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Canon EOS 40D Digital SLR Camera - Body Only | 
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| Brand: Canon
Category: CE
List Price: £880.84
Buy New: £567.65
You Save: £313.19 (36%)
New (11) Used (4) from £285.00
Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 10918
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 7.2 x 5.5
MPN: 1901B020AA
Model: 1901B020AA
EAN: 8714574508740
ASIN: B000V9KCEY
Release Date: September 10, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Type: Type - Expert level reflex | | • | Pixels: CCD - 10.5-megapixel CMOS sensor (including 10.1 effective megapixels) Self-cleaning unit on low-pass filter 22.2 x 14.8 mm / Resolution (in pixels) - 3888 x 2592 | | • | Optical: Optical Viewfinder - Optical viewfinder 3 interchangeable focal lenses Coverage: 95% Built-in dioptric correction: -3 to +1D Eye point: 22mm / LCD display - 3" (7.6 cm) LCD screen - 230,000 pixels Adjustable brightness - 7 levels Image enlarging in viewing mode: 1.5x to 10 x Automatic and manual image rotation Light histogram, RGB histogram Direct aim mode with exposure and autofocus simulation Silent shot mode in direct aim mode / Macro Distance - Depends on the lens used | | • | Storage: Image formats - RAW, JPEG / Memory Card Type - Compact Flash Type I / II and Microdrive / Included Memory Card - No / Internal Memory - No | | • | Video: Video mode - No / Video Sequence - No / TV Output - NTSC or PAL video output / Webcam - No |
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Product Description
Canon presents the EOS 40D, a high-tech reflex camera designed for experienced and amateur photographers alike. The EOS 40D contains all the attributes of its predecessor, the EOS 30D, but now has improved performances, including the 10.1 effective megapixel CMOS sensor and larger 3? screen with direct aim function. Inside its sturdy, all-weather, magnesium alloy casing, the EOS 40D packs a wide range of technologies to ensure excellent results in all situations. The EOS 40D offers 9 cross-type AF points and a Canon DIGIC III processor to adapt to all your shots, so your photos turn out bright and clear and in perfect detail. Meanwhile, the EOS 40D will reduce backlighting, reflections and shadows. This reflex camera is low on noise and has a burst mode at a rate of 6.5 images per second. Thanks to the wide range of shooting modes, including night portrait, depth, speed or open priority, the creative possibilities are endless! The EOS 40D even has Pictbridge connectivity and WiFi technology for wireless file transfers and direct printing (WiFi adapter optional). Compatible with Canon EF and EF-S lenses, and with Speedlite EX flashes, the EOS 40D lets you take digital photos of professional calibre!Note: camera sold without lens
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| Customer Reviews: Read 9 more reviews...
well worth the upgrade October 15, 2007
M. Pearse (Chatham, Kent, UK)
61 out of 63 found this review helpful
A sudden rush of blood to the head last Friday found me parting company with 1k to become the owner of the EOS 40d + 17-85 lens. Stupid really considering I had only wanted to get a new point and shoot.
I already own a 20d which has performed admirably well over the years. As you can imagine, the buyers remorse hit soon after I left the store and I wondered if I had made the right decision...
Two outings at the weekend have answered the question...MOST DEFINATELY YES!
This camera has to be the most intuitive, easy to use SLR I have owned.
It is simple things that make this a joy to use.
The viewfinder is much bigger and brighter. The LCD screen is a lot bigger than the 20d and provides you with a much better image to analyse post shot...unlike the 20d, you can see if you have suffered from camera shake or you are out of focus.
My favourite new feature is the 'picture style' setting, which is really just the old preferences setting but a hell of a lot easier to find and use. Press the button, dial in the setting and the camera will adjust contrast, sharpness, saturation etc to provide excellent results. I set the camera to landscape and the resultant shots were superb, with the blues and greens nicely saturated but not to the point of looking like a comic.
The picture style also allows you to set the camera to black & white a lot quicker than it did on the old 20d.
Maybe my old 20d had metering issues but the results on the 40d are noticably more colourful and with greater detail. I also don't seem to be suffering with the wonky horizons that plagued my 20d shots.
I also like the added sensor cleaning feature but it is too early to say whether that really works or it is a gimic!
