What is Kiss X (EOS-400)?

I've found a pretty good deal on a:

Canon EOS Kiss X / Digital Rebel xTi (EOS-400D), 10.1 Megapixel, SLR, Digital Camera Body.

But I'm not sure it's what I'm after.

Is there a difference between this "Kiss X" (EOS-400) and this:

Canon Digital Rebel XTi 10.1MP Digital SLR Camera Body?

Or are they one in the same? In any case I'm interested in the body only.

It is true that I can use the Canon EF 50mm 1:1.4 lens from my Canon EOS Rebel 2000 film camera on this digital body?

Thanks for your consideration, and any answer you might have.

It's the same camera, just different names for different countries.

Recon wrote in post #3899332
I've found a pretty good deal on a:

Canon EOS Kiss X / Digital Rebel xTi (EOS-400D), 10.1 Megapixel, SLR, Digital Camera Body.

But I'm not sure it's what I'm after.

Is there a difference between this "Kiss X" (EOS-400) and this:

Canon Digital Rebel XTi 10.1MP Digital SLR Camera Body?

Or are they one in the same? In any case I'm interested in the body only.

It is true that I can use the Canon EF 50mm 1:1.4 lens from my Canon EOS Rebel 2000 film camera on this digital body?

Thanks for your consideration, and any answer you might have.

Hi this is the same camera. 2 different names.

You can certainly use your canon EF 50mm. Due to the crop factor (x1.6) it'll give you a 80mm perspective.

Thank you all for such prompt answers. It relieves my doubts.

Please bear with me. These must be stupid questions.

What do you mean by:

shutterfiend wrote in post #3899408
You can certainly use your canon EF 50mm. Due to the crop factor (x1.6) it'll give you a 80mm perspective.

This somehow sounds really good.

Recon wrote in post #3899441
Thank you all for such prompt answers. It relieves my doubts.

Please bear with me. These must be stupid questions.

What do you mean by:


This somehow sounds really good.

It simply means any lens that you put on the 400D will have their focal length multiplied by 1.6x, so a 50mm lens looks more like an 80mm lens on a traditional full frame camera.

This is good when using a 300mm, as it looks more like a 480mm, but bad when your using a wide angle lens.

Since the camera's sensor is smaller than the 35 mm. film frame (15x22.5 mm. instead of 24x36 mm.) it is as if you cropped out an area from the center of the shot equivalent to the field of view of a 80 mm. lens.

The size of the sensor in this digital camera covers an area that's slightly larger than half of what the 35mm film used to cover. Effectively it is a cropped 35mm image. Here's a web site I could find in a hurry that explains it.

http://www.millhouse.n​l/digitalcropfactorfra​me.html

Nick_C wrote in post #3899463
It simply means any lens that you put on the 400D will have their focal length multiplied by 1.6x, so a 50mm lens looks more like an 80mm lens on a traditional full frame camera.

This is good when using a 300mm, as it looks more like a 480mm, but bad when your using a wide angle lens.

Excellent! And thank you very much.

shutterfiend wrote in post #3899408
You can certainly use your canon EF 50mm. Due to the crop factor (x1.6) it'll give you a 80mm perspective.

Focal length has nothing to do with perspective.

http://www.earthboundl​ight.com …istance-focal-length.html

Hermeto wrote in post #3899507
Focal length has nothing to do with perspective.

http://www.earthboundl​ight.com …istance-focal-length.html

Thanks, learnt something new.

shutterfiend wrote in post #3899497
The size of the sensor in this digital camera covers an area that's slightly larger than half of what the 35mm film used to cover. Effectively it is a cropped 35mm image. Here's a web site I could find in a hurry that explains it.

http://www.millhouse.n​l/digitalcropfactorfra​me.html

I'll need to study this, but it looks simple enough. Thanks for the link.

I'm also buying a Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM Standard Zoom Lens.

As I understand it it's not going to be difficult to adjust for the crop at the wider angle.

Thank again,

Recon wrote in post #3899559
I'll need to study this, but it looks simple enough. Thanks for the link.

I'm also buying a Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM Standard Zoom Lens.

As I understand it it's not going to be difficult to adjust for the crop at the wider angle.

Thank again,

That lens wont be very wide on that camera.

If you're buying the Kiss camera brand new, just be aware that that's a gray market item so you're not going to have any US warranty with that camera, if that makes a difference to you. Kiss brands are only sold in Japan by Canon, if I'm not mistaken. In the US, they're branded as Digital Rebels. If there is a warranty that comes with the Kiss camera, it'll probably be from the place you're buying the camera from.

Nick_C wrote in post #3899706
That lens wont be very wide on that camera.

I think that's OK. I'm interested in this lens for the telephoto property, as short a distance as it offers. My main lens (the Canon EF 50mm 1:1.4) is most important to me for everyday work.

Thanks.