This also applies to accessories that are supplied with the camera including batteries which may have a lower optimum performance level/life expectancy. In terms of performance, the EOS 400D is everything we’ve come to expect from a Canon DSLR. It starts up virtually instantly, and in continuous shooting in fine JPEG quality mode it can rattle off 21 shots at an impressive 2.5 frames per second before it has to pause to write data to the memory card. Even then, the progressive buffer means you don’t have to wait until it’s finished processing every frame before you can shoot again. Even in RAW plus fine JPEG it can shoot at the same speed, although this time the buffer can hold only eight shots, and you have to wait a little longer before shooting again. One slight annoyance, which was also present on the 300D and 350D: if you open the card hatch the camera shuts down immediately, and any images still waiting in the buffer are lost, so make sure you have enough room on your card before you start shooting.Take fun-filled selfies and unique images from unusual angles with easy remote control from your compatible smartphone² The most obvious internal improvement is the CMOS sensor, which is increased in resolution to 10.1 megapixels and now includes an automatic cleaning system, which uses a combination of an anti-static coating on the anti-aliasing filter, ultrasonic vibration and pixel mapping to ensure that dust on the sensor is less of a problem.
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