Build and feel wise the two are pretty similiar although the 40d does feel a little heavier.
Any down sides? Well, those with a heavy finger be warned about the motor drive, I found myself taking 2-3 shot birsts without meaning too. That's all I have found out so far!!
Apart from that my first impressions are excellent...if you are the owner of a 10d or 20d or new to D-SLR photography then you would not go far wrong by investing in the 40d.
First impressions September 14, 2007
Mr. Nick Martin (London)
71 out of 75 found this review helpful
Altogether a better camera when compared to my 30D, since sold.
Twain Software is an upgraded version, and transfer of pics to the PC is easier, operation with DPP 3.1 seamless (a beef of mine with the 30D software). Upload with the 40D is quicker and easier.
On camera software for navigating the menus is definitely a step up, allowing much faster and intuitive operation.
The improved spec is well documented elsewhere so I won't go on. Suffice to say it feels great in the hands. The viewfinder feels bigger, and therefore easier to frame subjects.
Pictures unquestionably appear to be of higher resolution than 30D, at 160 ISO magnification in-camera through the 3" screen, by at least 3x, shows no noise, softening or pixeling around 10 point black text. Focusing is very very quick.
I could not be more impressed!
Awesome Prosumer Camera March 22, 2008
Brian Hamilton (Scotland, UK)
20 out of 21 found this review helpful
I have been using digital cameras since 2002 and have always gone for Canon, my first camera being a 2mp compact.
I have been swithering about the 40D for ages and the imminent arrival of the 450D had me sitting on the fence even more.
I took myself to one side and had a little chat about what little difference an extra 2mp will make and decided to go for the 40D.
I am so glad I did, I have been using a 350D and the step-up in terms of build quality is unreal, you know where the extra money has gone.
In terms of exciting new features there really isn't anything to get excited about. Sure, it has liveview but so what, all my compacts have that. Saying that it is a useful feature but not something you are going to show off about.
I have been showing friends the camera and althogh there isn't any killer features to show off with, the camera is probably the ultimate incarnation of an SLR in this price bracket.
What this camera offers is complete confidence and a feature set that inspires creativity and solutions to any photographic challenge. Everything works well and within a couple of days you come to grips with the controls an away you go.
I got a couple of lenses, a Sigma 10-20mm and a Sigma 24-60 f2.8 constant aperture and I am saving hard for a Canon 70-200mm lens. When I get that I will have a very respectable kit that covers any photographic situation.
The finish and build of the body is second to none, magnesium alloy throughout and it is light, strong and the rubberised coating is very tactile. A small indentation below the shutter button allows your middle finger to sit tightly against the grip and this gives a real good hold. The buttons are on the whole well position but the four small buttons along the top panel sometimes cause you to twist and convolute your digits to pick certain features.
I photograph in a variety of situations from landscape to candid, portrait, still life, the whole lot really and this camera is never away from my side. The menus are indepth but accessible and pretty much every function you could wish for (and a few more besides) is available to tweak, set to auto or disable.
I really can't praise this camera highly enough, I shoot mainly RAW files and the quality of the processed image (when using the included software) is second to none. My photography has really stepped up a gear purely due to this camera and for that reason alone I couldn't recommend it highly enough.
Don't fall into the megapixel trap, the 40D is pretty comparable to the 450D (especially with the current cashback offer) and you really owe it to yourself to buy a fantastically well specified camera with a build quality that will ensure it gives years of service.
Wildlife shots should never be missed January 9, 2008
P. M. Ruddick (Bristol, England, UK)
18 out of 19 found this review helpful
The camara is great, I have stepped up from a 350d and used to use a EOS3 in the days when slide film was the best I could find.
If your going to use it to do wildlife photography the camera is unbeatable for the money, at 6 FPS you should never miss a shot and with such a large LCD screen it is so easy to check the shot is in focus whilst in the feild any mistakes can be corrected there and then. A 4GB card will still hold over 1000 shot in high setting (not RAW)
I am really pleased with this Chritmas present to myself and am now trying to pursuade somebody else to buy one... Canon have done a great job with this one.
It helps having great lenses (which Canon are also very good at) but having a great camera behind them is very important, if you really care how the pictures are going to come out this is a great machine for the enthusiast.
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