Well in less than the traditional 18 month cycle from Canon they have replaced my beloved Canon 40D with the Canon 50D.  Main notable improvements is the DIGIC 4 on a 15.1 MP CMOS sensor. Shooting at 6.3 FPS a tad slower than the 40D it also got a face lift.

The 3″ screen went from some 230k Pixels to just over 920k and has improved viewing in the sun that allows light to pass thoguht and bounce back making the screen legible in direct light. Alos added is Live view Face detection.

The CMOS is also more efficient with a micro lens design and notable improved noise reduction. The ISO has also been increased from 3200 to 12800.

Another Camera to save for i guess, maybe ill sell my 40D, any takers?

The Canon 5D has been a flagship camera for landscape photography, but i never considered it due to the high cost and slow shooting speeds.  The new Canon 5D is not much or any faster but what it lacks in speed now is understandable since its a 21mp full frames CMOS sensor!  im guessing the file size is about 20-25mb so at 3.9 fps its pushing throught close to 100mb per second. That’s a work horse.

Also added is Live View and movie recording with 1080P at 30fps with an HDMI out, max file size is 4gb but i don’t think that’s an issue. I would like to see how the focusing works (full manual, or auto).

Other than that is has been brought up to date with a new UI and better screen and some relocated buttons.

Both cameras are impressive and i look forward to see how Nikon responds.

2 Responses to “ Canon 5D and 50D ”

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   September 22, 2008 at 11:30 pm

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2. Michael Said ,

   October 31, 2008 at 6:10 am

   The 5D mk II is full manual when shooting videos, but, it’s that much cooler…

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   If you can swing a 2 for 1, i’ll take one

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