Does an EOS 40D (10.1 megapixel APS-C) camera hold up today in a mirrorless world
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03-04-2023
11:42 AM
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03-10-2023
12:24 PM
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ccanada
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03-04-2023 11:43 AM
If you are satisfied with the images you are creating that is all that should count.
Conway, NH
1D X Mark III, M200, Many lenses, Pixma PRO-100, Pixma TR8620a, Lr Classic
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03-04-2023 11:49 AM - edited 03-08-2023 08:25 PM
This camera performs well in daylight but not so much in low light with a max ISO of ISO 1000. Expanded ISO of ISO 1600/ H1 and of ISO 3200/ H2. It is now serves a backup camera to my 5D Mark IV.
Bodies: EOS 5D Mark IV
Lenses: EF Holy Trinity, EF 85mm F/1.8 USM
Speedlites: 420EX, 470EX-AI, 550EX & 600EX II-RT
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03-04-2023 12:20 PM
I still shoot occasionally with both the EOS D30 (3.3MP, releases 2000) and the D60 (6MP release 2002).
Entry on impact of the D30 on the DSLR market
They both do a good job for publishing on the web, for example.
D30+EF 28-105@68mm, f/8, 1/25sec, ISO-200
D30+28-90mm@75mm, f/5.6, 1/250sec, ISO-200
D30+17-40@22mm, f/4, 1/10sec, ISO-400
This was taken with the D60
D60+EF 28-90@43mm, f/5.6, 1/320sec, ISO-200
I found the chap left by a previous owner in a weed patch, so I put him to work to do some heavy lifting! 😊
cheers, TREVOR
The mark of good photographer is less what they hold in their hand, it's more what they hold in their head;
"All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow", Leo Tolstoy;
"Skill in photography is acquired by practice and not by purchase" Percy W. Harris
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03-04-2023 12:46 PM - edited 03-08-2023 08:25 PM
These old APS-C cameras despite there low megapixels still produce great pictures. Even though this particular camera is 16 years old now. I don't have the the original pictures on my computer anymore they've been moved to a hard drive now. So I don't have the full EXIF data for these pictures. I have copies of them only on hand. But I at least know what lenses I've used. EF 28-135mm F/3.5-5.6 IS USM @40mm F/4
EOS 40D Sigma 17-50mm F/2.8 EX DC OS HSM @ 50mm F/2.8
Bodies: EOS 5D Mark IV
Lenses: EF Holy Trinity, EF 85mm F/1.8 USM
Speedlites: 420EX, 470EX-AI, 550EX & 600EX II-RT
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03-04-2023 01:39 PM
Why do you think you lose the EXIF data when you copy a file to a hard drive or anywhere else?
I move my photo files around a lot, onto and from my network file server and hard drives and have not seen any loss of data. There's no loss of data in copying/moving a digital file unless it gets corrupted somehow.
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03-04-2023 01:41 PM
Hi Norm:
My experience is that the EXIF data is lost with some processing, especially when RAW images are saved as JPG files.
cheers, TREVOR
The mark of good photographer is less what they hold in their hand, it's more what they hold in their head;
"All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow", Leo Tolstoy;
"Skill in photography is acquired by practice and not by purchase" Percy W. Harris
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03-04-2023 02:00 PM - edited 03-08-2023 08:24 PM
I believe the 2 pictures were originally RAW images converted to JPG. I was still in a transition period between shooting JPG and switching to RAW. At one point I was shooting JPG+ RAW for easy sharing. But the pictures above were downloaded from my phone to google drive. So I don't know if that stripped out the EXIF Data. They were shared via text on my old phone. Theses pictures were on my old computer and are on a DVD. I'm starting on the process of moving my future pictures to an SSD. Instead of using obsolete DVDs since most laptops don't have a DVD drive anymore. Then move all of those pictures on DVDs to an SSD for quick access since DVDs do fail. Mine are quite old now some are around 20+ years old now.
Bodies: EOS 5D Mark IV
Lenses: EF Holy Trinity, EF 85mm F/1.8 USM
Speedlites: 420EX, 470EX-AI, 550EX & 600EX II-RT
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03-04-2023 02:07 PM - edited 03-08-2023 08:24 PM
The pictures above DO NOT have EXIF Data attached to them. You can check if you want. I can't find the EXIF Data. I have moved the pictures to a DVD years ago. They were also sent via text to other people on my old phone. I have a new phone that I downloaded the pictures to Google Drive from. To post in the forum in a JPG format. But I'm going to use an SSD for future picture storage. Then I will move pictures from all of my old DVDs to SSDs.
Bodies: EOS 5D Mark IV
Lenses: EF Holy Trinity, EF 85mm F/1.8 USM
Speedlites: 420EX, 470EX-AI, 550EX & 600EX II-RT
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03-04-2023 03:31 PM
Definitely a living fossil - I have DVD drives still and actually a library of about 1,000 film and TV series DVDs that I still enjoy. I shall whittle them down over time as I downsize, I guess...
cheers, TREVOR
The mark of good photographer is less what they hold in their hand, it's more what they hold in their head;
"All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow", Leo Tolstoy;
"Skill in photography is acquired by practice and not by purchase" Percy W. Harris
