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Canon has announced a new digital SLR that puts a 15.06 million image pixel CMOS sensor, DIGIC 4 processor and three inch (diagonal), 920,000 dot rear LCD into the body of an EOS 40D, then mixes in a variety of image enhancement and minor functionality changes. Called the EOS 50D, the main attraction of the evolutionary model will be its new sensor, which is promised to offer noticeably better quality at upper ISO settings alongside its 50% bump in the number of pixels. The EOS 50D is to ship in early October 2008 at an expected street price of US$1399 in the U.S.

Front and Back: Views of the Canon EOS 50D. Click either photo to enlarge (Photos courtesy Canon)

Canon EOS 50D feature summary

Features of the new camera include:

Body The 50D’s body is identical in size, shape and control layout to the EOS 40D, and nearly identical in appearance: a silver bezel atop the mode dial, a “D+” icon on the top LCD and in the viewfinder (indicating when Highlight Tone Priority is enabled), a Type C HDMI video port on the side and of course an EOS 50D name badge on the front are about the only visual differences when you glance at the camera or peer through its viewfinder.

Until you light up the rear LCD, that is. More on that later.

Mega Pixels: The Canon EOS 50D sensor package. Click to enlarge (Photo courtesy Canon)

Sensor The mostly-unchanged body houses a new 15.06 million image pixel, 22.3mm x 14.9mm CMOS sensor designed and manufactured by Canon. The sensor has a pixel pitch of 4.7µm square and has been engineered for improved light-gathering efficiency by both increasing each pixel’s light sensitive area and by increasing the size of the microlens over each pixel. The microlens array is now gapless; each microlens covers a greater percentage of its pixel’s surface area than any previous Canon digital SLR sensor.

This tech-speak, says Chuck Westfall, Technical Advisor at Canon USA, adds up to the 50D performing better at higher ISO settings than the 40D, despite the new camera’s smaller pixels (4.7µm for the 50D vs 5.7µm for the 40D). Purchasers of the 50D, says Westfall, can expect noise levels to be roughly 1 to 1.5 stops better in the high ISO range. For example, this means that a photo shot at ISO 3200 on the 50D is expected to have similar noise characteristics to one shot in the ISO 1100-1600 range on the 40D.

Like other entry level and midrange Canon digital SLRs, the focal length cropping factor, relative to 35mm film, is 1.6X. File dimensions at full resolution are 4752 x 3168 pixels.

The 50D incorporates Canon’s Integrated Cleaning System in front of the sensor, but with a new anti-stick fluorine coating on the frontmost filter surface that’s meant to better prevent slightly moist debris from clinging on, or for it to be more readily shaken off during a cleaning cycle.

DIGIC 4 processor Canon’s next-generation, 14-bit DIGIC 4 processor see its debut in the 50D, and it offers both more functionality and about 30% faster processing speed than the DIGIC III processor in the 40D.

Switched On: A printed circuit board from the Canon EOS 50D, incorporating the new DIGIC 4 processor (Photo courtesy Canon)

The new processor is responsible in part for enabling broader file format and image processing options in the 50D:

• Two flavours of reduced resolution RAW, sRAW1 (7.12 million image pixels) and sRAW2 (3.76 million image pixels)
• Three increments of High ISO Noise Reduction: Low, Normal, Strong (plus Off)
• Three increments of Auto Lighting Optimizer: Low, Normal, Strong (plus Off). The 50D ships with this feature turned on, and set to Normal
• A vignette control (Canon is calling this “Peripheral Illumination Correction”) that adjusts the amount of edge and corner brightening it applies to in-camera JPEGs based on the Canon lens attached. Canon has profiled the vignette characteristics of 82 lenses past and present (of about 125 Canon EF and EF-S lenses developed to date); the camera can store up to 40 such profiles, and the camera will come already loaded with 26The upcoming EOS Utility 2.5 will facilitate the loading and removal of lens vignette profiles in the camera. As new lenses are introduced, lens vignette information will be added to future versions of EOS Utility, which can in turn store this new data in the cameraIf the camera is set to CR2, lens vignette correction is not applied to the RAW data, but the lens vignette info is noted in the file, enabling Canon’s Digital Photo Professional software to optionally apply the correction during conversion

ISO The camera has a standard ISO range of 100-3200, in 1/3 step increments, plus ISO 6400 and 12,800.

