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Canon 400D vs Canon 500D

  • 12-05-2009 10:06am
    #1
    tororosso
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 437 ✭✭


    General question: would there be much difference between the performance of these two cameras?? To elaborate how much importance would anybody reckon between 10.1 MP and 15.1?? I know that the 500D will be better but just looking for some feedback from anybody who might have used the two bodies!!


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  • #2
    projectmayhem
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,480 ✭✭✭projectmayhem


    Haven't played with the 500D but the 1080P video recording is a major step up on the 400d


  • #3
    Duchovny
    Closed Accounts Posts: 214 ✭✭Duchovny


    The difference of 10mp to 15mp it's not a good reason to choose the camera or change it.

    15mp is starting to be too much so the small CCD's that this cameras have.

    But i'm sure the 500D will bring a lot of new things, maybe you should compare more with the 450D. In case if you have the 400D and thinking to change to the 500D I don't think its worth it.


  • #4
    tororosso
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 437 ✭✭tororosso


    projectmayhem wrote: »
    Haven't played with the 500D but the 1080P video recording is a major step up on the 400d

    In fairness I am not really interested in the video recorder and cant really understand why they have incorporated it into the camera in the first place! Wont it mean that even DSLRs with small lenses will be completely prohibited in most concerts and such events!?


  • #5
    tororosso
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 437 ✭✭tororosso


    Duchovny wrote: »
    The difference of 10mp to 15mp it's not a good reason to choose the camera or change it.

    15mp is starting to be too much so the small CCD's that this cameras have.

    But i'm sure the 500D will bring a lot of new things, maybe you should compare more with the 450D. In case if you have the 400D and thinking to change to the 500D I don't think its worth it.

    Yeah I have heard that mentioned before but would the extra 15 MP be really handy for cropping distant details in say a sports shot??

    Do you mean you dont think it is worth going from the 400 to the 500D based on the price difference and that the 450D would make more economic sense??

    What do you mean by the small CCD's?!


  • #6
    Duchovny
    Closed Accounts Posts: 214 ✭✭Duchovny


    For crop maybe but than again if you have worst quality i don't know if its worth it.

    Regarding changing the 400D to the 500D i wouldn't do it i would rather get a xxD 30D 40D or 50D than 500D.

    Because the sensor is smaller than the full frame cameras the pixels are starting to be too many for the amount of space that they have producing worst quality most noticeable in high ISO.


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  • #7
    tororosso
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 437 ✭✭tororosso


    Cool Duchovny thanks for the advice :) will look into the 50D so :)


  • #8
    shleed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭shleed


    Duchovny wrote: »
    For crop maybe but than again if you have worst quality i don't know if its worth it.

    Regarding changing the 400D to the 500D i wouldn't do it i would rather get a xxD 30D 40D or 50D than 500D.

    Because the sensor is smaller than the full frame cameras the pixels are starting to be too many for the amount of space that they have producing worst quality most noticeable in high ISO.

    Even though it has the exact same sensor size as the other cameras. The 50D has the same megapixels too.


  • #9
    Duchovny
    Closed Accounts Posts: 214 ✭✭Duchovny


    shleed wrote: »
    Even though it has the exact same sensor size as the other cameras. The 50D has the same megapixels too.

    Yes i know that's why the 50D as worst image quality per pixel then the 40D and also worst quality in higher ISO.

    And still better then any xxxD


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