Canon EOS 450D / Digital Rebel XSi

[Admin]

Pre-PMA 2008: Canon has today announced a new compact digital SLR, the twelve megapixel EOS 450D (Digital Rebel XSi). On the surface a very similar camera to the EOS 400D, however there are a range of significant improvements; twelve megapixel CMOS sensor, 3.0" LCD monitor, Live View with both AF modes (contrast-detect and passive), 14-bit processing and RAW, spot metering, improved AF, 3.5 fps continuous shooting, a larger viewfinder, SD/SDHC storage and a new higher capacity battery. All in all a fairly impressive range of usage oriented improvements and refinements.

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[MG TF 135]

The Canon website suggests that this will hit the shops around March.......

 

[CraigDouglas]

SD/SDHC storage? Why change from CF?? That seems silly to me personally.

 

[MG TF 135]

I would imagine that to accomodate a larger screen that some other component inside the body had to give, a CF card is large by todays standards.