Shutter lag, mirror blackout, startup The 50D is specified to have a shutter lag of of 59ms, mirror blackout time of 100ms and startup time of 0.1 seconds. The startup time has been measured in accordance with CIPA guidelines. As of this writing we’re not sure if the shutter lag and mirror blackout are CIPA as well.

CompactFlash Fast CompactFlash card write speeds are expected, owing to the 50D’s support of UDMA up to Mode 5. The camera accepts both Type I and the thicker Type II CompactFlash. Folders can both be created and selected on the card, which is a first outside of Canon’s 1-series lineup.

Frame rate and burst depth A maximum frame rate of 6.3 fps (CIPA standard) for a Canon-specified 90 Large Fine JPEG (when a UDMA-capable CompactFlash card is used; 60 with a slower, non-UDMA card), 16 RAW or 10 RAW+JPEG frames (all at ISO 100). RAW (any type) + JPEG (any type) shooting is also possible.

Note that burst depth doesn’t drop when High ISO Noise Reduction is enabled, except when the Strong option is selected. Also note that the CIPA standard for stating frame rate is a little tighter than the standard used by some or all camera makers previously, such that the 40D’s 6.5 fps stated frame rate is actually 6.4 fps under the new CIPA guidelines. It’s unlikely there will be any practical difference between the 50D’s 6.3 fps and the 40D’s 6.4 fps.

Autofocus The 50D’s autofocus system carries over mostly unaltered from the 40D: it remains comprised of nine AF points, all of which act as cross-type with f/5.6 or faster lenses (the centre AF point operates with higher precision than the other points with f/2.8 or faster lenses).

While Canon is emphasizing this time around the AF system’s ability to detect scene colour temperature and light flicker, and include that as part of the 50D’s autotofocus calculation, that capability was also present in the 40D, says Canon USA’s Westfall. Canon’s briefing notes on the camera make no mention, says Westfall, of autofocus sensor or algorithm changes in the 50D, relative to the 40D.

The autofocus calculations may well be the same, but where those calculations are performed is different. In the 50D: DIGIC 4. In the 40D: DIGIC III. Because DIGIC 4 is a faster processor, this could lead to a more responsive AF system, though this doesn’t necessarily translate into greater AF accuracy.

The only change to autofocus that’s visible to the user is found in the camera’s Custom Functions: AF Microadjustment, for compensating for focus calibration error in the camera body or combination of body and attached lens, has been added to the 50D, with the same menu screen layout and options as the Mark III models.

(We recently wrote about the suitability of 40D autofocus for sports photography.)

Rear LCD Backing up the 50D is a sharp and clear three inch (diagonal), 920,000 dot rear LCD display, with seven increment brightness control. The screen’s size and resolution matches the stunning rear LCD in Nikon’s D3, D300 and D700, though the 50D may or may not be utilizing the identical screen component. The 50D’s rear LCD features a triple-layer coating designed to combat glare and smudges while also preventing scratches.

Crispy: The three inch (diagonal), 920,000 dot rear LCD in the Canon EOS 50D (Photo courtesy Canon)

Live View The 50D’s Live View continues Canon’s evolution of its real-time display mode. Building on the Live View mode of the Rebel XSi/450D, with both Quick Mode autofocus (phase detection, Live View is interrupted while the mirror drops and focus is performed) and Live Mode autofocus (contrast detection, Live View is not interrupted, focus is slower than phase detection), the 50D adds face detection when Live Mode autofocus is selected, plus an additional, tighter-spaced grid overlay option (for a total of two selectable grids).

The Direct Print button can now switch on Live View as well.

Connections Connection options include USB 2.0, HDMI video out (using a Type C connector), analog video out, PC sync and N3 remote.

Creative Auto For newcomers to photography, the 50D adds a Creative Auto option to the mode dial, between P and the Green Zone. This new option is meant to give more control over parameters such as white balance and Picture Styles to users who otherwise want the camera to do the work for them. It includes text explanations on the rear LCD of the options that can be adjusted in the Creative Auto mode.

From the 40D The remainder of the 50D is in most respects identical to the 40D. They both share the same:

• 95% coverage viewfinder (including standard and optional focusing screens)
• 35-zone metering (with Evaluative, 9% Partial, 3.8% Spot and Centre-weighted metering modes)
• Top shutter speed of 1/8000 and top standard flash sync speed of 1/250 (the cameras contain the same shutter and mirror mechanisms)
• Built-in flash with 17mm lens coverage
• Compatibility with EF and EF-S lenses
• Power options, including the 1390mAh Battery Pack BP-511A (or equivalent) and AC Adapter Kit ACK-E2
• Accessory options, including Battery Grip BG-E2, Battery Grip BG-E2N and Wireless File Transmitter WFT-E3/E3A

The two cameras’ dimensions, body style and control positions are also the same (though the 50D is fractionally lighter). In a nutshell, the 50D appears to be a 40D with a higher-resolution sensor, revamped image processing, faster CompactFlash write speeds, HDMI video out and a crisp new rear LCD.

