Even though the Canon EOS 40D is barely a year old (originally released in September of 2007) today Canon has announced the upcoming release of the new EOS 50D (release date: October 2008).
The features that the 50D shares with its predecessor are its build quality, dust control system, and compatibility with all Canon EF and EF-S lenses (in addition to hundreds of third party lenses).
What does the new 50D have to offer that's not available on the 40D? Quite a lot actually:
- 15.1 megapixels instead of 10.1 (which will give it the most megapixels of any consumer-level SLR at the time of release)
- An improved image processor (DIGIC 4) to quickly save the large 15 megapixel files to a memory card even when captured at the camera's top speed of 6.5 photos per second
- Increased ISO range from 100 to 12800 with multiple levels of applied noise reduction
- Increased buffer size, allowing the continuous capture of up to 90 JPG images or 16 RAW
- The Auto Lighting Optimizer helps to increase brightness under lighting conditions where digital SLRs often under expose
- An improved LCD with 4x the pixel count (920,000) than the one on the 40D for a clearer, more colorful display
- The addition of a new "Face Detection" setting when using the live view mode
- Two small RAW (sRAW) formats - the 40D only has one
The estimated selling price of the EOS 50D body only is $1,400 while a kit that includes the 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM is expected to retail for $1,600.
Read the Canon EOS 50D Press Release.
Canon EOS 40D had been long considered as one of the best DSLR. Now came this 50D, didn't have the chance to try it but i guess it should be better than 40D. All in all, I still prefer Nikon.
Posted by: the best dslr camera | May 13, 2009 at 11:24 PM
This Canon EOS 50D have great features. That kind of camera was one of the collections of my dad. I wonder if he likes to add this one for his collection.
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Posted by: Electronics Philippines | April 06, 2009 at 06:13 PM