Comments on: D40 vs D80 (+MB-D80) http://www.lewiz.org/archive/2007/05/31/d40-vs-d80-mb-d80/ everyone has a shangri-la to find Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:47:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: rr http://www.lewiz.org/archive/2007/05/31/d40-vs-d80-mb-d80/#comment-24603 rr Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:42:49 +0000 http://www.lewiz.org/archive/2007/05/31/d40-vs-d80-mb-d80/#comment-24603 Given the price difference it's crazy to buy the D40x over the D40 as long as the latter is still available (the sensor is discontinued, hence the D40x). The resolution difference, as anyone knows, is tiny in real use. ISO change would be all right (spares from using ND's). But neither is even remotely worth the difference. Given the price difference it’s crazy to buy the D40x over the D40 as long as the latter is still available (the sensor is discontinued, hence the D40x). The resolution difference, as anyone knows, is tiny in real use. ISO change would be all right (spares from using ND’s). But neither is even remotely worth the difference.

]]> By: inomine| http://www.lewiz.org/archive/2007/05/31/d40-vs-d80-mb-d80/#comment-17236 inomine| Fri, 01 Jun 2007 09:46:54 +0000 http://www.lewiz.org/archive/2007/05/31/d40-vs-d80-mb-d80/#comment-17236 All lenses with a Canon EF mount *have* to have a motor in the lens if you want to focus, there is no mechanical linking option as there is with the Nikons. What this means is that if you move your 50mm from a 300D to a 1D it will not focus any quicker or quieter. The same is not true for Nikon. It should also be noted that Canon have multiple classes of in-lens focus motors, the ones that are labeled as USM being the best ones. The focus motor was nuked from the D40 in order to get it to a smaller size. EF-S is the Canon equivelent of DX with the difference being if you stick an EF-S lens on an EF body, instead of getting a small image circle you will get a broken mirror as the lens back sits closer to the sensor. As for D80 vs D40x, I'll take the D40x any day of the week, as long as I can keep a D2x as a backup ;) I'm just not a fan of the D80, while I can put up with the failings of the D40x in exchange for its small size. All lenses with a Canon EF mount have to have a motor in the lens if you want to focus, there is no mechanical linking option as there is with the Nikons. What this means is that if you move your 50mm from a 300D to a 1D it will not focus any quicker or quieter. The same is not true for Nikon. It should also be noted that Canon have multiple classes of in-lens focus motors, the ones that are labeled as USM being the best ones.

The focus motor was nuked from the D40 in order to get it to a smaller size. EF-S is the Canon equivelent of DX with the difference being if you stick an EF-S lens on an EF body, instead of getting a small image circle you will get a broken mirror as the lens back sits closer to the sensor.

As for D80 vs D40x, I’ll take the D40x any day of the week, as long as I can keep a D2x as a backup ;) I’m just not a fan of the D80, while I can put up with the failings of the D40x in exchange for its small size.

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