Review: Canon 400D is Good but There’s Something Better
Digital Photography Review is by far the most thorough camera reviewer on the planet. The Internet looks to them for guidance about what camera to buy or avoid. What they say makes or breaks a brand.
And now, they have just reviewed the Canon EOS 400D.
The verdict: Canon EOS 400D is a good camera, but there is something better.
DPreview said the 400D carried over the winning formula of its very successful predecessor, the 350D, and did not much venture out into untried territory that it became predictable. So predictable in fact that Nikon engineers anticipated Canon’s next move and came up with the better Nikon D80 DSLR.
In photographic merit and ease of handling, the Nikon D80 came out on top of the EOS 400D. Bear in mind of course that the D80 is more expensive, and that for its price, the Canon EOS 400D is still a great camera. (chrismalinao)
[Via: DPreview.com]
October 25th, 2006 at 3:26 pm
[...] Canada’s Megapixel.net gave it near-perfect scores in functionality and photographic qualities in their review. DPreview, while examining the Canon EOS 400D, could not help but compare the Rebel XTi to the better qualities of the Nikon camera. In its own review of the D80, DPreview “established that the D80 is a great photographer’s camera.” [...]