25 August 2008
Canon Announces 50D - TWIP
Posted by
Scott under:
News
Canon U.S.A. today has announced the introduction of the EOS 50D Digital SLR camera. This new camera features a 15.1-megapixel sensor with an expanded ISO range and enhanced noise reduction.
We’ll have more on this new camera as information becomes available.
19 Comments so far...
Mitch Wilson Says:
25 August 2008 at 11:21 pm.
FINALLY! I Want One…..Scott!!!! Do a review…Please???:)
Randy Jay Braun Says:
26 August 2008 at 12:53 am.
This had better be a good one from Canon, at a reasonable price, or else I am headed back to Nikon. My last Nikons were about 10 years ago, but I still have all the lenses ( with a bit of mold growing inside…).
Alvin Kim Says:
26 August 2008 at 2:00 am.
so i just bought my 40D and from the specs given on gizmodo, im not entirely impressed and dont see too much difference. Its nice that theres more megapixels, but i want to know how it handles noise. is it any better than the d300? haha…yeahh…
I just want canon to come out with a super competitor to the d700. i just have a crazy feeling that canon has a crazy secret camera filled with the technology people have been begging for. And i also think they keep secrets much better than nikon does 
JVL Says:
26 August 2008 at 7:23 am.
And the G10 over at popphoto - maybe Alex will have more to choose from than he thought (though the LX3 still looks great).
Today seems to be a canon gear-head’s wet-dream.
Mike L Says:
26 August 2008 at 8:00 am.
My current 40D I bought in September of last year may be for sale. My images go big, so the 15 mega-pix sounds good so far. We”ll see…
Scott Says:
26 August 2008 at 8:16 am.
I could be wrong because I haven’t seen images from this camera but packing that many megapixels onto that size sensor makes me guess that this camera is going to be noisy - especially in low light. I would have rather seen Canon try to match Nikon’s low light performance.
admiller Says:
26 August 2008 at 8:19 am.
OK…so we have had the 30D, 40D and now the 50D, WHERE IS MY BLOODY 5D MkII???????????
Maybe this is a sign that the 5D MkII will have ISO (low noise) range comparable to/better than the D3. If the 50D lives up to what they are saying (and it had better) I will be excited to hear that canon isn’t resting on its laurels as far as the lower end cameras go, but dangit I need to buy a full frame sensor soon!
Mike L Says:
26 August 2008 at 8:20 am.
@ Scott-
I was thinking of the same thing when I saw the sensor specs of still being a cropped-sensor. I’ll have to wait and see.
Shea Says:
26 August 2008 at 9:34 am.
Just what I have been waiting for! I am so glad I didn’t buy the 40d this week!
Stephen Cupp Says:
26 August 2008 at 10:17 am.
The thing I like is ISO in the viewfinder. I think I’ll wait to see images from the camera before commenting on things like low light performance.
JVL Says:
26 August 2008 at 11:05 am.
If Canon fails to announce a 5D MKII I’ll have a great resource of Canon Lenses to buy as more photographers jump ship to Nikon.
Tom Says:
27 August 2008 at 1:52 pm.
40D just came out less then a year ago…… I was hopping more of a 5D Mark II with some killer ISO/Noise…
CPS Member Says:
29 August 2008 at 4:17 pm.
Here is a sample image taken with the Canon EOS 50D taken at ISO6400. Looks like my back up 30D at ISO400, lovely.
http://ericreagan.smugmug.com/photos/357912992_MsF3B-O.jpg
I wish this 50D was available for a wedding I recently shot.
Scott Says:
29 August 2008 at 4:40 pm.
@CPS Member I’ll let you post the link but caution folks that there’s no way to verify where this actually came from.
Bob Says:
30 August 2008 at 2:38 am.
@Scott The metadata on the photo CPS Member link to says:
Canon EOS 50D
I know that there is probably some way of faking the metadata, but I see no reason not to trust it in this case.
Scott Says:
30 August 2008 at 7:10 am.
@Bob that’s your call. I am merely pointing out that there’s no way to really tell. If you’d like, I can post a picture today that says it comes from the 50D in the metadata too; and I don’t have a D50.
JeffDM Says:
30 August 2008 at 11:26 pm.
JVL: I find no G10 at the pophoto site. I find a new R10, but it’s not Canon.
