Canon 40D and Hugyfot HFC 40D

Karin Brussaard · Issue 43, Jul/Aug 2008 · pp. 29–33

Products mentioned: Canon EOS 40D, Canon EOS 30D, Hugyfot HFC 40D, Tokina 10-17mm AT-X DX fisheye lens, Canon EF 100mm 2.8 USM macro lens, Sea & Sea YS 110, Canon 60mm macro, Canon 16-35, Canon 18-55, Canon 17-40, Sigma 50mm macro, Sigma 70mm macro, Sigma 105mm macro, Sigma 10-20, Sigma 12-24, Sigma 17-70, Tokina 100mm macro, Tokina 12-24

The Canon 40D is the successor to the 30D. A striking feature of the Canon EOS 40D compared with its predecessor is the introduction of Live View. Also almost inevitably is the increase of pixels to 10.5 million; its older brother has to settle for 8.2. A more important difference is the faster processor (DIGIC III) enabling work with 14 bytes. It delivers improved dynamic range and thus nicer pictures. The LCD monitor has increased from 2.5 inch to 3 inch. The amount of pixels on the LCD monitor however remained the same, 230,000. And although Live View could offer a solution for underwater photography, so far its use is still rather limited. You can use the auto focus when you use the AF-ON button. Unfortunately the monitor turns black when pressing the AF-ON button, (since the mirror needs folding up in order to focus) which makes it difficult to decide your composition. The good thin…