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Canon 50D DSLR deets leaked

15.1 megapixel monster on the way

NEWS: 22 August 2008 9:52 GMT by Katie Scott

Canon's got more leaks than a rusty watering can it seems.

In May, a listing for the high end Canon EOS 5D Mark II appeared on Amazon.

Now, Canon's China website momentarily published the full specifications for the upcoming EOS 50D DSLR.

And here are some of the highlights, courtesy of Photography Bay, who got in there quick and copied them before the text was taken down.

The new model will be built around a 15.1 megapixel CMOS sensor (so a 1.6x crop), boasts a DIGIC 4 processor, and Auto Brightness Processing.

The viewfinder offers 95% vcoverage and .97 magnification.

Tech-wise - the camera packs in a 9 point AF system (All Cross Type) and has a 35 meter area equipped with high-precision sensors, as well as AF Fine Tuning.

You can also expect a Dust Reduction system, ISO range of 100-12800 and shooting wise - the camera delivers 6.3fps in high speed mode and 3fps in low speed mode with a 16 RAW file and 60 JPG buffer or 10 RAW+JPG file buffer.

In terms of build, the 50D has a rugged magnesium alloy body, 920,000 points VGA 3.0-inch LCD monitor and a 100,000 cycle shutter.

It is 38~21x55mm in size and weighs about 82g.

The leaked specs also suggest that the 50D takes Type I or II CF cards, is UDMA compatible and fits Canon EF-series (including EF-S series lenses).

Full specs:
- 15.1 megapixel CMOS sensor
- Image Sensor Size: 22.3~14.9 mm
- Aspect ratio: 3:2

- DIGIC 4 processor
- 1.6x crop

- Dust Reduction (Auto, Manual, add the dust data)
- Auto Brightness Processing
- 95% viewfinder .97 magnification
- 9 point af (All Cross Type)
- 35 meter area equipped with high-precision sensors
- AF Fine Tuning
- ISO 100-12800
- 6.3 fps (high speed) 3fps (low speed) Buffer: 16 RAW - 60 JPG - 10 RAW+JPG
- 920,000 points VGA 3.0-inch LCD monitor
- 100,000 cycle shutter

- Media Type: I or Type II CF card, UDMA compatible
- Compatible Lenses: Canon EF-series (including EF-S series lenses) (35 mm converted the focal length of the lens focal length is about 1.6 times)
Lens mount: Canon EF mount

Recording System
- Recording format: Camera File System Design Rule 2.0
- Image types: JPEG, RAW (14 place Canon original); RAW + JPEG
- Records of pixels: (4752 x 3168j
Large: about 15.1 million pixels (4752 x 3168)
Medium: about 8 million pixels (3456 x 2304)
Small: about 3.7 million pixels (2352 x 1568)
RAW: about 15.1 million pixels (4752 x 3168)
sRAW1: about 7.1 million pixels (3267 x 2178)
sRAW2: about 3.8 million pixels (2376 x 1584)
- Create / select: Folder Yes

Image Processing
- Photo style: Standard, portrait, landscape, neutral, reliable setup, monochrome, User-defined 1-3
- White Balance: Auto, the default (Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten Lamp, White fluorescent light, flash), user-defined, Color temperature settings (2500-10000 K)
- Noise Reduction: Can be applied to long time exposure and high ISO sensitivity shooting
- Automatic image brightness correction: Automatic brightness optimization
- High-priority tone: Yes
- The amount of light surrounding the lens correction: Yes

Viewfinder
- Type: Eye-level pentaprism
- Rate outlook: Vertical / horizontal direction about 95 percent
- Magnification: About 0.95 times (-1 m-1, using 50 mm lens on the infinite distance AF)
- Focus: About 22 mm (eyepiece lens from the central -1 m-1)
- Built-in diopter adjustment: -3.0 - +1.0 M-1 (dpt)
- Focusing Screen: Ef-A equipped with the standard screen, and can replace the screen (2 sold separately)
- Mirrors: Express back -
- Depth of Field Preview: Yes

AF
- Type: TTL auxiliary video coincidence, the phase detection
- Automatic focus points: 9 (all cross-)
- Metering range: EV -0.5 - 18 (23 ‹ C/73 ‹ F, ISO 100)
- Focus modes: Single AF, AI Servo AF, Artificial Intelligence
- AF, manual focus (MF)
- AF-assist light: By the built-in flash for a short flash
- AF fine-tuning: AF can be fine-tuning

