Canon EOS 40D Digital SLR Camera " The Worlds First Camera to Have Diagonal Cross-type AF
Canon EOS 40D Digital SLR Camera is a 10.1 megapixel digital single lens reflex camera. It uses an APS-C sized image sensor and accepts EF and EF-S lenses. It is the successor of Canon EOS 30D and the predecessor of Canon EOS 50D. This camera was built to enhance your shooting experience and to deliver images faster.
It features Canons large-area CMOS or complementary metal oxide semiconductor sensor that enables you to capture exceptionally clear images with outstanding tonal range. It is an APC-S size sensor, which means that it has the same 3:2 ratio as film cameras. Offering the most pixels in its class, it allows you to view scenes at an angle that is 1.6x the normal EF lens focal length.
The Canon EOS 40D digital SLR camera features the powerful Live View function, which enables you to view your subject on the 3.0-inch LCD monitor. The Live View Function has new options for reduced shutter time lag and quiet operation. It allows you to magnify any part of the scene 5x or 10x for precise manual focus. This function can be used remotely via computer or wirelessly or via Ethernet with the Wireless File Transmitter WFT-E3A attached.
It also features 14-bit A/D conversion, which reduces digital and shadow noise and helps to enhance image tones. Its extensive ISO, which is selectable in 1/3 stop increments, ranges from 100 to 1600. You can extend the sensitivity up to 3200.
This camera is designed with the DIGIC III image processor to maximize performance between the capture and recording stages of digital photography. This fast and powerful image processor offers a burst rate up to 75 consecutive JPEGs or 17 RAW images. The electronic system is totally re-designed to offer reduced digital noise in shadow areas and superior color reproduction. The DIGIC III image processor and Canon's CMOS sensor work together to achieve even higher levels of performance.
The Canon EOS 40D digital SLR camera uses much of the new technology first seen in the EOS-1D Mark III camera. It uses the new on-chip noise reduction electronics as well as new manufacturing techniques. With the new technology, each pixel is more sensitive to light and less area between pixels is wasted on the sensor.
It is the worlds first diagonal high-precision cross-type AF at center point with f/2.8 and faster lenses, which is the first in Canon AF SLRs. Meaning, it is the world's first AF SLR where both lines of a cross-type sensor offer high-precision AF coverage. It has a newly designed high-precision 9-point wide area Auto Focus and each of these nine AF points has this cross-type coverage.
Its 9-point wide area AF enables the camera to focus faster and more accurately, even in more complex lighting. You can choose all the focus points automatically or you can access them using the 40D's intuitive, thumb operated Multi-Controller. The cross-type sensor at the center AF point is sensitive to both vertical and horizontal lines when fast lenses (f/2.8 or faster) are used. This adds to the accuracy and precision of the wide-aperture lenses.
This camera is so fast that it can shoot up to 6.5 frames per second, or up to 75 JPEGs or 17 RAW images in one burst. With 0.15-second start up time and 59-millisecond shutter lag time, it is perfect for shooting everything from wildlife to sports. Featuring a high-speed mirror drive and a predictive AF focusing, it is always on the ready to shoot.