Just for completeness, I point you in the general direction of a Canon 40D review that came out a few days ago (many months after everyone else posted their 40D reviews.) This one is by Anthony Dhanendran of “Computeract!ve” and is all of 230 words, six paragraphs long, and not much more than six sentences total. Seriously.

Let’s review their review, shall we?

First paragraph: States that the 40D is the “most expensive” of Canon’s “consumer-level” digital SLR cameras. It then states that the price range does go higher, for example for the Canon 5D, but that’s more expensive. I kid you not, that’s really what it says. Don’t believe me? Allow me to quote it:

The EOS 40D is the most expensive and, so far, most impressive of Canon’s consumer-level digital SLRs. The range goes up higher (see the professional 5D), but you’re talking about adding £1,000 to the price.

Second paragraph: One sentence which states that it’s bigger than many digital cameras, but easy to handle and similar to the 30D.

Third paragraph: Two sentences, one stating that the 40D has a better sensor than the 30D and a larger LCD display, and the second sentence saying that most DSLRs can’t compose pictures with the screen but the 40D can.

Fourth paragraph: Easy to use, menus are good.

Fifth paragraph: They tested it with the Canon 17-55mm lens, but it will work with all EF-S lenses. Obviously, that’s not a very accurate statement, since it works with all EOS lenses, EF and EF-S, but they just say that it works with EF-S lenses.

Sixth paragraph: Here we get into the actual meat of the review, the test results and image quality. This paragraph devotes one sentence to that, which I will quote in full:

Image quality throughout was excellent, although in truth not far above the 30D.

Immensely helpful. The last sentence of the paragraph, and of the review, is their conclusion, which is that this the Canon 40D is an expensive camera but something that’s good for replacing your “ageing [sic] film camera or entry-level digital SLR.”

Now, my post here making fun of their amazingly pointless review is about 50% longer than their review of a complex digital SLR camera. But it was fun to make fun of, at least for me. For you, random reader, who might have been hoping for some actual useful information, I apologize. To make it up to you, I’ll point you towards a much better Canon 40D DSLR review and hope that you’ll forgive me for wasting your time with this foolishness.

And happy new year’s!