<Leak> Meet Canon 50D.

[furious]

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Posible Specs

15.1 megapixel CMOS sensor
DIGIC 4
1.6x crop
Dust Reduction
Auto Brightness Processing
95% viewfinder .97 magnification
9 point af (All Cross Type)
35 meter area equipped with high-precision sensors
AF Fine Tuning
ISO 100-12800
6.3 fps (high speed) 3fps (low speed)
Buffer: 16 RAW - 60 JPG - 10 RAW+JPG
920,000 points VGA 3.0-inch LCD monitor
100,000 cycle shutter
Rugged magnesium alloy bodyFull Specifications
Canon 50D Full Specifications

General

Camera Type: Has a built-in flash AF / automatic exposure single-lens reflex digital cameras
Media Type: I or Type II CF card, UDMA compatible
Image Sensor Size: 22.3×14.9 mm
Compatible Lenses: Canon EF-series (including EF-S series lenses) (35 mm converted the focal length of the lens focal length is about 1.6 times)
Lens mount: Canon EF mount
Image Sensor

Type: CMOS Image Sensor
Effective Pixels: Approx.15.1 million pixels
Aspect ratio: 3:2
Dust removal function: Auto, Manual, add the dust data
Recording System

Recording format: Camera File System Design Rule 2.0
（Design rule for Camera File System 2.0） (Design rule for Camera File System 2.0)
Image types: JPEG, RAW (14 place Canon original); RAW + JPEG
Records of pixels: (4752 x 3168） Large: about 15.1 million pixels (4752 x 3168)
Medium: about 8 million pixels (3456 x 2304)
Small: about 3.7 million pixels (2352 x 1568)
RAW: about 15.1 million pixels (4752 x 3168)
sRAW1: about 7.1 million pixels (3267 x 2178)
sRAW2: about 3.8 million pixels (2376 x 1584)
Create / select: Folder Yes
Image Processing

Photo style: Standard, portrait, landscape, neutral, reliable setup, monochrome, User-defined 1-3
White Balance: Auto, the default (Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten Lamp, White fluorescent light, flash), user-defined, Color temperature settings (2500-10000 K)
Noise Reduction: Can be applied to long time exposure and high ISO sensitivity shooting
Automatic image brightness correction: Automatic brightness optimization
High-priority tone: Yes
The amount of light surrounding the lens correction: Yes
Viewfinder

Type: Eye-level pentaprism
Rate outlook: Vertical / horizontal direction about 95 percent
Magnification: About 0.95 times (-1 m-1, using 50 mm lens on the infinite distance AF)
Focus: About 22 mm (eyepiece lens from the central -1 m-1)
Built-in diopter adjustment: -3.0 - +1.0 M-1 (dpt)
Focusing Screen: Ef-A equipped with the standard screen, and can replace the screen (2 sold separately)
Mirrors: Express back -
Depth of Field Preview: Yes
AF

Type: TTL auxiliary video coincidence, the phase detection
Automatic focus points: 9 (all cross-)
Metering range: EV -0.5 - 18 (23 ° C/73 ° F, ISO 100)
Focus modes: Single AF, AI Servo AF, Artificial Intelligence AF, manual focus (MF)
AF-assist light: By the built-in flash for a short flash
AF fine-tuning: AF can be fine-tuning
Exposure Control

Metering Mode: 35 Zone TTL full-aperture metering
Evaluation meter (with the focus of any automatic linkage)
Partial metering (the viewfinder about 9 percent of the area)
Spot (viewfinder central area of about 3.8%)
Central focus of the average metering
Metering range: EV 1-20 (23 ° C/73 ° F, the use of EF50mm f/1.4 USM lens, ISO 100)
Exposure Control: Programmed auto exposure (automatic, portrait, landscape, Macro, Sports, Night Portrait, Flash off, creativity automatic, procedures), shutter priority automatic exposure, aperture priority auto exposure, depth of field priority auto exposure, manual exposure
ISO Sensitivity: (Recommended exposure index)
Basic shooting zone mode: automatically set between ISO 100-1600
District creative shooting modes: ISO 100 - 3200 (in 1 / 3 increments), Auto, ISO sensitivity can be extended up to ISO 6400 or ISO 12800
Exposure compensation: Manual and automatic exposure bracketing (with manual exposure compensation can be used in combination) - Can be set numerical: ± 2 Stage 1 / 3 or 1 / 2 units to adjust
Auto exposure lock Auto: evaluation of the use of metering single AF mode - Manual: auto exposure lock button
Shutter

