The First Date

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The Canon 350D Comes Home

My latest Toy

At last and after many months of yearning, last Sunday Dec 4th, I went and picked up my first prosumer model - the Canon 350-D.

I took her out for a test ride the same evening, but this little baby is so amazing, i could just cry with hapiness !

It took me all week to go through the manual and get a handle on her.
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Heres a few brief technical specs for those of you inclined / interested -


* Eight megapixel CMOS sensor
*Second generation CMOS (same generation as rest of current range)
*DIGIC II image processor (better image quality, faster processing, less power consumption)
*Instant power-on time, faster shutter release, shorter blackout time
*Continuous shooting speed increased (3.0 fps vs. 2.5 fps)
*Buffer increased (14 JPEG frames vs. 4 JPEG frames)
*Image processing time decreased (thanks to DIGIC II)
*Compact Flash write speed increased
*Smaller body (15 x 5 x 8 mm smaller)
*Lighter weight (17% lighter including battery)
*Matte plastic finish, standard body color to be black, sliver will also be available
*Re-designed control layout (drive mode button, new metering mode & AF buttons)
*Metal mode dial
*Harder rubber finish on hand grip (doesn't feel much like rubber)
*Smaller and lighter NB-2LH battery (same as PowerShot S60 / S70) which is 48% lighter
*Rear LCD panel changed
*Flash pop-up slightly higher (just 5 mm)
*E-TTL II flash
*Nine custom functions
*Customizable SET button
*Control noise reduction
*Flash sync speed in Av mode
*Shutter button / AE button
*AF-assist beam control
(Selectable 0.3 or 0.5 EV exposure steps
*Mirror lock-up
*E-TTL II mode
*Flash shutter curtain sync (1st or 2nd)
*Selectable Metering mode
*Selectable AF mode
*Flash exposure compensation
*Independently selectable color space
*Two preset and three custom image parameter sets, B&W mode (same as EOS 20D)
*White balance fine tuning and bracketing (improved)
*Proper RAW+JPEG (one RAW, one JPEG; although only Large/Fine)
*Record review histogram via Info button
*Play Jump mode by shot date, 10 or 100 images
*USB 2.0 Hi-Speed connection
*Subtly re-designed kit lens now named the EF-S 18 - 55 mm II
*Software now includes ZoomBrowser, DPP and EOS Capture
What comes in the box :
Body with cap, Lens with cap, Battery, Charger, USB cable, TV-Video out, manual, 3 software CDs .