I haven’t been following cameras with as much fervor as I have in the past, so I’m not entirely sure if there’s a cult following for the 50D, but PB stumbled across the official Canon Japan page. We first saw the specs last week and they look great except for that 15.1-megapixel sensor. Talk about some excessive noise. But, there is a test shot with the ISO set at 1600 and it looks great. The 50D is joined by an EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens. No word on price or US launch.
I am greatly concerned about the slow continuous burst rate. It is slightly slower than the 40D. This shows that they intend to restrict fast sports coverage to the more expensive models. I will have to take a close look at Nikon, and sell off my 3 Canons. Canon, has lost me, by dropping the ball on what seemed
a valuable increasing speed trend. I was able to shoot 625 frames on a burst at 700K, with the 40D. Their 15.1 megapixel sensor
screwed the ability to shoot fast for long periods. (100 second bursts) I use Nikon prime lenses on my 3 CMOS Sony HD video Z7u, so I guess I’ll have to start thinking Nikon for stills and burst coverage. They could have provided a smaller file size for those who need multiple frames rather than this overkill single frame size.
Except it is not an official Canon page, probably a webdesign outfit working for Canon, or a hoax. Not a server owned by Canon. Anyway, let’s see.