The Canon 40D, anticipated predisesor to the Canon 30D may be here sooner rather then later! Then again it may not. We actually don’t know, but we figured you would want us to help spread the rampant, unconfirmed rumors across the galaxy. As many of us know there’s an old Gizmondo posting stating there was a spec sheet leaked that tells the juicy details. Some of these include…

* 10.1 MP CMOS sensor
* 5fps, 30 JPEG image burst (same as 30D)
* Integrated Cleaning System

Now an upgrade of a faster fps rate would be great, especially in this emerging HDR world. It would also be nice to see something a tad more revolutionary than what we see listed. Then again, if we think back to when the 30D replaced the 20D we see that the updated feature set was minimal. It may be that Canon is following this same path with the 40D, but only time will tell.

In my speculative opinion we’re likely to see the 40D in the next few months, but I feel the feature set (though it may or may not match the one above) will be not revolutionary, but rather just evolutionary. People are getting anxious for a new release, but placing a call to Canon revealed no additional details (no surprise there)

Those on the Nikon bench probably don’t care about t he 40D. Then again it could turn out to be so great that Nikon users will flush their systems down the nearest toilet, causing massive sewer problems throughout the world, and rush to the nearest Canon dealer?? Well that’s not likely to happen. But as long as Canon and Nikon continue to wage war on one another shooters in both camps will benefit. The saga continues….

[tags]photography, canon, nikon, 40d, rumor[/tags] Gavin Seim Photography 2007

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