I made the right choice with the 40D

by Morne Louw
(Cape Town)

With so many camera options out there I just found it extremely difficult to pick which one to buy for my relatively new ventures into wedding photography.

Do not dare to ask people on forums which is the best Nikon or Canon... yes, I did, won't do it again. In the end I picked the Canon 40D thinking that when I get my business going better and get booked more often I will upgrade to the 5D, but I'm starting to doubt if I really need to. The 40D has everything I need for my wedding photography.

Low-noise at high ISO:
I like low-light photography, so loved the idea of being able to push the ISO up to 1600 and find no trace of noise, combine that with some fast glass and you can hand-hold in conditions previously out of my humble skill-set.

10MP is more than enough for wedding photography, I often even crop photos out of existing photos and still get wonderful quality prints.

The 3inch LCD screen, man, you can see the difference, you'll never be able to go back to less. I do however still find it very hard to review photos outside in the day as the screen is extremely glossy, but I don't think that's just a Canon issue as my Olympus had the same issue.

Ease of use:
The 40D is amazingly well designed, with the right buttons in the right places and direct access to the most used features, I find I can finally set almost anything while keeping my eye at the view-finder. So make adjustment with that much ease really speeds up the shooting experience.

I love my 40D, will probably rather get another one as a back-up body one-day and spend my money on more glass!!!