Loving my 40D

I bought the 40D last week since the price dropped to the point where it's affordable and I could justify the splurge.

Anyway, it's a huge upgrade to my XTi, simply in terms of the autofocus capabilities.

I played around with it in severe low light conditions (indoors, dim) where my XTi suffer in terms of trying to autofocus. But the 40D has very little to no problems acquiring focus.

I'm still keeping my XTi as my secondary shooter, but I am definitely glad I bought the 40D.

The heftiness compared to the XTi is pretty cool, too.

Loving mine too. I find myself using PS less and less. Export to LR and tweak a bit and done.
Taken at a family outing today. Export to LR, tweak and done.

Just got mine this week! Loving it over my XT. AF far surpasses what I'm used to. I'm itching to see how it performs at a wedding!

just bought a beauty of a used 4-d off a member on this forum. I am loving it very much over my old 300d i was using for the last 2-3 years

congrats guys! the 40D is a huge leap from the xxxD series!

Great Choice!! You will love it I'm sure!! Two things you need to do....

1. Up-date your sig

2. We need the duck shot!! Enjoy!!

Congrats on your new camera. I did use my 40D a lot but I always liked it and it produced great images! Make sure you do find a duck.

I love my 40d. It produces colors very similar to my old 1Dmk3. The AF is good enough for most all situations and the metering is rock solid. Been using it with the 35L and more recently the EF 50/1.4 for a very light set-up. The combo is about the same weight as my 35L alone, maybe a little heavier but perfect for my backpack for my bike rides to work. Of all the xxD's and xxxD's I've owned....(which is all but the 10D) the 40D is the best.
Enjoy it

Ocabj.. You summed up how I felt in late July when I upgraded my XTi to the 40D.
And yes, I am keeping my XTi as a backup or if my family wants to shoot also.

congrats on your new toy=D

I love my new one as well... congrats.. where did you get it?

I have been playing with 40D for a month now and it is really a great upgrade over my XTi. This is not mine 40D, friend of mine gave it to me. The thing I DON'T like in 40D is the crapy LCD-screen. It is impossible to understand was the object on the image in the focus or not. So, I've decided to move to XXD series, but on 50D rather than 40D. 50D also have higher ISOs and AF microadjustments, as well as contrast AF in LiveView.

you dont like the crappy lcd screen on the 40d? lol

I think Canon knew that most xxxD guys would eventually want to upgrade to an xxD and come the first 5D MKII's to hit stores I will go there too

I too upgraded from a XTi to my 40D and it was a great jump, I learned a lot more and had a ton more keepers.

I will be sad when I trade my 40D for a 5D MKII but then again I will be overly excited too

Congrats again.

-Eric-

canonnoob wrote in post #6444831
you dont like the crappy lcd screen on the 40d? lol

Definitely.