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Today in a DPReview forum, it was heard a set of features for the yet-unannounced Canon EOS 40D. You’d better be solidly in your seat:

• Live viewfinder (selectable)
• In Body IS (adding stabilisation to IS lenses when mounted)
• Good integrated sensor cleaning
• More Mega Pixels
• Better Noise management at higher Iso
• Weather sealed

Can this really be the feature set of the successor to the 20D and 30D? Will the Canon EOS 40D shooting at these heights? I admit that, even if given some time to finish the product, Canon would have a real hard time to do so (However they already surprised the competition before, so who knows?).

Live view finder (I suppose it means loosing the reflex viewfinder in favor of a video display) would be a major surprise and would not be accepted as a positive progress by most SLR users. However, if this is the addition of a Live View to support photo studio shooting connected to a computer, quite a few users would be delighted.

In-body image stabilization would be like an earthquake: Canon (one of the most active supporters of in-lens IS with Nikon) would follow the general move to in-body IS? Shocking! but if this allows to effectively have twice the stabilization, let’s congratulate Canon. Anyway, most automaton systems engineers would remember that two close-loop systems in synch like that would not automatically double the performance. It would depend a lot on how the body and the lens cooperate, and the specification of the lens IS system may be the limiting factor (even on high-end lenses). In short, this would be a surprising marketing move (albeit understandable for the entry-level positionning of Canon) and a significant technical achievement.

Sensor cleaning would be in line with the recent evolution and the Canon EOS 400D.

“More mega-pixels” looks a lot like an empty marketing line. Who would be surprised by this? What news is there in this?

“Better noise management at higher ISO” is a similar empty statement if we just look at what has been happening any time a new D-SLR product arrived on the market for many years.

Weather-sealed is more significant. I have been very impressed by the Pentax achievement with the K10D (now exploited by Samsung with the GX10, too). Canon must take notice of an SLR camera under $1000 and weather-sealed. This looks like the most pro-looking D-SLR camera on the market. What should Canon do with that? Offer more than this at a similar price or just a little higher. However, it is difficult to determine if Canon is ready now for this counter-move. However, the 40D would be the natural price point to introduce such a significant product.

Now, it’s up to you to decide whether or not this message in DPR was adding to the rumours about the future/upcoming Canon EOS 40D. To me, it feels like wishful thinking. I am looking a lot at what is found on the Internet about this future Canon product, but I am quite hesitant to accept this as information.

We’ll have to wait a little more to know the truth since Canon confirmed that there will be no additional announcement in the PMA this month. If there is a 40D, it will have to come later, maybe in the Summer of 2007.

Online shops start to prepare the launch of the Canon EOS 40D. Some are preparing virtual shelves for the new Canon DSLR. Some are already typing data in their web sites.

• Full specs at Geheugenkaart (Belgium)
• Empty space at EFlens (their home page has already a reserved space for the new digital camera (empty space at the right of the 30D))

The biggest news seems to be the price: 1698€. All the rest is as expected.

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It seems that there would be some internal information spread on 12th/13th February inside Canon to prepare the announcement of the Canon EOS 40D digital SLR camera.

Around there, it is said that the AF will be using the 9+6 sensor of the 5D camera.

Stock-Photo-blogspot is also very precise in the list of rumoured characteristics it describes. This is a kind of rumour consensus list:

• 10.1 M-pixel
• Dust removal like the EOS 400D/Rebel XTi
• 1.6 crop factor
• Weather-sealed (this seems unsure even if it would make it very competitive against the Pentax K10D -sold at less than 1000$)
• Less than 1200€ (following the market epxectations)

Wait for the end of an embargo on the 24th of February.

This is official now! The Canon EOS 40D, that some are awaiting with strong impatience as the sequel to the successful Canon EOS 20D and 30D, should be classified as science-fiction more than photography gadgetry. At least this is our opinion when looking at the scoop from Samuele Silva:

Rumours are sometimes more than funny. And you, would you buy such a digital camera?

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This time, this is for sure. Canon leaked information about the new D-SLR on its Hong-Kong web site. No technical data (only an empty page with the interesting name), but the name is now confirmed. We are probably only a few hours/days from real data coming from Canon.

After less than 24 hours, Canon replaced the contents with a good old description of the EOS 400D.

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Let’s try a prediction (I was about to say prevision). While the end of 2006 was clearly marked by the lauch of digital cameras to attract some of the less wealthy to digital single lens reflex cameras (or D-SLR) with new products like the Canon 400D (Rebel Xti) or the Nikon D40, I can foresee a beginning of 2007 with a flood of high-end digital single lens reflex cameras.

We are alweady waiting for the Sigma SD14 (unfortunately delayed by a hardware bug, they say) and the Fuji S5 pro that should be quickly followed by an impressive Pentax K10D (10 MP, all-weather hardware preparation, stabilised image sensor with dust removal and excellent color image quality). Now, I can see the arrival of the high-end replacements from Canon and Nikon. These companies did not say anything yet, but the rumour has it that the Canon EOS 30D will soon be replaced by a new EOS 40D that is eagerly awaited by Canon lovers.

There were even some additonal rumours coming from South Korea a few days ago: An article posted on Egloos.com.

But there is even better. December is the month of a promotional campaign for the Canon EOS 30D: 150 euros coupon when buying an EOS 30D. The last time we saw something similar it was in November 2005, a promo coupon for the Canon 20D just 4 months before the launch of the Canon EOS 30D. So, I’d say that we are 3-4 months from its replacement (still named 40D by the street).

I let you choose if this is another rumour (we are indeed waiting a long time for this new beast from Canon) or if there fire behind the smoke.

PS: Please note that the 40D name seems to have such a high probability that a BKphoto advertisment [PDF] even used this name a few weeks ago (no price given, just NC – Call us).

Canon seems to have its hands full with the presentation of the low-end Canon 400D (Rebel XTi) and nothing is seen about any future replacement of the ageing 20D and 30D high-end SLR.

Some are now saying that there would be no 40D, but a lower-priced full-frame solution heir to the superb (but too expensive) Canon 5D.

Sometimes, I like to browse what is appearing in the ads. Today, I noticed that the announcement of the new Digital SLR from Canon, the 40D replacement for the 20D/30D line, is driving prices down for the 30D.

If you want a good price, you can check by yourself, but I found the following offers for the Canon 30D:

• Royal Camera 579$
• CCI Camera city 575$
• Genius Cameras 575$

I cannot recommend specifically those US companies, but they seem to be known locally and they claim to have the camera in-stock. It looks like a sign of times: People are emptying the stocks of Canon 30D by crushing the prices.

Time to bargain-shop if you don’t need 10 mega-pixels? Or should you still wait for the next generation (maybe forever)?

Here is a scoop again for digital single lens reflex cameras (D-SLR). Canon, after announcing its 400D (follower of the successful 350D) starts renovating the upper market segment. The EOS 30D seriously needed to freshen up a bit in view of the competition, this is what comes with the 40D.

• 10 mega-pixels (instead of 8MP)
• Sensor auto-cleaning (Canon decided to share it all over the digital SLR cameras)
• 9 point autofocus (coming from the 30D, already extended to the 350D; This won’t help the 40D to differentiate from the lowest segments)
• 5 frames per second (exactly like the 30D)
• Memory: Compact Flash (Not the “amateur-looking” SD like the Nikon D80)

Nothing Earth-shattering, but if, like me, you expect the very good image quality of the 20D and 30D (or better), you can expect a deep interest from the Canon lovers.

Source (and mockup photo) on: Fosfor.se.

Additional information in a more recent post.