Comments on: Canon EOS 450D vs 40D?

By: Neo

Neo — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:29:07 +0000

Good point John!

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By: John

John — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:41:43 +0000

I say go with the cheaper body and put the extra money into a lens.

Here in Thailand the 450D with the 18-55 IS lens kit is THB 27.900
The EOS 40D body only is THB 36.900

You didn’t say in your post if the prices in SG$ are for body or kits. It would be interesting to compare between different countries.

I’m a newspaper photo-journalist. I was going to buy the 40D but now I’ll get the 450D. Despite what Canon say neither are good in the rain and I’ll feel less sad about a 450D getting wet than than a 40D.

And the extra 2 million pixel capability is good too. It would have been nice if Canon had included the sRaw capability on the 450D.

Anyway, technology wise it will be out of date in a year. Certainly in five years. And as far as the other poster goes, who cares what the body is made out of? Plastic, aluminium. Used to be brass a long time ago and those bodies still let dust and water in. Just made the bodies heavier and more expensive to repair.

Not interested in snobbery or bragging. Just taking photo’s.

Good luck.

John

By: Shinsei

Shinsei — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:33:53 +0000

ron is absolutely right! The lens and the flash is very important. My mom bought a Canon EOS 650 20 years ago and spent a lot of money for a brilliant lens and a good flash and they work still fine. 7 years ago I bought a Canon EOS 3000N with stock flash for my sister and… it’s not as good as my mother’s one. Both are analog.

All in all: Buy the cheaper one and spend some money on the equipment!

By: Kippei

Kippei — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:29:10 +0000

Less cash for plastic :3

By: alafista

alafista — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:55:34 +0000

Woah upgrade ah … not an expert in camera so I can’t comment on this. But I think what ron said does make sense.

By: ron~

ron~ — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:19:15 +0000

I say go with the cheaper and spend the money to buy good lens and good flash, the camera won’t make much difference, but the lens and the flash will make huge difference.

example of using stock flash and addon flash: http://tinyurl.com/6e5wzl (taken using nikon d40, sigma 150mm macro, handheld)

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