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  • #76
    Re: The new Canon 40D

    OK, so I said I wasn't going to upgrade from my 350D but try and get back to my photographic roots....you've guessed it.....Park Cameras, this afternoon ....I'll get me coat...

    No one's mentioned the interchangeable screens, that must get a from the pros surely? There's also some neat sounding wi-fi gear including a GPS option that writes to the EXIF apparently - looking forward to finding a bit more out about that.

    As to the Sat Nav OT bit of this thread, I was an early adopter and had a built-in system in a Rover 75 two company cars back. Loved it. Picked the car up on a Saturday afternoon and drove to Edinburgh on the Sunday - straight to the hotel door. Went from there to John O'Groats, turned left and went right across the coast to travel back down the west coast. Didn't get lost once and there's some pretty hairy country up there! (If the sun's shining I still reckon the west coast of Scotland takes some beating for scenery).

    I've never ended up in a field but I have gone down some roads in the Peak District that I think were actually goat tracks .

    My current Sat Nav system, also a built-in but in a Ford, has TMC and I wouldn't be without it, I've been dynamically re-routed a number of times to avoid congestion and the one time I thought I knew better, I sat on the M6 for over 3 hours .

    I'm a self-confessed gadget freak but Sat Nav and Cruise Control are two car "gadgets" I wouldn't want to give up.
    Stuart R
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    • #77
      Re: The new Canon 40D

      Originally posted by StuartR View Post


      OK, so I said I wasn't going to upgrade from my 350D but try and get back to my photographic roots....you've guessed it.....Park Cameras, this afternoon ....I'll get me coat...

      No one's mentioned the interchangeable screens, that must get a from the pros surely? There's also some neat sounding wi-fi gear including a GPS option that writes to the EXIF apparently - looking forward to finding a bit more out about that.

      As to the Sat Nav OT bit of this thread, I was an early adopter and had a built-in system in a Rover 75 two company cars back. Loved it. Picked the car up on a Saturday afternoon and drove to Edinburgh on the Sunday - straight to the hotel door. Went from there to John O'Groats, turned left and went right across the coast to travel back down the west coast. Didn't get lost once and there's some pretty hairy country up there! (If the sun's shining I still reckon the west coast of Scotland takes some beating for scenery).

      I've never ended up in a field but I have gone down some roads in the Peak District that I think were actually goat tracks .

      My current Sat Nav system, also a built-in but in a Ford, has TMC and I wouldn't be without it, I've been dynamically re-routed a number of times to avoid congestion and the one time I thought I knew better, I sat on the M6 for over 3 hours .

      I'm a self-confessed gadget freak but Sat Nav and Cruise Control are two car "gadgets" I wouldn't want to give up.
      I think you should have waited, at least until you had considered this. Best review I have read on a camera ever. http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...ssage=24412718

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      • #78
        Re: The new Canon 40D

        Originally posted by lumix View Post
        I think you should have waited, at least until you had considered this. Best review I have read on a camera ever. http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...ssage=24412718
        Now that IS a brick
        Stuart R
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        • #79
          Re: The new Canon 40D

          Originally posted by Andrew Thatcher View Post
          What is it about live view and DSLR's! pointless.
          Thats got to be my best Troll ever, The time i called Damen Hell a *hi* driver in the MSN F1 forums is a close 2nd

          On Live view the best ive ever seen was on a Sinar, huge 5x4 inch screen only trouble was you keep getting a stiff neck trying to look at it upside down.
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          • #80
            Re: The new Canon 40D

            Originally posted by lumix View Post
            I think you should have waited, at least until you had considered this. Best review I have read on a camera ever. http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...ssage=24412718
            Wow! So the rumour was correct in the sense that it's coming soon - But the specs. rumoured were completely wrong!

            I happened to have some bricks and dead stock older Nikon lenses. Now I think I will bring them all to Nikon service shop and ask them to make some D3's for me. - my bricks have no such sophisticated holes in it.

            Seriously hope our rumor sites have also those type of people like him.

            yoshi

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            • #81
              Re: The new Canon 40D

              Sample pics of the 40D by a well-known camera writer, using a pre-production one. The official introduction is tomorrow so I guess that one must be more or less same as the production model.


              We can have a look at sample pics of higher fps, noise comparison among 40D, 30D and "Kiss" (400D/Rebel XTi) aat various ISO's and others.

              As I'm personally interested in the highlight exposure mode, I was gazing at comparison pics of those. Hard to tell but looks to me not bad. Real issue is that if or not it works for me.



              Btw, the writer complains about the prohibitively expensive WFT-E3 (wireless file transmitter). He has a good commonsense judgement standard.
              yoshi

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              • #82
                Re: The new Canon 40D - manuals on-line

                If anyone is interested, scanned copies of the new Canon 40D's manual can be found at the following addresses:

                http://www.tribcsp.com/~sigma2/40D-Manual/40D_Manual-4.pdf

                http://www.spewc.com/40D_Manual-4.pdf

                Note: it's a 20+ GB download - the scan quality is not perfect but it's more than good enough for a read through.

                No excuse now for potential buyers not to hit the ground running when the box finally arrives (still waiting for a delivery date for mine )
                Stuart R
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                Life is an incurable disease with a 100% mortality rate

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                • #83
                  Re: The new Canon 40D

                  Originally posted by lumix View Post
                  I think you should have waited, at least until you had considered this. Best review I have read on a camera ever. http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...ssage=24412718
                  You got to be a full time pro photographer to justify spending that much on a camera ... or a lottery winner with money to waste
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                  • #84
                    THREE-DAY period: Interesting, though, that such a quick report like this is possible. Yeah , this is POS data.

