Jason Dunn
08-26-2008, 06:30 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.dpreview.com/previews/canoneos50d/' target='_blank'>http://www.dpreview.com/previews/canoneos50d/</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Almost exactly a year after the arrival of the EOS 40D, Canon has announced the 50D, which we're assured will be a sister-model, rather than a replacement. Recent history has seen Canon release new models every 18 months-or-so but it's been a busy year with newcomers such as the Nikon D300 getting a lot of attention in the 40D's keen amateur/professional segment. The 50D puts essentially a 40D body wrapped around a newly-developed 15 megapixel sensor that finally rectifies the situation in which Canon's x0D range trailed the company's entry-level line, in pixel terms....The other big change is the inclusion of a new, high-resolution LCD screen. 920,000 dots mean that it can convey 640 x 480 RGB pixels, making it effectively a VGA standard monitor. Three anti-reflection layers built into the screen do their best to keep it useable in bright conditions, too."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/dht/auto/1219643545.usr1.jpg" border="0" /></p><p>If you've got your eye on the new Canon EOS 50D, this preview article has a wealth of detailed information worth checking out.</p>