500D announced. ***Official Thread ***

I will wait to see if there are some reviews on the 500D before I move from my 400D. There is of course the rumered 60D which should have extra AF points and full movie mode. I think the movie mode on this 500D is only 20fps, which is a little to slow to be of uch use really.
I totally agree that Canon pricing is insane, and again rip of Britain still exsits, USA $800, UK £850 ! ! !
 
Something intresting ive just found out about the 500D, is that it uses a diffrent sensor from the 50D, basically the 50D sensor uses gapless tech wereas the 500D doesn't.

Some from this, i can asume the image quality & niose will be worst than the 50D at high
ISO.

I was planning on buying my girlfreind this camera for her Birthday in a couple of months as an upgrade to her beloved 350D she used for years, but cramming 15mp into a crop sensor that not using glapless tech i think i pass and buy the cheaper 450D instead.
 
Nice find, very nice.
Not sure on the 3.4 FPS though :( BUT HD MOVIES :P
 
Threads merged (that button is getting a lot of use today :( )
 
ding76uk said:
Do you think Canon will follow this by announcing a 60D in the next cpl months? That is what I am waiting for. Won't be in a position to upgrade til the end of the year, and would love to see some of the rumours flying about this become solid facts.
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If you examine Canon's historical releasing schedule you'll see that they've been fairly consistent - an xxD model comes out with X megapixels, then 6 months later an xxxD model follows it with the same resolution. They are sold alongside each other for another 12 months before a new xxD model comes out with a higher pixel count. Then 6 months later...

This is illustrated fairly well in this timeline. The 500D is a bit ahead of the usual release schedule, but even if they were moving to a 12-month cycle... well, the 50D was announced on 26 August 2008, released on 6 October 2008.

Best not to get hung up on the number of pixels, concentrate on getting the photo you want. Current models are quite adequate for that. ;)
 
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