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Comparison of the Canon 400D and Olympus D-40

Canon 400D

Olympus D-40

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Luminous Landscape Forum > D40 vs. K100D vs. XTi
The Xti is a nice camera but the viewfinder is insanely small.... 10 MP isn't really anything more than a pain for me, as it means more cards and more processing time (a lot of which is just throwing pixels away, yawn)....
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Luminous Landscape Forum -> D40 vs. K100D vs. XTi
The Xti is a nice camera but the viewfinder is insanely small.... 10 MP isn't really anything more than a pain for me, as it means more cards and more processing time (a lot of which is just throwing pixels away, yawn)....
luminous-landscape.com

First time DSLR Buyer - 350D vs 400D vs Nikon D40 [Archive] - Digital Camera Resource Page - Forums
the newer but slightly more 'budget' nikon or the older but more featured canon.... To give you an idea, these are some of the better pictures i was able to take with the casio....
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How they stack up

FEATURE

Effective pixels

10.1 million3.9 million

ISO rating

up to 1600up to 400

Weight (inc. batteries)

556 g (19.6 oz)270 g (9.5 oz)

Dimensions

127 x 94 x 65 mm (5 x 3.7 x 2.6 in)87 x 69 x 44 mm (3.4 x 2.7 x 1.7 in)

Sensor size

22.2 x 14.8 mm1/1.8 " (7.18 x 5.32 mm)

Zoom

35 mm - 98 mm (2.8 x)

Aperture range

F2.8 - F4.8 / F8.0

Focal length multiplier

1.6 

Movie Clips

NoYes, 40 sec, audio

Viewfinder

TTLOptical

Storage types

Compact Flash (Type I or II)SmartMedia
Both have:aperture priority, shutter priority
Both do not have:image stabilization
 
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