Bundled software

The 50D will ship with new versions of Canon’s various digital photography software programs for Mac and Windows. EOS Utility 2.5 adds a function for setting copyright, new controls for focus, exposure and image stabilization, a 200% zoom view plus AF point display in Remote Live View. In addition to support for the new camera’s RAW files, Digital Photo Professional 3.5 adds AF point display, Auto Lighting Optimizer controls, finer control of noise reduction (the NR slider has expanded from 11 to 21 steps), greater carryover of EXIF metadata into converted files and support for 25 additional lenses in the lens aberration correction function (for a total of 82 supported lenses).

On the EOS Solution Disk CD with the 50D will be the following:

• EOS Utility 2.5 (Mac/Windows)
• Digital Photo Professional 3.5 (Mac/Windows)
• ImageBrowser 6.2 (Mac) / ZoomBrowser EX 6.2 (Win)
• Picture Style Editor 1.4 (Mac/Windows)
• WFT Utility 3.2 (Mac/Windows)
• PhotoStitch 3.2 (Mac) / PhotoStitch 3.1 (Windows)
• Memory Card Utility 1.2 (Mac/Windows)
• Original Data Security Tools 1.5 (Windows only)

Canon’s usual practice is to follow up the delivery of a new digital SLR with a web release of software updaters for owners of older cameras, and that’s likely to be the case once again. A date for the posting of updaters for the listed applications has not been set.

Note that RAW Image Task, the application that for some time has been bundled with ImageBrowser/ZoomBrowser EX and has handled RAW conversion duties for these programs, is no longer being updated. It will not be able to convert CR2s shot with the 50D or, presumably, subsequent Canon digital SLRs, though it will continue to be compatible with CR2s from most Canon models prior to the 50D.

For 50D shooters, Digital Photo Professional will be the lone Canon-provided RAW conversion option. Photos can be passed from ImageBrowser/ZoomBrowser EX to Digital Photo Professional for processing. There will be little reason though, in most 50D pro workflows we can think of, to use ImageBrowser/ZoomBrowser EX in the future. When shooting Canon, we’ve used ImageBrowser/ZoomBrowser EX really only to view AF point placement (a feature now slated for the next version of Digital Photo Professional) and to get to RAW Image Task.

Previously, RAW Image Task’s RAW conversions were nearly an exact match for in-camera conversions to JPEG (except that RAW Image Task offers TIFF as an output file format). Assuming a low-compression in-camera JPEG setting, the colour, detail, noise, character of noise reduction and all other image quality traits were the same as they could be in JPEGs from a Canon digital SLR and a CR2 run through RAW Image Task.

Digital Photo Professional, by comparison, has offered conversions with finer detail and colour that is similar and pleasing (with the newest cameras’ CR2s) or colour that is different and almost always inferior to RAW Image Task (with older cameras’ CR2s).

As Canon fades away RAW Image Task, it will be interesting to see what, if anything, they’ve done to meld the look of RAW Image Task and Digital Photo Professional conversions together. Not to mention whether the 50D’s DIGIC 4 processor performs in-camera conversions with the same level of detail as Digital Photo Professional.

New all-purpose zoom

Canon has also announced a new all-purpose zoom for its 1.6X sensor size cameras, the EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS. It incorporates two aspherical and two ultra-low dispersion elements and Canon’s four-stop image stabilization but lacks ultrasonic motor (USM) focusing. To limit zoom creep when carrying the lens, the 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS includes a zoom lock button; the lock automatically disengages again when the zoom ring is turned.

Vacation Time: The Canon EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS (Photo courtesy Canon)

Price and ship date

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.

In Canada, the estimated selling price for the 50D body is CDN$1449.99. It will also be available in kit form, with the EF 17-85mm f/4.5-5.6 IS for an estimated selling price of CDN$1799.99 or with the EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS for an estimated selling price of CDN$2049.99. The EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens on its own has an estimated selling price of CDN$749.99. Canon Canada is targeting an October 2008 release for the new camera and new lens.

