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Published Oct 14, 2006 | Phil Askey

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Almost exactly three years since Canon changed the digital SLR market forever (with the
$1,000 EOS 300D) they announced the third generation of their affordable entry level
series, the EOS 400D (Digital Rebel XTi). This new camera follows the design of the EOS What is ETTR in photography, and when
350D, being very compact and relatively lightweight but not compromising on manual should you use it?
controls or in-use performance. The headline changes are another two megapixel step up
(to ten megapixels), the nine-point AF sensor from the EOS 30D, a new dust removal
system which includes anti-static surface coatings, low-pass filter vibration and software HAVE YOUR SAY
based dust pattern removal. Less important but just as noticeable are the removal of the
status LCD, replaced instead by a camera settings screen on the now larger 2.5" LCD Semifinals: Roger Deakins vs Jordan
monitor and the eye proximity sensor just below the viewfinder to turn this off when Drake
composing your shot.

UPDATE 18/Dec/06: In our original review a mistake was made in the measurement of ISO Roger Deakins
sensitivity, this has now been corrected and the releveant pages of this review updated.
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Summary of changes (compared to the EOS 350D / Digital Rebel XT)

10.1 megapixel CMOS sensor with improved microlens array, fill factor and lower
noise
EOS Integrated Cleaning System
Anti-static coatings on sensor surfaces plus anti-dust materials in the camera
body
Separate low pass filter with ultra-sonic vibration
Software based dust mapping / removal
Nine point Auto Focus sensor (same as EOS 30D) with F2.8 support
Continuous shooting burst up to 27 JPEG and 10 RAW images
Single large, bright, 2.5" LCD monitor with 160° viewing angles (horizontal and
vertical)
Camera settings and adjustment on LCD monitor
Proximity sensor below viewfinder eyepiece to disable the LCD during composition Babcock State Park by GoBucks
New viewfinder view includes 9 AF points as well as EOS 30D style status bar from Creeks Unlimited
Picture Styles, larger range of image parameter adjustment (same as EOS 30D)
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Image magnification available in record review
Histogram available as brightness (Luminance) or RGB (Red, Green, Blue)
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Additional custom functions (magnified view in record review, LCD display at power 'It's our mission to make
on) any camera system easier
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Automatic storage of setting adjustments (no longer requires a press of the SET At the recent CP+ expo in Japan we met with
button) senior executives from Canon to get their
Improved print / share / direct print features thoughts on the state of the camera industry, gain
Lower introductory list price ($100 lower) insight into the future of eye-controlled
autofocus, and find out what's in store for the EF-
Dust reduction ('EOS Integrated Cleaning System') M system.
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The headlines features for the EOS 400D are its ten megapixel sensor, nine-point AF
sensor (from the EOS 30D) and new 'EOS Integrated Cleaning System'. I'm sure there are Nikon D3S long (very long)-
many Olympus E-series owners having a chuckle at this moment, through the many years term shooting experience
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Dust occurs in the mirror / shutter chamber from many sources, but mostly; fragments D3S. How does Nikon's one-time flagship stack up
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pull movement which can draw air in. In the past the only way to clean this dust out of
your camera was to use some kind of blower (which sometimes worked), clean it using a CP+ 2023: Fujifilm interview
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address this: is no middle ground'
At the recent CP+ expo in Japan we
Used materials in the mirror box and shutter chamber which are less likely to
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