http://laughingsquid.disqus.com/a resource for art, culture and technologyenMon, 20 Aug 2007 19:04:56 -0000http://laughingsquid.com/canon-announces-new-40d-dslr-camera/#comment-1808861<p>Believe the street price will be $1300.</p><p>Yes, the 40D will be a much better choice for most people, unless they really value being able to get the most out of bright wide-angle lenses and/or specialty lenses (such as a 15mm fish-eye or 24mm tilt-shift).</p>JimMon, 20 Aug 2007 19:04:56 -0000http://laughingsquid.com/canon-announces-new-40d-dslr-camera/#comment-1808860<p>Thanks Scott, I thought it was something along the lines of the image sensor size.</p>Paul StamatiouMon, 20 Aug 2007 17:24:00 -0000http://laughingsquid.com/canon-announces-new-40d-dslr-camera/#comment-1808858<p>Paul, it means that the image sensor is the same size as traditional 35mm film. The 40D has a 1.6 crop. Heres more info on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full-frame_digital_SLR" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full-frame_digital_SLR">full frame sensors</a>.</p>Scott BealeMon, 20 Aug 2007 12:50:16 -0000http://laughingsquid.com/canon-announces-new-40d-dslr-camera/#comment-1808859<p>When you say full frame, do you mean that the CMOS/image sensor is as large as the lens opening?</p>Paul StamatiouMon, 20 Aug 2007 12:35:45 -0000