good thing they decided to upgrade the 9-point af to, oh wait.....

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&u=http://www.canon.com.cn/products/camera/eos/50d/

2nd line

Edited by 05xrunner on Aug 21, 2008 at 09:46 PM GMT

good thing they decided to upgrade the 9-point af to, oh wait.....
yea I dont get why they keep using this OLD OLD af..What a let down

Edited by 05xrunner on Aug 21, 2008 at 09:47 PM GMT

jarnold wrote:
I was curious since they always seem to leak camera info, so I went digging on their site, and found the 50D specs (no pictures were posted yet.

50D Page
Translated

and in case they take it down i took a picture...
Summary Page:
Summary

Full Specs


Here's the Rundown:

1.6x crop
15.1MP
Digic 4
Dust Reduction
Auto Brightness Processing
95% viewfinder .97 magnification
9 point af (All Cross Type)
AF Fine Tuning
Face Recognition AF
ISO 100-3200 (Expansion to 6400, 12800)
14-bit image processing
Auto CA correction
In-Camera Anti-Shake
6.3 fps (high speed) 3fps (low speed)
Buffer: 16 RAW - 60 JPG - 10 RAW+JPG
100,000 shutter life
HDMI Output
VGA LCD (920,000 pixel)

Looks like no new full frame this year!

[updated] More translated links:

Full Specs

Summary Detail #3

Here is a really odd translation on the anti-shake stuff:
Anti-Shake
image version of anti-shake:
anti-shake screen cap

Edited by jarnold on Aug 21, 2008 at 07:49 PM GMT

Edited by jarnold on Aug 21, 2008 at 08:30 PM GMT

f this is 15MP doesn't that lend credence to the 18-21MP for the 5dmkii?

If the specs are correct it's at least nice to know that the 5D replacement will definitely have a high-def screen and Digic 4 ... maybe even dual Digic 4!

skibum5 wrote:
f this is 15MP doesn't that lend credence to the 18-21MP for the 5dmkii?


Probably no.
The 5DII and the 1D4 are moslt likely to share the same sensor and electronics (same like D3 and D700).
With a single Digic 4, the 5DII will do 6.3fps. The 1D4 will do 10+ fps with dual Digic 4s.

Thanks, 05xrunner.

It appears that the page is still being worked on, but the page is definitely on the Canon China website.

Jeremy K wrote:
"Anti-Shake feature built-in camera" - So Sony makes the canon body too now?

Just found out google translation is wrong, it does not say in-body IS, it say in-lens IS. As we thought, Canon is not going to offer in-body IS anytime soon.

armandcp wrote : Now, if this ends up Made in China, then I guess I will drop Canon.

So why don't you say "if the Olympics is held in China, no one in the world should participate"? What were the four great inventions of ancient China? Paper making, printing, fireworks for celebrations and the compass for maritime explorations.

Carl Zeiss optics are now produced in China and so are the products of many, many other major corporations.

Not too long ago, many say they will not buy Japanese cars and electronic cos they are of cheap inferior quality, no good, etc, etc.. look at what is happening now. Now look further.

Canon (and Nikon) will relocate more and more of their operations to China. It is all about the economies of scale, production cost and the availability of talent pool.

"Made in China" Canons, Nikons, Olympus ... soon to come.


Edited by Venus on Aug 22, 2008 at 05:18 AM GMT

blonde wrote:

+1 if this is true, i really hope that someone at canon is getting fired soon. i can see the discussion right now:

engineer : We really need to do something about this ancient AF system...

Marketing: forget the AF system, we need more MP..

Engineer : what about noise?

Marketing: f the noise, we have more MP!!!

Engineer : yeah but what about all the rest?

Marketing: what about it?

That's a very bad understanding of sensor performance and pixel density.

The page has been taken down from the canon website.

jarnold wrote:
The page has been taken down from the canon website.
I sure hope cause it was not real

thw2 wrote:
blonde wrote:

+1 if this is true, i really hope that someone at canon is getting fired soon. i can see the discussion right now:

engineer : We really need to do something about this ancient AF system...

Marketing: forget the AF system, we need more MP..

Engineer : what about noise?

Marketing: f the noise, we have more MP!!!

Engineer : yeah but what about all the rest?

Marketing: what about it?

That's a very bad understanding of sensor performance and pixel density.


You may not be right.

There are additional information/descriptions for the new features from the original link.
It states that DIGIT IV can have better noise control than DIGIT III.

Most of you do not notice it as you need to click those headings for further information. And of course, it is written in Chinese.

But the link has just been removed.

Anyone notice this on the SPECs page?

::: DRIVING SYSTEM :::
Model Drivers: Single-shoot, high-speed shot, low shot funny (10 seconds or 2 seconds delay)


'LOW SHOT FUNNY'

Venus wrote:
"Made in China" Canons, Nikons, Olympus ... soon to come.


Aren't they already here? Nikon's already manufacturing some glass in China and I believe Canon is as well. But I agree, all this "if it's made in xxx I won't buy it" crap is just that, crap. First it was Japan, then Taiwan, then Korea, and now China. Not everything coming from China is that cheapo Walmart junk. The majority of our computer components are made in China nowadays. What, you're going to ditch your computer now too?

That definitely looks more like a midrange body with P&S unfavorable pixel/noise ratio mentality than a serious SLR. The same old 9-point AF is rather pathetic. I guess it will be in the same market space as the Nikon D90 whenever that comes out.

EBH

Low shot is for skirt shooting...

EB-1 wrote:
That definitely looks more like a midrange body with P&S unfavorable pixel/noise ratio mentality than a serious SLR. The same old 9-point AF is rather pathetic. I guess it will be in the same market space as the Nikon D90 whenever that comes out.

EBH
and Unfortunately I bet the D90 will have a ton more features and new AF system as well.
Apparently all the canon engineers went on strike and some guys with a screwdriver put this one together

True ... the 50D specs were at least leaked to us by our Chinese brothers and sisters. So, cheers to them! Well, the 50D will be revealed within a few days, looks like. Good days ahead.

jarnold wrote:
I think it may have some sort of automatic CA correction, I've been trying to translate this:
镜头周边光量校正
reference.com: Lens peripheral light quantity adjustment
google: The amount of light surrounding the lens correction




sounds liek vignetting.
althoughi hope CA since that is much more useful

jarnold wrote:
I think it may have some sort of automatic CA correction, I've been trying to translate this:
镜头周边光量校正
reference.com: Lens peripheral light quantity adjustment
google: The amount of light surrounding the lens correction




vignetting correction

If someone has saved the webpage, I can translate it.

It should be on the OP's original post.

Yea, 50D w/ Digic IIII
The full frame will have dual IIII
also EFS 18-200is

The 40D's AF is pretty good, I get a 80% keeper rate at AI Servo in sports when I put the point on the right subject

I don't do long bursts though so that might be a possible reason