Type: Electronically controlled focal plane shutter
Shutter speed: 1 / 8000 second to 1 / 60 seconds (automatic mode), flash synchronization speed of 1 / 250 second 1 / 8000 to 30 seconds, B Mun (the shutter speed range. With the availability of various shooting modes. )
Flash

Built-in flash: Recoverable, auto-flash
Flash: 13/43 (ISO 100, to m / ft unit) flash coverage: 17 mm camera angle. Recycle time of about three seconds
External flash: X series of flash (camera can set up some flash function)
Flash Metering: E-TTL II automatic flash
Flash Exposure Compensation: ± 2 Stage 1 / 3 or 1 / 2 units to adjust
Flash Exposure lock: Yes
PC terminal: Yes
Driving System

Types: Single-shoot, high-speed shot, low shot funny (10 seconds or two seconds delay)
Continuous speed High-speed: Approx. 6.3 / sec. max
Low: the most about 3 / sec.
Continuous maximum number of (High-Speed Continuous):
JPEG large / distinctions: about 60 (90)
RAW: about 16 (16)
RAW + JPEG large / distinctions: about 10 (10)
* Based on these values to use 2 GB of memory cards, Canon testing standards (ISO 100 photos and standard style).
*Value in brackets apply to the testing standards based on Canon’s Ultra DMA (UDMA) 2GB memory card.
Live View Shooting

Focus: Fast mode (testing phase)
Real-time mode, real-time facial priority mode (contrast detection)
Manual focus (can be enlarged five times / 10 times)
Metering Mode: The use of image sensors to evaluate Spot
Metering range: EV 0 - 20 (23 ° C/73 ° F, the use of EF50mm f/1.4 USM lens, ISO 100)
Mute shooting: Yes
LCD Monitor

Type: TFT color liquid crystal display (there are seven brightness adjustment)
Monitor size and resolution: 3 inches, about 920,000 points (VGA)
Coverage: About 100%
Language: Interface 25 (with English)
Image playback

Image display format: Leaflets, pamphlets + information (image quality records, the shooting information, the histogram), four images index, nine image index, rotating images
Zoom: About 1.5 times - 10 times
View images method: Leaflets images, 10 or 100 images, screen, the date, Folder as a unit Jump
High-warning: Excessive exposure of the regional high-flicker
Direct Print

Compatible printer: PictBridge-compatible printers
Print Image: JPEG and RAW image
Print command: DPOF1.1 compatible version
Custom

25 Custom Functions
Camera user settings In the mode dial position of the C1 and C2 registered
Registration menu: Yes
Interface

Digital Video: For computer communications and direct printing (Hi-Speed USB)
Video output terminal: 3.5 mm mini-jack (optional NTSC / PAL)
HDMI mini OUT: terminal C -
Remote Terminal: And N3-compatible line of the shutter
Docking Systems terminal: WFT-E3 Used to connect wireless file transfer for WFT-E3
Power

Battery: Battery BP-511A (1)
* AC adapter can be packaged using the AC ACK-E2
* Installation of the battery box and handle BG-E2N or BG-E2, you can use on the 5th (AA/LR6) battery
Battery capacity shooting (Based on CIPA testing standards): 50 percent of the normal use of flash photography: 23 ° C/73 ° F at about 640. 0 ° C/32 ° F at about 540. 50% of the use of flash photography of real-time display: 23 ° C/73 ° F at about 170. 0 ° C/32 ° F at about 130.
Size and weight

Size (Width x x high-thick): 145.5×107.8×73.5 mm / 5.7 x4.2×2.9 inches
Weight: About 730 grams / 25.7 ounces (body only)
Operating Environment

Temperature range: 0 ° C-40 ° C/32 ° F-104 ° F
Working humidity range: 85 percent or less
Battery BP-511A

Type: Rechargeable lithium batteries
Rated voltage: 7.4 V DC
Battery capacity: 1390 mA
Size (Width x x high-thick): 38×21x55 mm / 1.5 x0.8×2.2 inches
Weight: About 82 grams / 2.9 ounces
Battery Charger: CB-5L
With battery BP-511A, BP-514, BP-511 or BP-512
The length of the power cord: About 1.8 m / 5.9 ft.
Charging time: About 100 minutes
Input Voltage: 100-240 V AC
Output voltage: 8.4 V DC
Temperature range: 0 ° C-40 ° C/32 ° F-104 ° F
Working humidity range: 85 percent or less
Size (Width x x high-thick): 91×67x32.3 mm / 3.6 x2.6×1.3 inches
Weight About 105 grams / 3.7 ounces (not including the power cord)
More info is coming in and I’m still working on verifying the translations of the above specs, so stay tuned to PB’s home page and the Canon 50D page.

