It’s not a rumor anymore. Due to deliver to market on September 20th, Amazon’s gone live with their shopping cart for the much anticipated Canon EOS 40D 10.1MP SLR Camera making it available for pre-order at the jawdropping price of $1299.99. Will it be worth it? You bet.
No new/official pictures are available yet, but the spec list speaks volumes. First up on the good news block, the EOS 40D Digital SLR’s 10.1-megapixel CMOS APS-C size image sensor has been significantly improved thanks to the use of larger microlenses over each pixel to reduce noise and expand sensitivity up to ISO 3200. The next generation EOS delivers a 10.1-megapixel CMOS sensor that captures enough detail for photo-quality poster-size prints, a large 3.0-inch LCD display with enhanced Live View and broadened color gamut, 6.5 frame-per-second continuous shooting capability (for bursts of up to 75 Large/Fine JPEGs or 17 RAW images), sRAW mode; 35-zone metering system; integrated Self-Cleaning Sensor Unit, powered by BP-511A, BP-511, or BP-512 lithium-ion battery pack with images stored on CF cards. And if you’re a rugged photographer, all the better — Canon design engineers made the EOS 40D SLR’s magnesium alloy exterior even more ruggedly dependable than its predecessors with upgraded dust and weather-resistant construction, particularly around the camera’s connection ports, battery compartment, and single-slot CF memory card door. If you accidentally open the compact flash card door while the camera is writing to the card, a warning will pop up on the LCD screen and an open door “alarm” will sound, but the image(s) will continue writing to the memory card without interruption.
Check out the full spec list on Amazon for more fantastic features — look out, shutterbugs, there’s a great new toy on the market.
