Why Canon left out the AF micro adjust from the 40D is totally beyond me.
The rumored specs of the 5D upgrade don't impress me either. 5 fps And someone claimed the Canon execs were 'relieved' when they heard the specs of the D700 But, excuse me, 5 fps Likely no built-in wireless flash control. No color tracking. No 45 AF pt sensor. Probably still stuck with 3 frames exposure bracketing. Etc, etc, etc... Pfffft....
cry me a river while you switch to Nikon I'll have my Canon gear with more glass than I would have if I were shooting Nikon so I'll stick with Canon thanks 5fps would be nice actually...
Who needs 10fps anyway if your shooting sports I could get by with 5 if you need 10fps to get good shots you should work on your timing
i'm probably not going to be trading in my 40D for a 50D, but an increase in cropping ability, digic IV and micro AF adjustment does sound pretty sweet.
i could easily see how, if canon can tame the potential noise increase, people would really go for a camera like this.
It's all been incremental. This XXD line is turning out to be the biggest marketing coup IMO. I can't believe people with 40Ds are even thinking of upgrading to 50Ds. And here I am chugging along with my 3 year old XT, buying glass and selling prints instead. Of course I may get a very very good deal on a 40D or 5D very, very soon.....(tomorrow) Thanks Canon (and Nikon).
I sure hope they fixed the af compared to the 30d and 40d. I own the 30d and 40d and both have focus problems especially any type of action. Anyone who thinks these cameras are good for action is fooling themselves. I sure wish I would have just saved my money and bought a 1dm3. oh wait, that one has got issues too!! I thought Canon was the way to go, if the 50 has the same af system as the previous models then I would stay away. Canon better hurry up and figure this problem out or else you're going to see one more photog going to the dark side!
i laughed at the 30D upgrade, and jumped on the 40D, but i am seriously thinking about the 50D.. the UDMA, better screen and viewfinder....higher res, possible pixel binning, ultra high ISOs...
kodakeos wrote:
i laughed at the 30D upgrade, and jumped on the 40D, but i am seriously thinking about the 50D.. the UDMA, better screen and viewfinder....higher res, possible pixel binning, ultra high ISOs...
Let's wait on the UDMA until we see it. My 1Ds3 has UDMA, too, yet the benefit is marginal, compared to the UDMA implementation in the D3 for example. So just because it has the sticker doesn't mean it's really that big a leap.
kodakeos wrote:
i laughed at the 30D upgrade, and jumped on the 40D, but i am seriously thinking about the 50D.. the UDMA, better screen and viewfinder....higher res, possible pixel binning, ultra high ISOs...
I think the viewfinder is identical to the 40D viewfinder.
Stunnaz wrote:
So tonight is the big night! Does Canon typically make announcements exactly at 12am? What time zone?
The news conference is scheduled for 9 am Europe time, which would be Midnight Pacific Time, 3 am Eastern Time, 4:00 pm Tokyo time. The information might be released an hour beforehand.
The print button now appears to have two functions ... print and something else which looks like it might be live view. If it is live view, that would be an improvement over the 40D.
ISO expandable to 12800 is pretty incredible. Just 1 year ago that number was unthinkable... I'd like to see how the file looks after some post-processing with noise-reduction software.
Good news for all the f4 lens owners... their lenses are usable indoors now.
The Canon EOS 50D is slated to ship in early October 2008 at an expected street price of US$1399 in the U.S. The EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS is to ship at about the same time at an expected street price of US$699. The EOS 40D will continue to be sold in the U.S. through at least the end of 2008, says Westfall, at its recently-reduced price of US$1099.
And someone claimed the Canon execs were 'relieved' when they heard the specs of the D700