This makes little sense but is interesting.

 

[Phrasikleia]

This makes little sense but is interesting.

Which part doesn't make sense?

 

[furious]

canon now have 1000d 400d 450d plus the 40d in the consumer market plus this (50d) camera and all their p&s cameras.

If i was canon I would focus on the 5d replacement and the other pro cameras. I think they have the consumer market full for now.

 

[gnd]

canon now have 1000d 400d 450d plus the 40d in the consumer market plus this (50d) camera and all their p&s cameras.

If i was canon I would focus on the 5d replacement and the other pro cameras. I think they have the consumer market full for now.

But, wouldn't the 50D be a replacement for the 40D?

 

[furious]

the 40d has been for only 12 months. Why replace it?

 

[Abstract]

Because despite the price difference, people view the D300 as a far superior camera. Sure, you get what you pay for, but I think even if the 40D were $100-200 more expensive, the same people who have bought one wouldn't have hesitated on spending an extra $100-200 if its performance was a bit more like the D300.

And a 15 MP APS-C sensor (technically, it's smaller than APS-C...) that goes to ISO 12800? This I've got to see.

 

[gnd]

the 40d has been for only 12 months. Why replace it?

Because it's been out for 12 months. I guess they're on a yearly schedule for upgrades ...

 

[Scarlet Fever]

so it has 50% more pixels and the ISO can be 4 times higher than the 40D, as well has having mini HDMI output.

Nice, but I'm not going to sell my 40D for it.

 

[iGary]

the 40d has been for only 12 months. Why replace it?

Because you can get a 13-megapixel point and shoot for less than $300.

I won't be upgrading. I have two 40D bodies and a 20D and they all do exactly what I need them to. I'm kind of treating it like the 30D - a refresh.

 

[Cave Man]

the 40d has been for only 12 months. Why replace it?

"Market forces."

 

[Lone Deranger]

Great... another crop body.....
Where's that darn 5D update...

 

[Edge100]

Great... another crop body.....
Where's that darn 5D update...

+1

Nothing wrong with crop bodies, but I wont be replcaing my ancient 10D until I can afford a FF body (I have invested in good glass, so I'm ready for FF). Yes, the 10D is slow, but it does everything else I want, and takes great shots up to and including ISO400. I just can't see replacing it with another 1.6x crop sensor body.

EDIT: Well, I might consider a 1.3x crop, since it comes with the wonderful 1D body

 

[Westside guy]

Because you can get a 13-megapixel point and shoot for less than $300.

I don't quite see the relevance of this comment... I can't imagine you are thinking the 13 megapixels on a P&S sensor is at all comparable to 10 or 12 megapixels on a (slightly smaller than) APS-C sensor. So could you expand on what you meant? (or maybe I'm just being dense)

 

[Edge100]

Because you can get a 13-megapixel point and shoot for less than $300.

I cannot imagine that anyone in the market for a 40D/50D/XXD would seriously think that a 13MP P&S is functionally equivalent, even in IQ alone, to a prosumer dSLR.

 

[cube]

It's obvious canon is desperate about the D300.

And now about the D700.

 

[Edge100]

It's obvious canon is desperate about the D300.

And now about the D700.

It's obvious that Canon is considering replacing a product within the confines of it's normal upgrade schedule of 12-18 months.

 

[cube]

Since when Canon's renewal schedule reaches as low as 12 months?

 

[iGary]

I don't quite see the relevance of this comment... I can't imagine you are thinking the 13 megapixels on a P&S sensor is at all comparable to 10 or 12 megapixels on a (slightly smaller than) APS-C sensor. So could you expand on what you meant? (or maybe I'm just being dense)

I cannot imagine that anyone in the market for a 40D/50D/XXD would seriously think that a 13MP P&S is functionally equivalent, even in IQ alone, to a prosumer dSLR.

I'm talking about the perception of the "general" consumer market that doesn't know the difference.

 

[Edge100]

Since when Canon's renewal schedule reaches as low as 12 months?

Canon 40D - announced Aug 20, 2007 (18 months from 30D)
Canon 30D - announced Feb 21, 2006 (18 months from 20D)
Canon 20D - announced Aug 19, 2004 (18 months from 10D)
Canon 10D - announced Feb 27, 2003

18 months is the standard for the XXD-series.

