Canon EOS 400D Canon EOS 400D / Digital Rebel XTi/ Kiss X Digital Review October 2006, Phil Askey

Review based on a production Canon EOS 400D 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 350D, being very compact and relatively lightweight but not compromising on manual 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 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 monitor and the eye proximity sensor just below the viewfinder to turn this off when composing your shot.UPDATE 18/Dec/06: In our original review a mistake was made in the measurement of ISO sensitivity, this has now been corrected and the releveant pages of this review updated.Canon entry level digital SLR series20/08/03: Canon EOS 300D / Digital Rebel (6 mp)17/02/05: Canon EOS 350D / Digital Rebel XT (8 mp)24/08/06: Canon EOS 400D / Digital Rebel XTi(10 mp)Summary of changes (compared to the EOS 350D / Digital Rebel XT)10.1 megapixel CMOS sensor with improved microlens array, fill factor and lower noiseEOS Integrated Cleaning SystemAnti-static coatings on sensor surfaces plus anti-dust materials in the camera bodySeparate low pass filter with ultra-sonic vibrationSoftware based dust mapping / removalNine point Auto Focus sensor (same as EOS 30D) with F2.8 supportContinuous shooting burst up to 27 JPEG and 10 RAW imagesSingle large, bright, 2.5" LCD monitor with 160° viewing angles (horizontal and vertical)Camera settings and adjustment on LCD monitorProximity sensor below viewfinder eyepiece to disable the LCD during compositionNew viewfinder view includes 9 AF points as well as EOS 30D style status barPicture Styles, larger range of image parameter adjustment (same as EOS 30D)Improved user interfaceImage magnification available in record reviewHistogram available as brightness (Luminance) or RGB (Red, Green, Blue)Three settings for long exposure noise reduction (adds Auto option)Auto rotation with three options (not recorded, record dont rotate, record and rotate)Additional custom functions (magnified view in record review, LCD display at power on)Up to 9999 images per folder on storage cardAutomatic storage of setting adjustments (no longer requires a press of the SET button)Improved print / share / direct print featuresLower introductory list price ($100 lower)Dust reduction (EOS Integrated Cleaning System)

Used materials in the mirror box and shutter chamber which are less likely to generate dustImproved the body cap, again to not generate dustUsed anti-static coating on the sensor surfaceCreated a new separated anti-alias filter which vibrates to shake off dustAdded a Dust Delete Data feature which can map stubborn dust to be removed in softwareEOS Integrated Cleaning System video

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