Holding Hands

For something completely different now. I visited my cousin today, who just had a new baby less than a month ago. I took some shots of the new baby with my 40D. Here’s just one.

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The new BG-E2N grip vs the old BG-E2 grip

I have picked up my new BG-E2N grip for my Canon EOS40D today. I have made some shots and comparison with the old BG-E2 grip. First, some pics of the new grip. The external appearance of the new BG-E2N grip is virtually identical to the old BG-E2 grip The main difference between the 2 grip [...]

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Canon EOS 40D vs 20D External Appearance

I have made some shots comparing the external appearance of the 40D vs the 20D. the main difference is that, you can clearly see that the 40D is significantly bigger than the 20D. I am sorry about the quality of these pics as I have to dig up my ancient Canon Powershot G2 to take [...]

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Canon 40D vs 20D high ISO test

As requested, I have made some 100% crops at ISO1600 and ISO3200 from both the 40D and 20D. All were shot in RAW and converted with DPP and then cropped and slightly sharpened with Photoshop CS3. the lens used was Sigma 30mm f1.4 DC. Shutter speed and aperture were matched exactly the same on both [...]

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The new BG-E2N battery grip for EOS 40D arrived in Hong Kong

When I bought my new 40D on Sunday, the new battery grip BG-E2N for the 40D hasn’t arrived in Hong Kong yet. So I have been using my 40D with the old BG-E2 grip. My favorite cmaera shop just called me this morning and told me that the new grip arrived at their shop. I [...]

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Canon EOS 40D initial impressions

 *** I have already published a full review article for the 40D, you can view it here. I have played with my new 40D for a few days now since I bought it on Sunday, so it’s time to write about some of my initial impression on this new camera. 1. The viewfinder view is [...]

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Canon 40D vs 20D ISO 1600 Comparison

I took a similar shot with my new 40D and my old 20D at ISO 1600. I scaled the shots to 50% and cropped them for comparison here. The first shot is from 40D and the 2nd shot is from 20D. You can see the Canon EOS 40D full review article here.

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Canon EOS 40D ISO1600 Test Shots

A lot of people are interested in high ISO performance of the new 40D. I shot a few ISO1600 shots today. You can see them below. All these shots were processed straight from RAW file without any adjustmetn in Digital Photo Professional(DPP). The TIF files convert with DPP were then exported to Photoshop CS3. Only [...]

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