Links

• Canon EOS 50D page (Canon Global)
• Specifications (Canon Global)
• Sample Images (Canon Global)
• Canon EOS 50D Preview (Digital Photography Review)

Canon USA is working on a detailed white paper about the EOS 50D, says Westfall, but a date for its release has not been set.

Canon EOS 50D digital SLR camera : Canon strengthens its EOS range with the addition of a powerful new digital SLR: the Canon EOS 50D / Canon EOS . With a 15.1 Megapixel CMOS sensor, 6.3 frames per second shooting and Canon’s latest DIGIC 4 image processor, the EOS 50D delivers unparalleled speed and resolution at a price point that is unique in today’s market. A newly designed 15.1 Megapixel CMOS sensor delivers ultra-detailed, low-noise images – ideal for large-scale reproduction or creative cropping. New manufacturing processes, plus redesigned photo diodes and microlenses, extend the light gathering capabilities of the sensor – allowing more pixels to be fitted on the CMOS sensor without compromising image quality.

Canon EOS 50D Sensor Cleaning System
These changes ensure improved high ISO performance and low noise. High-speed, low light shooting is enabled by ISO levels of 3200, expandable to an ultra-sensitive 12800. The EOS Cleaning System which has been integrated in the Canon EOS 50D – including the improved Self Cleaning Sensor Unit with a new fluorine coating – increases protection of image quality by helping to reduce, repel and remove unwanted dust from the sensor. Stubborn particles can be removed automatically in post-production with Dust Delete Data and Canon’s included Digital Photo Professional software.

Canon 50D perfect for sports and wildlife photography
Canon’s new DIGIC 4 processor is fast enough to allow up to 6.3fps continuous shooting, in bursts of up to 90 JPEGs with a UDMA card. When using the Canon EOS 50D with Canon’s wide area AF system, which locks onto subjects with 9 individual cross type sensors, stunning action sequences can be captured – even in low-light conditions. This makes the Canon 50D particularly suited to sports and wildlife shooting. DIGIC 4 works with the CMOS sensor to deliver 14-bit image processing, for smooth gradation and natural-looking colours – as well as ensuring ultra-fast startup times and near-instant image review after shooting.

Canon EOS 50D incorporates CMOS technology
Canon’s CMOS technology is one of the company’s key competitive advantages, with noise reduction circuitry at each pixel site delivering virtually noise-free images. In comparison with CCD technology, the lower power consumption characteristics of Canon’s CMOS sensors also contribute to longer battery life. Signal conversion in Canon’s CMOS sensors is handled by individual amplifiers at each pixel site. Unnecessary charge transfer operations are avoided, vastly speeding up the process of getting signal to the image processor. Noise generation is reduced, power consumption is limited and faster frame rate potential is increased.

Live View mode integrated in the Canon EOS 50D
The Canon EOS 50D features a new 3.0” Clear View VGA LCD, providing extra-large and wide angle-of-view image review, with plenty of clarity for accurate focus checks in playback. By switching to Live View mode – which displays a real-time image on the LCD – photographers can enjoy simplified shooting from awkward angles, or connect to a PC for remote shooting. Live Mode now offers three ways to auto focus: Quick AF, Live AF, and new Face Detection Live AF, which optimizes focus based on faces detected in the frame – for fast, spontaneous portraiture.

Canon 50D developed for semi professional photographers
The famously intuitive EOS menu system includes a new Quick Control screen, for instant access to the most commonly-changed settings. A new Creative Auto mode offers automatic focus and exposure – while still allowing creative ‘tweaks’ to settings such as background sharpness. “For advanced amateurs and semi-professionals – or professionals looking for a powerful backup model – the Canon EOS 50D stands alone,” said Mogens Jensen, Head of Canon Consumer Imaging, Europe. “No other camera in this price bracket offers a comparable combination of speed and image quality.”

Canon EOS 50D offers Picture Style pre-sets
Picture Style pre-sets simplify in-camera control over image qualities. Picture Style pre-sets can be likened to different film types – each one offering a different colour response. Within each selectable pre-set, photographers have control over sharpness, contrast, colour tone and saturation. The camera’s factory default configuration is set to deliver immediately-usable JPEG images without need for additional menu settings. Picture Style presets applied to a RAW image can be revised with Canon’s Digital Photo Professional software. The six pre-sets are:
• Standard – for crisp, vivid images that don’t require post-processing
• Portrait – optimises colour tone and saturation and weakens sharpening
• Landscape – for punchier greens and blues with stronger sharpening to give a crisp edge to mountain, tree and building outlines
• Neutral – ideal for post-processing
• Faithful – adjusts colour to match the subject when shot under a colour temperature of 5200K
• Monochrome – for black and white shooting with a range of filter effects (yellow, orange, red and green) and toning effects (sepia, blue, purple and green).

