Comments on: Canon 40D Mark II [CR0]

By: Todd

Todd — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 03:29:47 +0000

I’m still fine and dandy with my trusty 20D (new to me since early 2008) for my stock photography work. 8mp is more than enough, and I have no complaints about it at all.

By: Luca

Luca — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:24:27 +0000

Of all the stupid things I heard… the 40D Mark II already exists and it’s called 50D, I have one.

By: Q

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:38:26 +0000

Rox, I completely agree with you on the battery issue. It’s a pain in the butt to deal with two different sets of batteries & chargers when out and about. A 40D/50D follow-on with a 5DII battery would make a nice companion to a 5DII.

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:51:07 +0000

Looking forward to your 50D review CR. If it speeds it up, I could even do with a separate 18-200 review.

By: Jimbo Jones

Jimbo Jones — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:56:54 +0000

I think it is reasonable to believe that once the 40D sells out Canon will plug the gap between the $575 XSi and the $1400 50D.

In Jan/Feb the 50D will probably drop to $1250 and the XSi will be available from many vendors for $550. So, a $899 model will probably come out. My guess is that Canon will not want to undercut the 50D’s build/features, so we could see a beefed-up XSi type camera with video, priced to cut the legs out from under the D90.

All speculation, mind you.

By: KJ

KJ — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:30:45 +0000

What you are describing is the pixel pitch. The pixels in a 5d2 are the biggest… well bigger than a 450d/50d anyway.

I understand people are bitching about resolving power and what not but get over it… The 50d is a great camera. I’d rather have the data then not have it. Data storage is crazy cheap if you know what you are doing. Enterprise grade is under $1/gb and DIY storage grade is about $.15-.20 per GB for 10+ TB!

By: Peter Schinzler

Peter Schinzler — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:41:18 +0000

I am working as an editorial, advertising and art photographer and i do not need a 15mp camera for my everyday work . 12 mp is more than enough ( i got since 1 and 1/2 year about 120000 new files in my Aperture programm – I`m thinking now in TB, not anymore in MB), but what really counts is the quality of the output – of every single MP – and i even do not like the IQ of the 40D – i prefer the 450D right now. Canon should really work on a natural look of the digital output. Sometimes i go for film about this ( with my good old mamjya- and at these days, I think about, to buy a zeiss Ikon -analog!- camera) . And, BTW , i would pay for a 40D MK II as described, more than for a 50D.
Yes, I would definitly go for a 40D MK II with a natural look of the files right now- tell me, where to buy ;-)

By: Rox

Rox — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:48:48 +0000

I would like to have a xxD with the 5D MKII battery system… I like to have both a FF and a 1.6x crop with me (versality), but it would be more flexible to carry only one battery techology… Because of that, I’m in for the 40D MKII :-)

By: Ed

Ed — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:13:57 +0000

Yup, nothing Canon would do. Putting it in there just below D90 pricing would generate interest, but no sales.