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400D or 450D, 10 Jun 2008
By Mr. W. J. Burrowes "buddyarrows"
I have had a Canon 30D for about 18 months and found it to be a great camera. I had decided to up-grade to a 400D but with the new Canon 450D having a similar speck, also with Live View and with 12.2 mega pixles compared to the 40Ds 10.2! So I decided on the Canon 450D.

I made the right decision, this is a fantastic Camera with terrific picture quality and makes the 30D look old and soft in comparison. I could go on about how great his camera is only to say I am delighted with it and has much better battery life than the 30D even with using Live View. and the only down side is the 18-55 lens compromises picture quality somewhat. An up-grade to the Sigma 18-50 DC-EX will make all the difference if you want top quality pictures that this Camera can produce.

If you have a compact or an older DSLR the Canon 450D would be a priority choice.

My first digital SLR, 7 May 2008
By Alan Baybut (Lymington, Hampshire)

Up to now I've always used point and click cameras, the smaller the better so I can just keep it in my pocket as I hate carrying large items around with me. I decided I would like to try and take photography a little more seriously so in April 2008 I decided the canon 450d was for me so ordered it through Amazon. I could have got it for about £20 cheaper but did not know the retailer so played safe. It turned up within 2 days as promised.

My first impressions when unpacking the camera was that it was surprisingly light and seemd well built (time will tell if that is correct!). It most certainly will not fit in my pocket and as it does not come with a carrying case my first additional expenditure was £30 on a case.

For a newbie to DSLR cameras there are an awful lot of buttons, switches and dials. Pressing the menu button brings up 7 menus, each with 7 or 8 sub menus and most of these have a number of sub sub menus. This left no option other than to open the instruction book....all 196 pages of it! To be fair they are small pages and cover each topic in sufficient detail to understand what they are but if you're like me, new to "serious" photography, then a number of hours on the Internet finding out how and when you use each of the features will be required.

The lens that came with it seems o.k (but then who am I to judge!)in that the first pictures I took looked sharp on my P.C. but I haven't printed any out yet to see how they compare with my "point and click" camera. The image stabilising (IS) seems to work very well.

I have had the camera for about 5 weeks now and the first thing I want is a tele-photo lens as I have found the supplied lens too limited. I've borrowed a 55mm-200mm lens (see, I'm getting into the jargon after only 5 weeks) and this has made a huge difference to the type of photographs I can take and has made things much more interesting. Unfortunately, a reasonable quality lens like this seems to start at about £300 so this clearly isn't going to be the cheapest hobby!

I think the camera is brilliant. The large screen on the back is easy to see and has all of the information you need on it (and it rather cleverly goes blank when you bring it up to your face to take a photo).

The buttons on the canon 450d are well laid out and easy to use (when you understand what they are all for!) and the software that comes with the camera is easy to understand, although a bit basic, so if you want to do anything clever with your pictures you will need some photo software as well.

The live view shooting i.e. using the LCD screen on the back rather than the view finder only works on the manual settings not the automatic settings which is a slight pain as using the view finder when you wear glasses is a little bit awkward.

In conclusion, after having the Canon 450dfor 5 weeks, I am absolutely delighted with it and, as a newcomer to photography, would thoroughly recommend it.

One of the best SLRs at the moment, 9 Jul 2008
By Mr. George Johnson "Gj" (Herts, UK)

I have just upgraded from a four year old 300D to the Canon 450D- the difference in quality is astounding. I always enjoyed taking really odd lit pictures and messing about with the camera settings trying to create odd effects, the Canon EOS 450D takes this to another level, and backed up with double the number of pixels captured. I took it out and started capturing some basic landscapes in bright sunlight, when I got home I had goosebumps, the quality was simply stunning, over my old 300D.

My wife was so impressed with this camera and I with the offer of £50 cashback during July 2008, that after only 9 days of using it, we bought another 450D for my wife to use as well!

Also take a look at the 55-250mm budget Cannon IS lens, at only £190, a good budget telephoto addition to the amateur's kitbag.

If you can stretch to the cost of this camera, do it, you will not regret it!

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Canon EOS 400D vs 450D

The new Canon EOS 400D is the new replacement for the Canon EOS 400D. The main differences between the Canon 400Dand the 450D are more pixels, Live View, lighter body and bigger LCD screen.

Canon are so confident about the quality of the EOS 450D over the Canon EOS 400D that they are offering £50 cash back during August and September 2008.Canon EOS 400D

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