An important Difference! Canon Eos 350D/400D vs Canon 30D/40D

For today's blog post i thought i would outline a crucially important difference between the Canon Eos 350D and its predecessor the 400D range of DSLR's and the Canon Eos 30D and its own predecessor the 40D. When i was first getting into SLR's and DSLR's I made the grave mistake of opting for a 350D when I had the option of getting a 30D ( i wanted to save the difference for my ultimate upgrade to a 5D), thinking that the only real difference between the camera was autofocus points, size, speed, and Megapixel count. Little did I know (and a few review sites forgot to mention) that there was indeed an extremly vital importance between the two Camera ranges, very much in the same way that the difference between the 5D and its younger cousins is that it has a full frame chip, as opossed to a cropped one. The important jump from the entry level Dslr's to the 30/40D is that the Entry level camera's do not possess a shutter! Yes thats right, they lack a shutter. Now if you are wondering how the heck does it take the pictures, well the entry level cameras, instead of having a real shutter installed, they emulate the effect of a shutter by quickly activating parts of the sensor chip to simulate as if it was a shutter going past recording the image bit by bit. Now if you dont know the effect that this has on your image, think about when you turn your tv on, particularly the old projector tv's theres always a moment of static/noise before you get a clear image. In the same way that as a camera chip is activated it creates a certain ammount of digital noise which is of course shown in the picture. The advantage of having a real shutter is that the chip is always on, so the initial static has already dispersed and the chip simply records the light that is let thru by the shutter. :)

Just a little bit of random camera knowledge for all those looking to invest or upgrade in a DSLR, or who simply just didnt know. and for those who were eagerly hoping for some images to be put up today, dont worry this is not the last post of the day, i will have some up (hopefully) by the end of today so just keep checking back, or just suscribe to my RSS and be notified! :D (the atom feed is available at the bottom of the page...should really set up an anchor link for that)