I picked up my newest toy earlier this week - the all new and super cool Canon 400D - (Rebel XTi for all you yanks). Its a digital SLR camera and takes awesome 10 megapixel shots with my 18-55mm and 70-300mm lenses.

I had a hard time trying to decide between the newer (and more expensive) 400D, the Canon 350D and the Nikon D70. I took into considering the LCD size, the features and ultimately the higher resolution (10.1megapixel) resolution of the 400D. While there isnt much of a difference between the 350D and the 400D apart from the slightly higher resolution and an increase in LCD screen size, the deciding factor was the fact that the newer 400D addresses the really annoying problem of dust settling on the sensor filter.

If you’re already into dSLR’s, you probably already know that dust is the bane of dSRL existence especially during long exposures. Not only does it have a ultra-cool dust cleaning feature (piezoelectric crystals ’shake’ the filter in front of the sensor during boot) it also uses advanced dust-mapping algorithms to map the location of dust spots and remove them in post.

Canon has even released a video demonstrating the self-cleaning feature:

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Pretty nifty eh?
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