I haven’t posted in a week so to keep things moving, thought I’d upload another undercard shot from The Contender Asia. I took this with the 40D and a 85mm f/1.8 mounted. The combination of these two produces a very…

While photographing on set of The Contender Asia, I had the opportunity to witness two young children put on a Muay Thai demonstration for all those in attendance. The performance was stunning and one that left everyone both breathless and…

Welcome to my Canon 40D review. Unlike some of my other reviews, this is definitely not the first to hit the web. In fact, almost all of the major sites have now covered the 40D in great detail. Having said…

Part 1 – Introduction When the 40D was announced, it definitely peaked my interest. As readers will undoubtedly already know, the 40D (and its predecessors 30D, 20D, 10D, etc) are marketed as “prosumer” cameras. They compete with Nikon D200 /…

Part 2 – Design, Controls and Timings Design If it makes sense to say it, the 40D is a great looking camera. Perhaps it’s because Nikon and Canon are selling so many DLSR’s these days that they’re setting a defacto…

Part 3 – Live View Given that the Live View feature of the 40D is very similar to the E-410’s which I reviewed previously, this section is mostly a copy of what I wrote previously, with edits where necessary. I’ve…

Part 4 – Image Quality Introduction OK, enough about the handling, live view and everything else – what about image quality? Well, I’m going to make things easy this time and start with the conclusion first. The 40D has excellent…

Part 5 – Conclusion OK, so now the summary. If you’ve skipped straight to this part, let me make it easy for you. The 40D is an excellent camera. The fact that it’s getting “highly recommended” or equivalents over the…

I shot I took at an undercard fight for The Contender Asia. Neither of the fighters pictured are contestants in the show. Photo copyright Lawrence Ripsher.