20Jul/070
Canon 350D (Rebel XT) vs. Canon 400D (Rebel XTi)
- Price: approx. $500.00 vs. approx. $700 (on 20-July-07)
- Weight: 485g vs. 510g
- Heavier - but a very insignificant increase
- Pixel differences - 8mp vs. 10mp
- 3456 x 2304 vs. 3888 x 2592
- 11.52 X 7.68 inches at 300dpi vs. 12.96 X 8.64 inches at 300dpi
- Verdict: In my personal opinion, this is a insignificant upgrade.
- Autofocus points: 7 points vs. 9 points
- Might be useful to some. However, I still focus on the middle point and re-compose
- Burst mode differences - 14 vs. 27 continuous JPEG shots (larger buffer size)
- Still 3fps though
- I feel this is a significant improvement, especially useful when capturing RAW in burst mode - Depends on how often you would do this though.
- Bigger LCD: 1.8" vs. 2.5"
- Nice upgrade - Might be more useful for detecting soft/blurry images before transferring them to PC. I would be content with the 1.8" screen though.
- Noise levels:
- Improved at lower ISO's for 400D (e.g ISO 100), however, noiser at 1600 than 350D
- Some mixed reports about this
- Both still better than Nikon D200, which was quite surprising (or not so surprising ;-).
- Some Firmware changes:
- Auto rotation with three options (not recorded, record don't rotate, record and rotate)
- Verdict: I still post-process all my photos anyway - so this wouldn't be very important to me.
- Histogram available as brightness (Luminance) or RGB (Red, Green, Blue)
- Might be useful
- Sensor cleaning feature:
- Questionable effectiveness
- Some reports show that 400D is more prone to dust than 350D
- Can get a giotto rocket blaster for as little as $8 - $15
- Overall verdict: I would wait till next upgrade
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