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At the maximum 1600 ISO there is some visible image noise over dark and mid-tone areas, but the image quality is still good enough to print. Magic Cleaning Function is 1.) an anti-static charged sensor and 2.) an ultrasonic vibrator and 3.) a piece of tape to catch dust that falls off when the sensor cover shakes. It does this for a second each time the XTi is turned off or on, and you can do it manually.
It comes as a body only, or as a kit with the excellent and inexpensive EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 zoom lens. At 100 ISO the picture is clean, well detailed and noise free, everything we’ve come to expect from a Canon DSLR. Experience the power of interchangeable lenses. Capture high-quality shots of people and places with the EF-S 18-55mm III Lens and sharp distant detail using the long reaching EF 75-300mm III lens I’ve taken this same shot under virtually identical lighting conditions with a range of 10MP DSLRs, so you can get an accurate picture of how they compare.
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Canon provides a dust compensation feature in the XTi's free software. You shoot a blank image as a reference. The XTi does this with raw and JPG images, unlike Nikon who only does this with raw and then charges for the software. Personally I find it easier to Photoshop dust than mess with proprietary software. The high dynamic range of the Canon CMOS sensor and the excellent metering system make light work of this high-contrast shot. Enjoy fast Auto Focus and full resolution shooting at 3.0 fps - just point and shoot for impressive results with Scene Intelligent Auto The EOS 400D is up against some very accomplished competition, but it gets off to a running start by being a third-generation product, with a design that has evolved over several years. Physically it is very similar to the 350D, with a lightweight and compact body made of tough polycarbonate plastic over a stainless steel chassis, although it is in fact a completely new body. Build quality is very good, with none of the cheap and flimsy feeling of the 300D. The battery and card hatches have metal hinges, and although the port cover is a rubber plug it fits well and will keep dust at bay.
Autofocus is excellent. It's not as fast as a 5D, but faster than I need. It works well in almost total darkness, so long as you don't mind the flash firing while it tries to focus. That annoys everyone! The 400D uses the same highly acclaimed Digic II image processing engine as the 350D, but is now equipped with a nine-point AF system, a much wider range of features and a vastly improved control interface. The 400D offers a huge range of picture adjustment and control, but at the same time manages to be accessible and easy to use. The key element is the Picture Style option. There are nine pre-set Picture Style settings, all of which can be customised for sharpness, contrast, saturation and colour tone, with nine increments of adjustment for each parameter. The default settings are for standard, portrait (less sharpness) landscape (extra sharpness), neutral, faithful and three user-defined settings. When shooting, these Picture Style settings can be selected by simply pressing the Set button and scrolling up or down on the D-pad. It make accurate professional picture quality control very easy. Thankfully the annoying feature of the 300D and 350D, where menu choices had to be confirmed by pressing the Set button has been dropped. While the 400D is unquestionably a very good camera, with superb performance, an excellent control system and wide range of picture control options, and while it is a distinct improvement on the 350D, it doesn’t really stand out in comparison to any of the other entry-level 10MP DSLRs that are currently available. The kit lens is also very weak. Shoot detailed images into the night with a large 18 Megapixel sensor, with up to 19x more surface area than many smartphones³ Again, the 35-zone evaluative metering system has coped with this unusual shot, capturing both shadow and highlight detail.I like this little camera! It's lightweight, it's intelligently designed, it works well and can make extraordinary images. Its LCD is worlds better than the disgusting greenish LCDs on the 30D and my 5D.
You have no idea how long I had to wait for some blue sky this weekend, but it was worth it to show the 400D’s excellent colour reproduction. Battery Life: Excellent. On my first charge (which means a lot of playing and less shooting) the meter dropped to 2/3 at 575 shots. It dropped to 1/3 at 980 shots, two weeks later. Three weeks later it died at 1,122 shots. On the next charge I got 824 shots before it dropped to 2/3.
If you're starting out and undecided as to brand, I'd opt for the Canon Rebel XTi over the Sony A100, but personally I prefer my Nikon D40 to any of these, and it costs less! I own all of the Nikon D40, D70, D80 and D200 and Canon Rebel XTi and 5D. The lens has relatively poor edge sharpness, and surprisingly this shot shows a significant level of purple fringing. The 18-55mm kit lens supplied with the 400D isn’t up to the usual high standard one associates with Canon optics, with noticeable barrel distortion at wide angle. It’s be a better idea to buy the camera body-only and splash out on a decent lens.
Cameras – LCD screen is heavily worn either by de-lamination or has scratches to it. Rubber grips are starting to come away from the body. The viewfinder is also somewhat improved, with a nine-point focus indicator and a bright green LED information display. It seems larger and brighter than the 350D, and is about the same as the viewfinder on the Sony A100 and significantly larger than that of the Olympus E-400.
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