Ron Eggers has been using the Canon EOS 40D to shoot firefighters battling the wildfires in Southern California. The image below was captured with an EF-s 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM lens at 1/40 second at f/5.6, ISO 1600.

The top image is a 1:1 sample of 501x501 pixels, saved for Web at 80 quality.

Image ©2007 Ron Eggers 

Firefighters battle a blaze Tuesday evening, Oct. 23, in an unincorporated area of Orange County at the Santiago Canyon Fire up the hill from Majeska Canyon. Image ©2007 Ron Eggers

Look for the complete review of the Canon EOS 40D in the December issue of Professional Photographer.