I decided today that I am getting a 30D instead of a 40D. The 40Ds are going for way more then I want to pay for them, and the 30D are considerably cheaper. I know that I was planning on getting a 40D for a while now, but the price made me look more closely into the differences between the 30D and 40D.
There isn't a lot of difference between the 30D and 40D. The biggest is the megapixel. The 30 has like an 8 megapixel while the 40 has 10. This really doesn't make any difference besides the fact that you can print it larger, but on a screen or printed smaller it's really hard to tell, and for a $250 price difference, the 8 megapixel will look just fine.
Another difference are some features that the 40 has that the 30 doesn't. One being wireless file transfer support. This was one thing I was looking at upgrading to eventually. I did some research and I guess it's kind of a joke. It doesn't work half the time and it's super expensive.
Another feature that the 40 has is dust cleaner/removal. This feature comes in the Rebel X models and is one that made me rethink my choice for a 30. You can pay to have your camera cleaned, but I've heard it's expensive, but if take care of your camera this shouldn't be an issue.
The 40 also has a higher buffer and can take more consecutive pictures. With the 40 you can take up to 75 pictures in jpeg quality simultaneously! Wow! You would never have to wait for the camera again. The FPS (frames per second) only increased to 7 from 5 (which is still pretty good).
I was still debating between the 30 and 40, then I thought about the extra money I would have if I got the 30D. I would be that much closer to a better lens! Which is almost more important than the body. I looked at the lens I was going to buy next and I would be extremely close to being able to buy it. So because of that fact I am going with the 30D.
Let's see if I can snatch one of eBay now.
-Matt Loberg
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