However, the paper-white background gets distracting, and the automatic sensor -- which blanks it when you put your eye to the viewfinder -- makes it even more so. The Nikon wins giving outstanding results in the noise test and seems to work very well in studio conditions. Canon is not planning to do away with the EOS 350D, and the presence of a new model doesn't make that great model obsolete. In programme mode, the second menu page that opens up allows changes to things like Exposure compensation, Flash compensation, the Colour space and Custom White balance set.

For better -- or sometimes worse -- the feature set of the Canon EOS 400D remains roughly the same as the 350D's. Switching on the 400D activates the automatic dust reduction before the screen displays the mode selected with the shutter speed and aperture when the shutter button is half depressed. The colours are balanced and despite a relatively wide depth of field at f/13, the open door of the pocket watch is thrown out of focus. 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.Furthermore, while still relatively low for its class, the 400D's measured and visible image noise was significantly worse than that of the CCD-based Nikon D80 for any given ISO speed. Furthermore, there's far more chromatic aberration -- in this case, purple fringing -- than we're used to seeing in a dSLR. With a fully charged battery we found the 400D lived up to Canon's claims of around 500 shots with no flash and 360 shots using the flash half the time. Re: the Pentax - it goes to show that sometimes packing the pixels in doesn't always get the best results from a sensor, and sometimes less is more. n\n EF lenses and accessories\nThe EOS 400D is compatible with all of the more than 60 EF and EF-S lenses and all EX Series Speedlite flash units.

Sticking with similar sensor dimensions allowed Canon to keep the same moderately compact design for the EOS 400D, though it weighs 113g more than its 485g predecessor. I find it hilarious, that you have listed dust reduction as a plus in both sony and canon, and failed to mention it for olympus, when several reviews have showed, that only the oly dustreduction actually works ([link=http://pixinfo. Speaking about the bayonet mount, Pentax have included the PKA mount to enable compatibility with all older bayonet Pentax lenses including the manual PK mount. We've been using a full production version of this 120 fps sports camera, to see what you gain (and, perhaps, lose).

Also included are the USB lead with Sony's own unique fitting, AV cable, Compactflash adapter to fit Memorystick, quick start guide, CD-ROM and Strap. The green Auto square dominates the otherwise monochrome dial and rotating clockwise gives the programmed modes like Portrait, Landscape, Macro, Sports, Night portrait and Flash off auto. Below this are four buttons for access to the Menu, Display options, Delete and Playback buttons for when viewing images already taken and these are separated from the other options by colouring them blue.

Pressing the Set button whilst out of any menus brings up its own menu to change how the image is colour processed.The Manual exposure mode lets you set both the aperture and shutter speed, while the Automatic depth-of-field uses the nine auto-focus points to ensure objects in the foreground and background are both in focus. I was given the camera by a friend to use as a 2'nd camera for some of my photo shoots that I do occasionally.