One of Aphilo’s hobby is photography, so as a gift for her in one of the previous occasions, I decided to give her an SLR camera, a Canon EOS 400D code named Digital Rebel XTi to be specific. It’s one cool camera, but a lot more expensive compared to the usual point and shoot digital cameras out in the market. Nevertheless, a special someone deserves a special gift anyway so I still decided to buy her the camera. Besides, I had never given her a gift for quite some time and it’s just about time to make up for all those times. 
Some of its features are:
- 10 megapixel CMOS sensor
- Separate low pass filter with ultra-sonic vibration to remove dust
- Anti-static coatings on sensor surface, software based dust mapping / removal
- Nine area Auto Focus sensor (same as EOS 30D)
- Picture Styles, larger range of image parameter adjustment (same as EOS 30D)
- Faster image processing
- Removal of control panel LCD display, now uses main LCD monitor
- Proximity sensor below viewfinder eyepiece to disable main LCD during composition
- Camera settings made on main LCD (such as metering, white balance, ISO, AF area etc.)
- Setting adjustment saved with half-press of shutter release
- Continuous shooting buffer up to 27 JPEG and 10 RAW images
- Large 2.5″ LCD monitor with 160° viewing angle
- Image magnification available in record review
- Histogram available as brightness (Luminance) or RGB (Red, Green, Blue)
- Up to 9999 images per folder on storage card
So we went to a nearby Canon store and looked around even though we already know what specific camera we want to buy. We were lucky that Canon had an ongoing promo for a free photo printer that goes with the EOS 400D, so it’s quite a bargain considering the price of the photo printer. So after a few demo and feature explanations from the sales people, we finally bought it including some additional accessories.
As soon as Aphilo got her hands on the camera, she took a lot of pictures and explored the camera features happily. I felt so happy for her knowing that I was able to give her something she can use with something she loves to do. Seeing her smile and very happy with my gift, well, that’s priceless. 
[tags] Canon EOS 400D, Canon SLR Camera, Photography, Digital Camera[/tags]
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July 7th, 2007 at 12:05 am
cool!
I bought my brother one of those too although he paid me for it
. Magkano bentahan dyan, bro?
July 7th, 2007 at 5:31 am
we we’re able to purchase it at around 44K. So how much would be the damage there?
July 7th, 2007 at 12:27 pm
hello, napadaan lang po. ganda naman nyang camera!!!
July 7th, 2007 at 3:10 pm
mas mura ng kaunti dito, bro. around $780 lang.
July 8th, 2007 at 3:18 pm
Mapet – thanks for visiting my site. Ganda talaga ng camera, di lang nga maganda talaga presyo.
rye – dapat sa yo na lang din ako nagpabili eh.
July 8th, 2007 at 3:25 pm
oo nga eh. anyway, the offer is still open. kung meron kang mga gusto ipabili, just let me know. I still have around 2.5months to go and may libreng balikbayan box naman kami na malamang hindi mapupuno.
Uhm.. wag lang mga heavy duty ha. Hehehe.
Kitakits, bro!
July 9th, 2007 at 5:02 am
Thanks, rye. Yup, I’ll let you know if there’s something I need or want that you could buy there.