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Canon EOS 40D

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General

Dimensions

145.5 x 107.8 x 73.5 mm
 

Weight

740 g

Inside The Camera

Optical sensor

CMOS
 

Sensor Resolution (max)

10.5 megapixels
 

Resolution

10.1 megapixels
 

Photodetectors (max)

10.5 million
 

Photodetectors (effective)

10.1 million
 

Zoom range

By lens
 

Light sensitivity

ISO 100 to ISO 1600
 

White balance (new)

Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Shade, Flash
 

Focusing

One-shot AF, predictive AI servo AF, AI focus AF, manual
 

Shutter speed

1/8000 to 30 seconds; X-sync at 1/250 second
 

Metering

Multi-segment/Multi-pattern, Center-weighted average, Spot, Partial
 

Creative controls

Yes

Outside The Camera

LCD size (new)

3 inch
 

Viewfinder type

Pentaprism
 

Type of flash

Pop-up
 

Connection (new)

USB
 

Video out

Yes
 

Battery type(s) (new)

Proprietary
 

Storage type(s)

CompactFlash Type I
 

Hotshoe

Yes

Image Capture

Still image format (new)

JPEG, RAW
 

Max. image resolution (new)

3888 x 2592
 

Digital video capture

No
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User Discussion

rigelstuff: "The EOS 40D cannot autofocus in Live View" "Live view allows only manual focus" --- These words are misleading and should be ...
douin@starhub.net.sg: Hi, thanks for an interesting review on the 40D. I bought mine on September 2nd and took it out ...
javachan: Hi pdqgp, Thanks for your observation. Well, yes, the Canon EOS 40D can autofocus in live-view. However, you have to ...
pdqgp: 1. the 40D absolutely does have the ability to auto focus while using live view. 2. since when is the ...

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