Starting out, we stuck to the even-my-grandmother-could-use-this fully automatic setting, as we slowly waded into further settings, such as the 400D's user-selectable nine-point auto-focus system. Photos we took with the 400D looked stunning; colours were reproduced accurately; and images were crisp and clear. 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. Unfortunately, even Pentax have fallen foul of the attitude to remove the cable release and now a remote switch is necessary which can be plugged in under the mode dial.

This means if you have been a friend of Pentax since the old days and have a lot of the old lenses, they will fit on the K100D Super however, the camera has to be set up in the custom functions so it knows that a manual lens or extension tubes are attached. In the past the only way to clean this dust out of your camera was to use some kind of blower (which sometimes worked), clean it using a swab (dangerous) or take it back to Canon (with a cost).I bought the EOS Rebel Xti a while back now have some holiday time on my hands over the xmas period and would like to learn more about the camera. This week, the World Photography Organization announced the shortlist for Student and Youth Photographer of The Year, part of the broader Sony World Photography Awards of 2024. I went for the original K100D, since I didn't feel that the faster autofocus was worth the extra cost (this will depend on what you plan to use it for), and I'm very happy with it. HD Digital Frame is a great way to put your portfolio on display and a great way to surface forgotten memories.

The four thirds system is supposed to make the cameras smaller, but the E-500 is one of the largest.The A100 is essentially a Minolta DSLR as all the features are there like the Minolta bayonet mount, the infuriating inverted hotshoe and most notably, Sony acquiring Minolta's assets when Minolta ended operations in 2006. The camera comes with the Manual in both paper and CD formats, a quick start guide in pocket size which is quite handy, battery, a promotional CD on EF lenses, strap, basic promotional material, USB, AV lead, charger and drivers which includes Zoombrowser EX 5.

Why do you even go into the menu, everything can be done on the control panel on the screen, just press OK and navigate there. Though many of our shots weren't quite as sharply focused as we expected from the 400D's AF system, a few, such as this one, stood up well to 11 x 16-inch printing on an Epson Stylus Photo R2400. The image was pale and a little overexposed even at f/25 as this gave a shutter speed of 1/10 second.The zoom on the lens is smooth and the manual focus is operated using the very front of the lens barrel where the filters go. In practice, Canon has had to lower the top ISO speed of the EOS a full stop, from ISO 3,200 to ISO 1,600.

some interesting tables that can be found here Just input a few distances, apertures etc and compare a few different makes. Oh boy, where do we start, first of all, using a discontinued E500 in a review comparing current cameras? I think the AA battery issue with the Pentax is a little bit of a red herring as the latest generation of rechargables, such as the Hybrio from Uniross or Eneloops from Sanyo, make it a non issue. With regards to Noise, The images were taken in the same controlled light to check to see if the colour changed as well as the development of noise.

The 400D uses Canon's Digic II chipset rather than the newer Digic III, and we wonder if the company might have been able to eke out better performance and noise suppression with the latter. I expected good results from the Nikon and the Landscape shot disappointed me in the sense that I expected more colour. On the opposite side of the built-in flash, a function button allows quick access to certain options by use of a second dial followed by depressing the Fn button.