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Recently Canon announced the 50d. and it has me contemplating a upgrade extra early. lol Not to the 50d but to the prosumer 40d that dropped last Sep.(still over $1k) hoping the price drops with the release of the 50d. The 40d is a excellent & highly praised camera body that has incredible potential and a lot of room for me to improve and longer for me to outgrow. The Canon 50d drops in October with a retail price of $1399.99 for body only and $1599.00 with the EF 28-135mm kit lens (which I already own). Yea im HYPED!

50d New & Noteworthy Features:
•15.1MegaPixel CMOS sensor
• Digic 4 image processor
•Up to ISO 12,800 (really!)
•6.3-fps burst shooting
•In-camera vignetting fix
•Redesigned Auto Focus system with fine tuning (bananas!)
•3" VGA screen with Live View Face Detection

Hands on 50d video

Hands on Preview by Dpreview.com

Canon Press Release