Canon EOS Digital Photo Professional Software
Digital Photo Professional software provides high speed, high quality processing of lossless RAW images. Processing with Digital Photo Professional allows real-time display and immediate application of image adjustments, giving control over RAW image variables such as white balance, dynamic range, exposure compensation, noise reduction and colour tone – plus the ability to view Auto Focus points on an image. The Lens Aberration correction tool allows precise correction of different types of distortion caused by certain cameras. Images can be recorded in camera with sRGB or Adobe RGB colour space.

Canon EOS Utility on the EOS 50D SLR camera
The latest version of EOS Utility provides essential support for Live View remote shooting, camera configuration and image transfers. Tightly integrated with Digital Photo Professional, EOS Utility can be configured to monitor ‘hot’ folders, automatically renaming and moving incoming images to a structured file system. Users can also tag their images with EXIF data, including copyright information.

Canon EOS 50D price & availability
The Canon EOS 50D (body only) is available in Europe from the end of September 2008 priced at €1599.99 / £1199.99 inc. VAT. In the United States, the Canon EOS 50D digital SLR camera is scheduled for October delivery and will be sold in a body-only configuration at an estimated selling price of $1,399 USD.

Full specification

Source: LetsgoDigital

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Canon today has also introduced the EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Zoom lens. With an equivalent focal length of 29-320mm, the lens offers 11x zoom range. It also features a 16 element, 12 group construction including UD and Aspherical lens elements and a 4-stop optical Image Stabilizer. This lens has answered the call from advanced amateur photographers looking for a solid all-around lens with the introduction of the new EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS zoom lens. With an incredible Focal length range equivalent to 29-320mm in the 35mm format, the new EF-S 18-200mm lens will make an excellent addition to any camera bag, and it gives shooters a great lens to capture both standard as well as telephoto images.

Press Release:

The EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS: versatile, compact, telephoto zoom

Amstelveen, The Netherlands, 26 August, 2008: Canon today strengthens its EF-S series of lenses with the launch of a versatile new model: the EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS. With an equivalent focal length of 29-320mm, the lens offers an 11x zoom range – making it a powerful, lightweight alternative to carrying multiple lenses. The EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS is designed exclusively for use with EOS cameras featuring an EF-S lens mount – including the new EOS 50D, EOS 1000D, EOS 450D, and earlier models.

High quality optics
The EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS features a 16 element, 12 group construction. This includes UD and Aspherical lens elements, which minimise Chromatic aberration and ensure crisp, corner-to-corner detail across the zoom range. A close focusing distance of just 45cm offers photographers total framing flexibility.

4-stop Image Stabilizer
A Canon 4-stop optical Image Stabilizer – specially designed for the lens’ specific focal length range – works to counteract image Blur that can occur when shooting handheld, or at slow shutter speeds. Automatic panning detection ensures effective performance when tracking moving subjects. Plus, because the IS system is based in the lens, results are visible through the viewfinder during framing.

No flare or ghosting
Reflection off a digital camera’s image sensor can cause flare and ghosting. To suppress this, the EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS uses optics treated with Canon’s patented Super Spectra coatings – for crisp, undistorted images with natural colour balance.

More infos and specifications: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0808/08082604canonEF-S_18-200mm.asp

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Canon’s China website has published specifications for the 50D in its public webspace. Although the info is not on the front page of the site yet, it is accessible to anyone. Here is the link (update: it’s down, but this one is still live for the moment 11:51p.m. ET).

I’ve set forth the relevant translated specs and info below. Please note that the original specs listed here listed in-body IS as a feature. The translation was wrong and the feature has been removed from the spec list below. The specs referenced the advantages and compatibility with lens-based IS instead.

• 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): 38×21×55 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): 91×67×32.3 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.

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A new book that teaches users a step-by-step introduction to rapid web development using the MVC CakePHP framework has been announced by Packt Publishing. Written by Anupom Syam and Ahsanul Bari, the book aims to assist PHP programmers to develop and deploy well-crafted and robust web-based applications with the open source MVC CakePHP framework.

