Im getting a back up camera to complement my 5D mk2 I was looking at a new 60D or a second hand 40D which is half the price any advice would be welcome
I have the 40d and i can assure you that its truly a great camera!! Although no movie mode or whatever the noise performance is pretty good up to 800 and even 1600 is use able. Image quality is great so that’s the option i would go for instead of the less proffessional but newer 60d.
although i have neither…im very wary of the 60d being labelled as less professional than the 40d. the 60d has been given this label based simply on the fact ( from all my research , i had planned to buy one ) that its body is not magnesium alloy …other than that , its spec is way higher in every way (other than frames per sec: 6.5 v 5.3) . noise control , iso , colour depth, viewfinder ,lcd( even better than the 7d) are all way improved over the 40d…not to mention its flash wireless contol of speedlites. if it had a metal body everyone would be raving about the camera