New Canon 50D
Finally.
Was starting to get worried. Even starting to peruse the Nikon lineup. Part of me still misses the ergonomics of Nikons. But Canon will come back I keep telling myself. They were on top for a number of years and now Nikon is catching up, but Canon will respond in time. And they’re slowly starting to release. It looks like they’re still going after “Uncle Bob’s” and others with their lineups, but we shall see. I’ll hold off a bit longer. Rumors say there are more announcements on the horizon.
This new camera isn’t what I’ve been hoping for in a lot of ways. But in other ways it’s the perfect camera for a lot of my shooting. There are times when more MP’s don’t’ matter to me. I shoot a lot for clubs and a lot of the wedding day doesn’t need to be blown up large…so the small size raw files on offer with the 50D are of note for me. I like that I can choose to scale down from 15 MP to around 7 and 3. That will save a lot of hard drive space for people who just want web images.
I also appreciate the claims of improved focusing. Let’s hope they are true. Some are saying it focuses better than the top of the line Canons. That would be swell 
It’s not actually in many people’s hands so I’m holding off judgement. I recently sold my backup 30D looking to get a 40D, but looks like now I’ll have to wait till October and it’ll be the 50D instead. Looks to be a perfect backup camera that’ll pull extra duty in the clubs and give my aging 5D the rest it deserves.
Paul