Just spotted out the new preview/mini-review article on Luminous Landscape for the 40D. What piqued my interest is that the writer claims the 40D rivals the 5D in picture quality. Maybe we should do some direct comparisons?
I had a chance to shoot a 40D last weekend. It has a nice, solid feel to it. We made some comparison shots between it and a 5D and a 1D2N. Looking at the shadows at ISO 1600 the 40D impressed me as having slightly more noise than my 5D but less than my 1D2N
In limited tests the auto focus system on servo was best on the 1D2N (big surprise), pretty good on the 40D and crummy on the 5D (another surprise
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The 40D's shadows were much smoother than the 1D2N's.
We shot a Diet Coke can under interior ceiling lighting. Of interest was where the white band on the gold can goes over the bend at the top of the can just under the crimp. The lights were reflecting off of that area. The 1D2N was barely able to show the difference between the white and the gold. The 40D on highlight priority produced images that easly distinguished the white from the gold.
Time marches on.