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08-21-2003, 12:24 PM
Canon EOS 300D: 6 megapixel DSLR, for $900
Preview and spec are here (http://www.dpreview.com/news/0308/03082005canoneos300d.asp)
More pictures here (http://web.canon.jp/Imaging/eosdigital/index.html)
"Amstelveen, The Netherlands, August 20, 2003 - Canon, a leader in photographic and imaging technology, today launches the EOS 300D 6.3 Megapixel digital SLR. The lightest and most compact digital EOS camera ever is expected to ship with a price of approximately 1,200 EURO.
"Canon expects 400-500% growth in the digital SLR segment from 2002 to 2003 in terms of shipping volume2," says Hiroshi Komatsuzaki, Head of Canon Consumer Imaging Europe. "The EOS 300D will play a key strategic role in this growth. By dropping the price so significantly, Canon is very deliberately putting high performance EOS digital technology into the hands of the consumer at a time of accelerating demand for high performance digital cameras".
The EOS 300D bundles proven high performance technologies (such as seven-point, high-speed predictive auto focus, 2.5 frame per second burst rate, 35-zone metering and DIGIC image processor) into a camera affordable to everybody.
Canon has declared the EOS 300D to be the single most important consumer SLR since the AE1 in 1976. Just as the AE1 triggered an SLR revolution by being the world's first camera with an embedded microcomputer, Canon believes the EOS 300D will be seen as the point in history when the SLR market shifted irrevocably to digital. "
Christmas came early this year.....
• 22.7 x 15.1 mm CMOS sensor
• Built-in fixed low-pass filter
• 6.5 million total pixels (3152 x 2068)
• 30 - 1/4000 sec (0.3 EV steps)
• Flash X-Sync: 1/200 sec
Prices :
• US: $899 (Canon Rebel Digital)
• EU: €1,099 (Canon EOS-300D)
• JP: 120,000 YEN (Canon Kiss Digital)
Preview and spec are here (http://www.dpreview.com/news/0308/03082005canoneos300d.asp)
More pictures here (http://web.canon.jp/Imaging/eosdigital/index.html)
"Amstelveen, The Netherlands, August 20, 2003 - Canon, a leader in photographic and imaging technology, today launches the EOS 300D 6.3 Megapixel digital SLR. The lightest and most compact digital EOS camera ever is expected to ship with a price of approximately 1,200 EURO.
"Canon expects 400-500% growth in the digital SLR segment from 2002 to 2003 in terms of shipping volume2," says Hiroshi Komatsuzaki, Head of Canon Consumer Imaging Europe. "The EOS 300D will play a key strategic role in this growth. By dropping the price so significantly, Canon is very deliberately putting high performance EOS digital technology into the hands of the consumer at a time of accelerating demand for high performance digital cameras".
The EOS 300D bundles proven high performance technologies (such as seven-point, high-speed predictive auto focus, 2.5 frame per second burst rate, 35-zone metering and DIGIC image processor) into a camera affordable to everybody.
Canon has declared the EOS 300D to be the single most important consumer SLR since the AE1 in 1976. Just as the AE1 triggered an SLR revolution by being the world's first camera with an embedded microcomputer, Canon believes the EOS 300D will be seen as the point in history when the SLR market shifted irrevocably to digital. "
Christmas came early this year.....
• 22.7 x 15.1 mm CMOS sensor
• Built-in fixed low-pass filter
• 6.5 million total pixels (3152 x 2068)
• 30 - 1/4000 sec (0.3 EV steps)
• Flash X-Sync: 1/200 sec
Prices :
• US: $899 (Canon Rebel Digital)
• EU: €1,099 (Canon EOS-300D)
• JP: 120,000 YEN (Canon Kiss Digital)