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Canon EOS 40D Nikon D300  Image       More information Announced 20-Aug-07 Our in-depth review Our samples gallery All Canon products Announced 23-Aug-07 Our in-depth review Our samples gallery All Nikon products  Discussion Canon EOS 7D / 50D - 10D Forum Find related discussion Nikon D300 - D100 Forum Find related discussion  Owners opinions Read owners opinions (197) Post / Edit your opinion Read owners opinions (212) Post / Edit your opinion  Support this site by  purchasing from our  affiliate merchants  Please wait, fetching latest prices.  Please wait, fetching latest prices.  Format      Interchangeable lens camera Interchangeable lens camera  Price (street)       Also known as           Release Status           Max resolution      3888 x 2592 4288 x 2848  Low resolution      2816 x 1880, 1936 x 1288 3216 x 2136, 2144 x 1424  Image ratio w:h      3:2 3:2  Effective pixels      10.1 million 12.3 million  Sensor photo detectors      10.5 million 13.1 million  Sensor size      22.2 x 14.8 mm (3.28 cm²) 23.6 x 15.8 mm (3.72 cm²)  Pixel density      3.1 MP/cm² 3.3 MP/cm²  Sensor type      CMOS CMOS  Sensor manufacturer      Canon Sony  ISO rating      Auto, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200 (H) 200 - 3200 in 1, 1/2 or 1/3 EV steps (100 - 6400 with boost)  Zoom wide (W)           Zoom tele (T)           Digital zoom      No No  Image stabilization      No No  Auto Focus      Multi-BASIS TTL, 9 focus points (diamond shape, cross-type) Nikon Multi-CAM3500 DX  Manual Focus      Yes Yes  Normal focus range           Macro focus range           White balance override      6 positions, Kelvin & manual preset 12 positions, plus manual and Kelvin  Aperture range           Min shutter      30 sec 30 sec  Max shutter      1/8000 sec 1/8000 sec  Built-in Flash      Yes, pop-up Yes, pop-up  Flash range      12 m (ISO 100) 12 m  External flash      Yes, hot-shoe, E-TTL II Yes, hot-shoe plus sync connector  Flash modes      Auto, On, Red-eye reduction, Off Front curtain, Rear curtain, Red-Eye, Slow, Red-Eye Slow  Exposure compensation      -2 to +2 EV in 1/3 EV or 1/2 EV steps -5 to +5 EV in 1/2 or 1/3 EV steps  Metering      35 area Eval, Center weighted, Partial, Spot 3D Matrix metering II, Center weighted, Spot  Aperture priority      Yes Yes  Shutter priority      Yes Yes  Focal length multiplier      1.6 1.5  Lens thread      Canon EOS EF, EF-S mount Nikkor AF / F-mount, D-Type  Continuous Drive      Yes, 6.5 fps or 3 fps up to 75 JPEG images Yes, 6 fps, 100 JPEG / ?? RAW  Movie Clips      No No  Remote control      Yes, N3 connector Yes, Optional  Self-timer      Yes, 2 or 10 sec Yes, 2 to 20 sec  Timelapse recording      Yes, by USB cable and PC Yes  Orientation sensor      Yes Yes  Storage types      Compact Flash (Type I or II) Compact Flash (Type I or II)  Storage included      None None  Uncompressed format      Yes, RAW, sRAW Yes, RAW, TIFF  Quality Levels      Fine, Normal Fine, Normal, Basic  Viewfinder      Optical (Pentaprism, 95% coverage, 0.95x magnification) Optical (Pentaprism, 100% coverage, 0.94x magnification)  LCD      3 " 3 "  LCD Dots      230,000 922,000  Live View      Yes Yes  USB      USB 2.0 (480Mbit/sec) USB 2.0 (480Mbit/sec)  HDMI      No Yes  Wireless      No No  Environmentally sealed      No No  Battery      Canon BP-511A Li-Ion & Charger Nikon EN-EL3e Lithium-Ion battery  Weight (inc. batteries)      822 g (29 oz) 925 g (32.6 oz)  Dimensions      146 x 108 x 74 mm (5.8 x 4.3 x 2.9 in) 147 x 114 x 74 mm (5.8 x 4.5 x 2.9 in)  Notes           Resolution Chart      Colour Patches