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>>39977 Things you'll be able to do now: 1. Take pictures *really fast*. Instant on, no shutter lag, 3fps. 2. Take pictures in much lower light, especially once you get a decent lens. The 400D has a great ISO400, a decent ISO800, and a usable ISO1600. I shoot at 400 most of the time, unless I'm in bright sunlight or am taking a shot that can't tolerate even a hint of noise. If you like shooting in low-light situations, I'd recommend picking up a fast prime. Canon's 50mm f/1.8, for instance, is mad swift and pretty much their cheapest lens (at about $75). Though the problem with that is that you're stuck in one focal length, and an annoying mild telephoto at that. 3. Frame through actual glass, which makes manually focusing a hell of a lot more pleasant than looking at an LCD. I didn't believe this until I actually did it. 4. Shrink your depth of field. Much bigger sensor = Much smaller depth of field possible.
What you'll be giving up: 1. Unless you pop for a macro lens, kiss your extreme close focusing ability goodbye 2. Same goes for your huge zoom range. I only know of one lens that has the mad zoom range of a superzoom P&S like the S2IS, and that's on Nikon. 3. "Video? What's that? We only do still here, son" 4. Say goodbye to stealthy ninja-like quiet shutters, say hello to a big-honkin' mirror going kaCLACK followed by a metal focal-plane shutter going clatter followed by the big-honkin' mirror going kaCLACK again as it comes back down. 5. Want your IS back? Be prepared for a wallet-raep. 6. Did you like framing on your LCD sometimes? Yeah, no more of that. If you don't want to use the viewfinder, best you can do is take a picture and view it on the LCD, reframe, repeat.
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