Canon EOS 400D

'Canon= huge and heavy, why this one so light?'
'Introducing, Canon EOS 400D, entry level DSLR'

'Buttons layout are complicated'

Received the Canon EOS 400D two weeks ago and i was kind of delighted with it knowingly that this will be the first Canon camera i'll be using, YES, i've never use a 'meriam' before because i'm a pro Nikon fan, sorry for the Canon handlers out there. Having own the Nikon D50 and also Nikon D200, i would say this EOS 400D is kind of a let down to me.

When the Eos 350D was launched, i thought it will be somehing special, small, light weight, that's something good for DSLR users. apparently, light body does not mix well with DSLR, imagine adding a speedlight on top, then a telephoto lense, the whole camera will be out of balance, so light body is a put off for me.

I thought my plastic-ky D50 is light, but the 400D is even lighter and i feel uncomfortable holding it. also another thing i do not like is the new breakthrough by canon which started off on the 350D is the info display which has been moved to the image display. that means 1 screen with different stuff shown on it. i heard the D40 will be using such tech. also the positioning of the buttons on canons are different fron nikon. the bad thing is the changing of exposure, it's so inconvenient.

Somehow, the picture produce from the 400D is not up to my expectation compared to my D50. Maybe, i also use the D200 with a 35mm lens quite often and i'm comparing it wif the 400D, that's why i fuss about it all the time.

Final Verdict: Sorry Canon users. If you want to buy a camera, buy somehting which is for entry level then only you upgrade to a higher one. in short, from small to big, not from big back to small. (in the first place i do not know why i want to review the canon when i'm a pro nikon.)