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Not really news as such. 01/09/09 Canon officially unveiled the EOS 7D. The rumours circulated for quite some time now, however 7D was expected to be the successor of highly regarded full frame 5D. Now 7D turned out to be quite a surprise, mostly in the sense that it’s another camera in APS-C series such as Rebel (XXXxD) and XXD series cameras.
There has been a huge amount of speculations on the matter, including spoof Canon China web site announcement, but finally today Canon announced EOS 50D. By now dpreview and others already posted camera specs, I suppose I will simply go ahead and CTRL+C CTRL+V all data from Canon website:
* 15.1 Megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor
* 6.3fps continuous shooting, max. burst 90 JPEGs with UDMA card
* DIGIC 4 processor
* ISO 100-3200, expandable to 12800
* 9-point wide area AF
* 3.0” Clear View VGA LCD with Live View mode & Face Detection Live AF
* Magnesium alloy body, with environmental protection
* EOS Integrated Cleaning System
* HDMI connection for high quality viewing and playback on a High Definition TV
* Full compatibility with Canon EF and EF-S lenses and EX-series Speedlites
Canon EOS 50D will be available for purchase as a body only, and as a kit bundled with EF–S 18–200mm F3.5–5.6 IS or EF–S 17–85 IS U lenses.
Obviously, a lot of people are excited since this means (analysing previous Canon trends) that a successor to slightly outdated Full Frame EOS 5D will be announced at Photokina in approximately 1 month time. While 50D might be improvement of current semi-professional 40D, most awaited is indeed 5D MkII/3D/7D.
Many photographers are itching to get their hands on this shiny new toy and equally many are likely to start speculating on the next arrival in EOS range.