                    RANK/BRAND/MODEL/MP/MARKET SHARE %
                    1/CANON/EOS40D/10.1MP/34.0%
                    2/CANON/EOS Kiss Digital X/10.1MP/20.6%
                    3/NIKON/D40X/10.2MP/11.4%
                    4/NIKON/D80/10.2MP/11.1%
                    5/NIKON/D40/6.1MP/7.8%
                    6/SONY/ALPHA100/10.2MP/3.6%
                    7/OLYMPUS/E-510/10.0MP/2.5%
                    8/OLYMPUS/E-410/10.0MP/1.7%
                    9/PENTAX/K10D/10.2MP/1.2%
                    10/CANON/EOS30D/8.2MP/1.1%

                    Yoshi
                    p.s. BCN also report market share trends by brand and I will post it at a separate thread.

                    p.s.2: As usual this is about Japanese market.

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                    • #85
                      Re: Canon 40D - No.1 seller! ... ...

                      Originally posted by yoshi View Post
                      THREE-DAY period: Interesting, though, that such a quick report like this is possible. Yeah , this is POS data.

                      RANK/BRAND/MODEL/MP/MARKET SHARE %
                      1/CANON/EOS40D/10.1MP/34.0%
                      2/CANON/EOS Kiss Digital X/10.1MP/20.6%
                      3/NIKON/D40X/10.2MP/11.4%
                      4/NIKON/D80/10.2MP/11.1%
                      5/NIKON/D40/6.1MP/7.8%
                      6/SONY/ALPHA100/10.2MP/3.6%
                      7/OLYMPUS/E-510/10.0MP/2.5%
                      8/OLYMPUS/E-410/10.0MP/1.7%
                      9/PENTAX/K10D/10.2MP/1.2%
                      10/CANON/EOS30D/8.2MP/1.1%

                      Yoshi
                      p.s. BCN also report market share trends by brand and I will post it at a separate thread.

                      p.s.2: As usual this is about Japanese market.
                      Hi Yoshi, I think this shows that a lot of 10D, 20D and even 30D owners are desperate to upgrade!

                      The Olympus and Pentax figures seem very low to me. I'm also surprised that the Sony Alpha is so high as it's last year's model.

                      Thanks for posting these! Arigato!

                      Ian

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                      • #86
                        Re: Canon 40D - No.1 seller! ... ...

                        Originally posted by Ian View Post

                        The Olympus and Pentax figures seem very low to me. I'm also surprised that the Sony Alpha is so high as it's last year's model.


                        Ian

                        Should I call you Yoshi san from now on?
                        Hi Ian, the ranking is based on the 3-day data so it can be funny in some aspects. That's why I do no like a short time analysis. But I think, the popularity of 40D is as was anticipated before the announcement.

                        I do not get your point, Ian but it reminded me of a suprise I had early this year. It came to my knowledge that my name "yoshi" is used as a monster's name of a TV game "mario". Who gave my name to the monster!?
                        yoshi

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                        • #87
                          Re: Canon 40D - No.1 seller! ... ...

                          Originally posted by yoshi View Post
                          Hi Ian, the ranking is based on the 3-day data so it can be funny in some aspects. That's why I do no like a short time analysis. But I think, the popularity of 40D is as was anticipated before the announcement.

                          I do not get your point, Ian but it reminded me of a suprise I had early this year. It came to my knowledge that my name "yoshi" is used as a monster's name of a TV game "mario". Who gave my name to the monster!?
                          yoshi
                          Just heard that Olympus will launch the E-1 replacement flagship Four Thirds model on 17th October. I'm spending two days in Italy tomorrow and Thursday hopefully to see new Sony Alpha DSLRs. Is Pentax/Samsung next for an announcement? They have invited me to photograph a motor racing event next Sunday using their cameras and lenses...

                          I am communicating routinely with Japanese staff from various companies and I am now being called 'Ian san' - which is very nice. So I thought I should start calling you 'Yoshi san'

                          Sorry to hear about your monster namesake - shum mishtake shurely?!

                          Ian
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                          • #88
                            Re: The new Canon 40D

                            Off topic I guess but one of the local togs has his mk2 and his new mk3 up for sale. I am told he is after a 1Ds mk3. It seems a bit strange as he takes a lot of sport photos?.
                            http://www.flickr.com/photos/petebphotos/

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                            • #89
                              Re: The new Canon 40D - arrives thusday!

                              Park Cameras rang this afternoon to say they have a confirmed delivery of 40Ds due tomorrow and that mine will be with me on Thursday. I think I'll let myself get a little bit excited

                              Sounded like they were getting more in than they expected so it may be worth giving them a call if you're after one but haven't pre-ordered.
                              Stuart R
                              https://www.flickr.com/photos/fred-canon/

                              Life is an incurable disease with a 100% mortality rate

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                              • #90
                                Re: The new Canon 40D - arrives thusday!

                                Originally posted by StuartR View Post
                                Park Cameras rang this afternoon to say they have a confirmed delivery of 40Ds due tomorrow and that mine will be with me on Thursday. I think I'll let myself get a little bit excited

                                Sounded like they were getting more in than they expected so it may be worth giving them a call if you're after one but haven't pre-ordered.
                                Great news!

                                Keep us updated!

                                I wonder if Patrick has had similar news - I'm assuming he's ordered one?

                                Ian
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