New t2i has retired my 40D??

I have a 40D now I am looking at this new t2i thats coming out. This "entry level" canon seems to destroy my 40D. I am pretty bent out of shape by this. I was planning to one day upgrade to a 7D or 5D. Now I figure if I wait a year or two more their entry level cameras will be better than th xD series... Sorry I am a bit bummed by this.

Why would you be bummed out by your xxD over a Rebel?

Casperd360 wrote in post #9570214
I have a 40D now I am looking at this new t2i thats coming out. This "entry level" canon seems to destroy my 40D. I am pretty bent out of shape by this. I was planning to one day upgrade to a 7D or 5D. Now I figure if I wait a year or two more their entry level cameras will be better than th xD series... Sorry I am a bit bummed by this.

For me it's all about functionality. To be perfectly honest, I'd rather have a 20D than a T2i for the second command wheel, better ergonomics and faster frame rate. You've got to realize the 40D is over two years old. Did you expect Canon to stop developing new technology?

No I didnt. I just looked at the site seen that and was a litte bummed. I was wanting to jump up to to a higher level camera. I dont see a point in spring for the more expensive gear when the lower lever stuff a year or two later beats it.

gkarris that rebel seems to be an upgrade from my current situation and I just made the jump from the xsi to the 40D a month ago. lol.

I am just complaining.. I know its the equipment but how you use said equipment... just a little disappointing to see a rebel that is better than my 40D

I must be confused. In what way does the T2i beat the 40D?

IMO the T2i is functionally the same as the XSi you gave up to get the 40D. If you sold the 40D now and got a T2i then you'd be thinking "this thing is just like my old XSi"

XSi vs. T1i vs. T2i
Same AF
Same ergonomics
Same viewfinder
Same format

I also suspect the images will look the same from all three.

Theres alwas going to be newer and better gear. Better to just enjoy what you have rather than watch all the new stuff.

neilwood32 wrote in post #9570342
Theres alwas going to be newer and better gear. Better to just enjoy what you have rather than watch all the new stuff.

That's a good point.

One thing that is functionally useful to help you stop pining for the latest and greatest is to form a list in your mind as to what is really important to you in a camera. Then when Canon has a new body with all sorts of bells and whistles you can remember that most of them don't matter.

For me, the only features in a camera that I will really part with my money to improve upon are:
1) Faster and more accurate AF
2) Lower noise at high ISO (and great claims to the contrary, each new Rebel or XXD has not been much of a step forward for this).
3) Better viewfinder

Canon has a whole bunch of new stuff that is nice enough I suppose, but I'm really not tempted by bigger or sharper LCD's, sensor shakers, lens microadjustment, video, auto ISO etc. etc.

None of that stuff really makes 1% difference in how the camera really works.

The 40D took great pictures 2 years ago; those pictures didn't turn to garbage since then. It still takes great pictures now. Relax, enjoy it.

Agreed Jeffery.

Having moved from a xxxD to an XXD range, I could never go back.

Apart from the 3 things Jeffery has mentioned (which make a huge difference to shooting imho), there is also the issue of ergonomics - the xxD range are just so much easier to shoot with. Everything is customisable or changeable with easier access (iso, WB, etc changeable without resorting to menus).

I can only dream of how customisable a 1 series camera is!

I won't go into the "it's not the gear it's the photographer" rant because you touched on it already (spoil-sport! ), but I will go onto another rant just the same:

These days, our cameras are computers. Moore's Law (or, perhaps the bastardization of it) says that computer performance will double every 2 years or so. This means that the camera designers have a lot more horsepower on that little DiG!C IV processor than they did with the brand-spankin-new DiG!C III processor that is in the 40D. This allows much better image processing in the lowly little Rebel than in the vaunted 40D. Not only that, but those great supercomputers the engineers are using are allowing not only better design of image sensors today, but helping to squeeze more out of the image processors themselves. It's no surprise that, technically speaking, the images are better exposed, better focused, and have better resolution today versus two years ago.

Now, that said, does your 40D take a bad picture?! I would guess not (from direct experience ).

Go. Enjoy your camera. Technology marches on; so should your photographic technique!

your 40D is a useless piece of crap now...i'll buy it off of you for 50 bucks...

I'll give ya $60

Looking at specs is one, Shooting is another.
The t2i looks great however if you shoot anything that moves or you like to see through the viewfinder then the 40D wins.

Oh and I raise the bid to 70 bucks

Casperd360 wrote in post #9570277
gkarris that rebel seems to be an upgrade from my current situation and I just made the jump from the xsi to the 40D a month ago. lol.

I am just complaining.. I know its the equipment but how you use said equipment... just a little disappointing to see a rebel that is better than my 40D

Funny, I just got last Friday a used Rebel XT to have just as a "bang around" camera. Nice, but definitely not as nice as the 20D (or my Olympus dSLR's - only that it has a larger sensor).

You all ought to be ashamed of yourselves with those low ball offers! Casper, I'll give you $125, and a large pizza!