Canon 40D features 6.5 FPS Shooting Speed

According to Canon, 6.5 FPS shooting speed of Canon 40D is the "fastest in class." Canon's high end digital slr, EOS-1V, "features the world's fastest continuous shooting speed, enabling film transport at an astounding rate of 10 fps." That's pretty impressive indeed!

For those unfamiliar with FPS, it stands for "Frames per second." In Layman's terms you can think of it as images captured by your Canon 40D per second.

The very impressive 6.5 fps shooting speed easily makes Canon 40d the dream camera for anyone that loves taking high action shots. It becomes even more appealing for those that are budget-minded among us. If you have never had a high speed shooting camera, then Canon 40d is just perfect for you.

How long will Canon will be able to tout 6.5 and 10 FPS shooting speed? After all, Casio recently announced a mind boggling 300 fps shooting speed in a six megapixel CMOS based camera that is still looking for a name. Casio's upcoming digital slr will be able to take 6 megapixel images at 60 frames per second. Casio still hasn't released a lot of details about this upcoming camera so we will have to see, however, I don't see Casio ever converting Canon fans. Nikon may, but Casio...I don't think so.

Over at AOL video, I found a video of Canon 40D high speed shooting demonstration.


-- update: October 7, 2007
Here is what Canon says about the Canon EOS 40D's 6.5 fps continuous shooting mode.

Quick camera response empowers you to capture every fleeting photo opportunity. When such moments arise, you can quickly start up the EOS 40D in only about 0.15 seconds. Then capture the scene at an impressive 6.5 frames per second in the continuous shooting mode, with up to 75 Large/Fine JPEG shots per burst. This speedy response was made possible by accelerated 4-channel reading and an optimized shooting sequence. You can also select a low-speed 3fps setting, depending on your needs. Response is further enhanced by a minimal shutter release time lag of 59ms. The shutter has a maximum speed of 1/8000 sec. and high speed X-sync at 1/250 sec.

What all this means is that you will be getting some pretty impressive continuous shooting capabilities with your Canon EOS 40D.