weeks ago I blogged about getting myself a brand new EOS 350D for RM350D.00 set with 2 lenses, kit lense and 300mm lense, screen protector, tripod, bag and memory card. Pretty much everything except external flash for a beginner like me to start with. Luckily I decided not to buy it yet. And this evening in the news, suddenly EOS 400D is launched here in Malaysia. So sudden that I never heard this model is making its way to us. Not in any magazines that I bought mentioned this model. Luckily I didn’t buy that time, if I did my camera will be an outdated model in less than a month, huh. Now, what does EOS 400D have to offer.
Now, before we proceed I must remind that I’m not a pro, therefore my writing will be solely based on my point of view. The specs and other info will be from canon Malaysia website. From the spec, the outstanding features for me is the 10.2 effective mega pixels aps-c sized CMOS sensor, and 2 way dust removal system: hardware and software. It also sports 2.5″ LCD, picture styles, 3 fps shooting, 0.2 second start-up and many more. Some people might tell me that CMOS is not good, Buy Nikon, Nikon use CCD. Well I ask you back, why high end Nikon also uses CMOS such as D2X, and the CMOS sensor for D2X made by Sony :-O. By the way, tomorrow I’ll be trying and playing with my friend D2X, can’t wait huhuu. You can read the full specs below. From the flash demo, the bokeh sort of very good to me. The picture below is taken from the demo. The D50 cannot achieve this (with 18-200 sigma lense). This is the only sample picture that I have. I tried to google for the review but can’t find any. Even not on dpreview, even on their news. I wonder why. Quick check on the newspaper, it’s already on sale with RM3599.00 price tag. Not much different from 350D from the price perspective. But the ad doesn’t mention the packge. Could be body only. Duh, now my wish list item has been changed from 350D to 400D. Of course I also want 1DS Mark II N but must be realistic la. Or anybody want to sell their 350D for RM2000.00, i’ll be more than happy to buy 
Update: Seems the review on dpreview is there. I swear I googled it and search it on dpreview no result at all. http://www.dpreview.com/news/0608/06082416canoneos400drebelxti.asp a fuss?
Note: This is a delayed “publish” post. Draft created last saturday night using my PDA. Later I should edit using PC, somehow last night when i want to publish the network down. And now i also figured out why i cannot find 400D on dpreview. It is because I searched for D400 :-O, That’s Nikon style :-j
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