CakePHP is an open source web application framework written in PHP. It uses well-known design patterns and provides a structured framework that enables PHP users to develop robust web applications, without any loss of flexibility. The user can code faster, better, and it makes writing Web 2.0-style applications easier.

The book introduces the user to installing the MVC Framework and building his first application, and follows with looking at each main component of a CakePHP application in detail. The book also teaches how to build Web 2.0 style applications using a case study application. PHP Magazine Readers can download freely the chapter 4 Controllers: Programming. Application Logic [PDF 909KB]

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Mercado makes it easy for multi-store online retailers to easily launch and manage new product lines and Websites.

PLEASANTON, CA, August 19, 2008 – Mercado a leading eCommerce solution provider, today announced that Cymax Stores recently deployed Mercado Ignition OnDemand to help them quickly launch a network of eCommerce Websites – each targeting a different product niche and customer demographic. Cymax is a leading home furnishings and electronics retailer, with numerous specialty sites – with over 250,000 products available for consumers and businesses.

Within the past year, through the use of Mercado Ignition OnDemand, Cymax Stores has been able to replicate their successful marketing platform to over 112 unique sites. By the end of 2008, they are predicting that over 200 will be up and running, and forecast an increase in sales of 40% over 2007 – from $32.5 million to over $47 million.

An Internet Retailer Top 500 business (number 247 in 2008), Cymax launched its first online stores November of 2007. Cymax had reviewed various eCommerce site search solutions but selected Mercado’s SaaS offering because of its exceptional performance and the ease with which they would be able to get stores up and running in time for the quickly approaching 2007 holiday season.

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Check out the newest eco-chic line of camera bags, designed for the digital age and made with more than 95% recycled materials.

Lowepro has added two new lines to its collection of camera bags, and has expanded three existing lines with new models. The new Terraclime bags are made of eco-friendly materials and designed not to look like camera bags, while, at the other end of the spectrum, the new Luxe bags are made of leather and come in colors such as eggplant, teal, and pink. Both new series include small pouches designed for point-and-shoots, and the Terraclime line also offers shoulder bags that are large enough to hold digital SLR gear.

Lowepro Launches its Greenest Series of Eco-Friendly, Fashionable Bags

All of the fabric in the Terraclime series is made of 100% post-consumer Cyclepet®—recycled 16 oz. PET bottles turned into sturdy material.

Sebastopol, CA (August 1, 2008) - Lowepro, creator of innovative carrying solutions for the imaging world, announces the launch of Terraclime multi-purpose digital bags. More than 95% of Terraclime’s materials are recycled, making it Lowepro’s greenest series to date.

Addressing the concerns of eco-conscious, fashion-savvy consumers, Terraclime provides durable, soft-sided protection for a variety of cameras and digital gear—from pouches that hold ultra-compact point-and-shoot models, lenses, GPS units, iPods® and smartphones, to the largest shoulder bag model that carries a  DSLR with attached lens.

All bags in the series are constructed of 100% post-consumer, recycled Cyclepet® exterior fabric, using the equivalent of 2½ bottles in the smallest model to 22 bottles in the largest while conserving landfill, energy and crude and refined oil. The spacer mesh, providing a lean yet sturdy layer of protection, is 60% recycled PET. Terraclime’s hardware (including hook closures and zippers) is comprised of plastic regrind, recycled and repurposed industrial trimmings saved from the factory floor.

Adding to the eco-friendly construction is a targeted cause: a portion of the proceeds of each Terraclime will go directly to Polar Bears International (PBI) to support their efforts to save polar bear habitats from the impact of climate change.

“The Terraclime is a continuation of our efforts to preserve the environment while delivering solutions to consumers who need protection for their cameras and digital gear,” said Nicole Mummenhoff, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, Lowepro. We’re confident that this series will be an exciting and versatile addition to our growing family of ‘green’ products,” she added.

Terraclime is available in four models—the 10, 30 and 50 pouches, and the 100 shoulder bag. Each features a single compartment with additional pockets for memory cards, personal items or accessories. The 100 model includes zippered interior pocket and a removable Cyclepet® wrap that envelops a camera and provides an additional layer of protection. All models come with adjustable shoulder straps and can be worn over the shoulder or across the body (10, 30 and 50 include belt loops and removable straps).  Designed for the photographer or digital accessory user who wants carrying solutions to be practical, fashionable and thoughtful inside and out, the Terraclime series delivers with style and substance.

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