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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tjsimonsen" data-source="post: 1795842" data-attributes="member: 38764">I think both cameras would be great for beginners. I never used the 450D, but have a 350D and a 40D. And I actually think that a beginner would find the 40D slightly easier to use. Though that's only MY impression, and I came from film SLRs. I obviously cannot comment on the 450D's high ISO performance, but the 40D is very fine in that respect. ISO 400 is my standard "work ISO" , but I regularly use 800 or even higher. With the 350D I generally try to avoid anything above 400. The 17 frame buffer is really one of the major advantages that the 40D have over "lower end" Canon dSLRs. The 4 RAW I could squeeze out of the 350D in a tight corner was driving me nuts. Picture (bad pun) sitting in a hide ready to capture a series of shots of animal behavioral - and the buffer is full just as the shot possibility come up! The 450D is a little better than the 350D in that respect too, and has a steady, if slow, frame rate once the buffer is full (as opposed to the erratic rate of the 350D in that situation). But I would still imagine that the 40D is much better here. I have still to experience problems with a full buffer with that camera.Thomas</blockquote>