Canon EOS 400D Digital SLR Camera (incl. EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens Kit) (Electronics)

An ex-canon fan Only thirteen months after buying the camera, and it failed (Error 99). Look on the internet for Error 99. Choose Pentax instead.

A brilliant starter The 400D was my first venture into digital SLR's (I've had several film ones over the years) and I must say I am very happy with it. It's been just over a year since I brought the 400D with kit lens (18-55m) and a 50-200mm with it. It's a nifty little camera, big enough to make the image conscious feel like the have a TRUE DLSR in their hands, but small enough for carrying around like a compact digital camera. Another great thing about the 400D is that is has the safety net of the automatic functions, such as scene modes, automatice white balance, ISO and focusing, but allows for learning with the ability to be fully manually controlled if the user so wishes. I would definately reccomend this as a perfect starter dlsr for anyone buying, I just wish the price was like this when I brought mine soon after the release of this model (Summer 2007 for about £600 (with the kit lens, 50-200mm, and a 1gb memory card))!

WOW !!!! I recently bought a EOS 400D, for my husband, following my daughters wedding (bad timing or what). He followed the photographer around and whenever he left his lying around, He picked it up and just started taking pic's. He owns two 35mm SLR's, a Pentax MX and Olympus 10, plus a 7 mp Olympus digi camera. When we went on holiday after the wedding and took photos of Puffins with my digi cam. when we checked the images, even on zoom you had to struggle to see the birds. So I decided to buy a newer camera for him, hence the 400D. he is so impressed with the picture quality even though I bought a second telephoto lense for him, which again gives great quality. the camera itself is so easy to use, even my 7 year old grandaughter took a great photo of her sister with it !!!!. Although there is a EOS 450 model out now he would recomend the EIOS 400D to anyone

where's my CASHBACK????? Purchased camera for pressie - recipient very happy BUT NO CASHBACK AS PROMISED ?????????????

Excellent beginners DSLR. I bought this two months ago after reviewing cameras for at least six month. With 10.1 mp,easy to use functions,lightweight, easy to grip, I believe i made the right choice. This is my first DSLR and glad i purchased the Canon. The camera kit comes with the supplied lens which isn't top quality. Well worth buying a 50mm lens for every day use.( keep the supplied lens as a spare). I bought the canon 50mm 1.8 mark 11 lens. The software that is supplied with the camera is easy to install on your computer. The software allows you to store pics and edit, prior to printing them out. This camera is been replaced by the 1000d( although not confirmed by canon), but if your a beginner like me, then it isn't worth the extra cost. Reviews recently put the Sony alpha 200 ahead of the Canon 400, mainly due to inbuilt image stabilisation and liveview functions. The choice is yours, but the Canon has more lens etc to choose from. The Sony has limited number of lenses to buy......approx 20. Canon has a range of over 60 lenses to choose from. I love this camera and have become addicted to photography already....