Compare Prices : Canon EOS 400D - Expert Reviews

Award: Recommended!

Review summary: The Rebel is here...at long last

Verdict: While the 400D is unquestionably a very good camera, with superb performance, an excellent control system and wide range of picture control options, and while it is a distinct improvement on the 350D, it doesn't really stand out in comparison to any ...

Review summary: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi (400D) is a thrilling new digital SLR, successor to the current EOS 350D (Digital Rebel XT) that offers easy operation and affordability in a lightweight ergonomic body. It's based on the second generation DIGIC II Image ...

Award: Editor's Choice!

Review summary: The Canon 400D remains a very good first dSLR, with a balance of automatic, semi-automatic and manual controls to progress through as your creative photography skills improve.

Pros: Great for aspiring photographers, Compact and lightweight, Fast and responsive, Intelligently designed with shooting-friendly layout, Second status LCD has been eliminated, Slow kit lens, No spot metering, Poor exposure of backlit subjects

Cons: Second status LCD has been eliminated, Slow kit lens, No spot metering, Poor exposure of backlit subjects

Review summary: Since the original 6-megapixel Digital Rebel became available in September 2003, this EOS series has been the best selling D-SLR line in the world. The second model, the 8-megapixel Rebel XT, introduced in February 2005, benefited from major ...

Verdict: As expected, each of the Picture Style modes produced a different effect with color images. (They're unnecessary in raw capture of course, because all image parameters can be adjusted in the converter software.) Standard Picture Style worked well for ...

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