But wait, I feel like we're forgetting something here......

what is it????

...oh yeah, the 50D DOESN'T EXIST YET!

There is no question that what Nikon has been able to do with the D300 is amazing (in terms of high-ISO noise, especially). But stating that Canon are 'desperate' is a bit much.

 

[Edge100]

I'm talking about the perception of the "general" consumer market that doesn't know the difference.

Someone walking in to a camera shop, who is willing to spend >$1000 on a mid-range (not even basic) dSLR is not also thinking "but wait, for 1/3 the money, I can get a P&S with better specs...man, this dSLR thing is a scam!"

Perhaps it works that way when you think of it the other way round (i.e. P&S buyers thinking that dSLRs are a rip-off because they cost 3x the price for the same number of pixels), but I cannot conceive of any potential 40D buyers doing the reverse.

 

[Techguy172]

They need to update both the 5D and 40D, Nikon has them in both categories.
However I think we need more camera's moving to the FF architecture, I think most people who own Crop sensor DSLR's would certainly consider upgrading to FF.

 

[Edge100]

However I think we need more camera's moving to the FF architecture, I think most people who own Crop sensor DSLR's would certainly consider upgrading to FF.

As has been pointed out in other threads, this is unlikely for two reasons:

1. It will ALWAYS be more cost-effective to produce crop sensors vs. FF sensors, simply because you can cut more crop sensors from the same amount of silicon. The only way FF becomes profitable is if you can charge an appropriate amount extra to cover the loss from printing the FF sensor in the first place vs. printing the crop sensor. This keeps the price of a FF sensor body higher than a comparable crop sensor body.

2. A wide-spread move to FF will result in many people, who don't know better, being unsatisfied with their images. People will want to know why they have 1.6x less reach on their telephoto lenses. People will want to know why the corners of their images are soft and have massive vignetting. Basically, people will have to buy longer, more expensive lenses and relearn techniques like "stopping down".

I, too, would love to see more options in FF sensor bodies. And my next purchase will be FF. But I have good glass; I already stop down my lenses; and I know the downsides and can live with them (most of my photos are cityscape/landscape, for which FF is ideal, and I have little need for v. long focal lengths)

 

[Techguy172]

As has been pointed out in other threads, this is unlikely for two reasons:

1. It will ALWAYS be more cost-effective to produce crop sensors vs. FF sensors, simply because you can cut more crop sensors from the same amount of silicon. The only way FF becomes profitable is if you can charge an appropriate amount extra to cover the loss from printing the FF sensor in the first place vs. printing the crop sensor. This keeps the price of a FF sensor body higher than a comparable crop sensor body.

2. A wide-spread move to FF will result in many people, who don't know better, being unsatisfied with their images. People will want to know why they have 1.6x less reach on their telephoto lenses. People will want to know why the corners of their images are soft and have massive vignetting. Basically, people will have to buy longer, more expensive lenses and relearn techniques like "stopping down".

I, too, would love to see more options in FF sensor bodies. And my next purchase will be FF. But I have good glass; I already stop down my lenses; and I know the downsides and can live with them (most of my photos are cityscape/landscape, for which FF is ideal, and I have little need for v. long focal lengths)

What I'm really waiting for is sony to make a camera with a Full Frame as it would really benefit me for landscape shots. It will affect people but I'm just waiting for cameras in the Prosumer lineup to get Full Frame Sensors. I wouldn't buy another Camera unless it was Full Frame.

 

[cube]

Canon 40D - announced Aug 20, 2007 (18 months from 30D)
Canon 30D - announced Feb 21, 2006 (18 months from 20D)
Canon 20D - announced Aug 19, 2004 (18 months from 10D)
Canon 10D - announced Feb 27, 2003

18 months is the standard for the XXD-series.

But wait, I feel like we're forgetting something here......

what is it????

...oh yeah, the 50D DOESN'T EXIST YET!

There is no question that what Nikon has been able to do with the D300 is amazing (in terms of high-ISO noise, especially). But stating that Canon are 'desperate' is a bit much.

Exactly. Nowhere has been Canon renewing a model after about 12 months.

But the 50D already appeared on Canon's Chinese site.

 

[Edge100]

But the 50D already appeared on Canon's Chinese site.

Then I stand corrected re: the release schedule. We can debate the role of the D300 in this, however.