Exposure Control
- Metering Mode: 35 Zone TTL full-aperture metering
- Evaluation meter (with the focus of any automatic linkage)
- Partial metering (the viewfinder about 9 percent of the area)
- Spot (viewfinder central area of about 3.8%)
- Central focus of the average metering
- Metering range: EV 1-20 (23 ‹ C/73 ‹ F, the use of EF50mm f/1.4 USM lens, ISO 100)
- Exposure Control: Programmed auto exposure (automatic, portrait, landscape, Macro, Sports, Night Portrait, Flash off, creativity automatic, procedures), shutter priority automatic exposure, aperture priority auto exposure, depth of field priority auto exposure, manual exposure
- ISO Sensitivity: (Recommended exposure index)
Basic shooting zone mode: automatically set between ISO 100-1600
- District creative shooting modes: ISO 100 - 3200 (in 1 / 3 increments), Auto, ISO sensitivity can be extended up to ISO 6400 or ISO 12800
- Exposure compensation: Manual and automatic exposure bracketing (with manual exposure compensation can be used in combination) - Can be set numerical: } 2 Stage 1 / 3 or 1 / 2 units to adjust
- Auto exposure lock Auto: evaluation of the use of metering single AF mode - Manual: auto exposure lock button

Shutter
- Type: Electronically controlled focal plane shutter
- Shutter speed: 1 / 8000 second to 1 / 60 seconds (automatic mode), flash synchronization speed of 1 / 250 second 1 / 8000 to 30 seconds, B Mun (the shutter speed range. With the availability of various shooting modes. )

Flash
- Built-in flash: Recoverable, auto-flash
- Flash: 13/43 (ISO 100, to m / ft unit) flash coverage: 17 mm camera angle. Recycle time of about three seconds
- External flash: X series of flash (camera can set up some flash function)
- Flash Metering: E-TTL II automatic flash
- Flash Exposure Compensation: } 2 Stage 1 / 3 or 1 / 2 units to adjust
- Flash Exposure lock: Yes
- PC terminal: Yes

Driving System
- Types: Single-shoot, high-speed shot, low shot funny (10 seconds or two seconds delay)
- Continuous speed High-speed: Approx. 6.3 / sec. max
- Low: the most about 3 / sec.
- Continuous maximum number of (High-Speed Continuous):

JPEG large / distinctions: about 60 (90)
RAW: about 16 (16)
RAW + JPEG large / distinctions: about 10 (10)
* Based on these values to use 2 GB of memory cards, Canon testing standards (ISO 100 photos and standard style).
*Value in brackets apply to the testing standards based on Canonfs Ultra DMA (UDMA) 2GB memory card.

Live View Shooting
- Focus: Fast mode (testing phase)
- Real-time mode, real-time facial priority mode (contrast detection)
- Manual focus (can be enlarged five times / 10 times)
- Metering Mode: The use of image sensors to evaluate Spot
- Metering range: EV 0 - 20 (23 ‹ C/73 ‹ F, the use of EF50mm f/1.4 USM lens, ISO 100)
- Mute shooting: Yes

LCD Monitor
- Type: TFT color liquid crystal display (there are seven brightness adjustment)
- Monitor size and resolution: 3 inches, about 920,000 points (VGA)
- Coverage: About 100%
- Language: Interface 25 (with English)

Image playback
- Image display format: Leaflets, pamphlets + information (image quality records, the shooting information, the histogram), four images index, nine image index, rotating images
- Zoom: About 1.5 times - 10 times
- View images method: Leaflets images, 10 or 100 images, screen, the date, Folder as a unit Jump
- High-warning: Excessive exposure of the regional high-flicker

Direct Print
Compatible printer: PictBridge-compatible printers
Print Image: JPEG and RAW image
Print command: DPOF1.1 compatible version

Custom
25 Custom Functions
Camera user settings In the mode dial position of the C1 and C2 registered
Registration menu: Yes

Interface
Digital Video: For computer communications and direct printing (Hi-Speed USB)
Video output terminal: 3.5 mm mini-jack (optional NTSC / PAL)
HDMI mini OUT: terminal C -
Remote Terminal: And N3-compatible line of the shutter
Docking Systems terminal: WFT-E3 Used to connect wireless file transfer for WFT-E3

Power
Battery: Battery BP-511A (1)
* AC adapter can be packaged using the AC ACK-E2
* Installation of the battery box and handle BG-E2N or BG-E2, you can use on the 5th (AA/LR6) battery
Battery capacity shooting (Based on CIPA testing standards): 50 percent of the normal use of flash photography: 23 ‹ C/73 ‹ F at about 640. 0 ‹ C/32 ‹ F at about 540. 50% of the use of flash photography of real-time display: 23 ‹ C/73 ‹ F at about 170. 0 ‹ C/32 ‹ F at about 130.

Size and weight
Size (Width x x high-thick): 145.5~107.8~73.5 mm / 5.7 x4.2~2.9 inches
Weight: About 730 grams / 25.7 ounces (body only)

Operating Environment
Temperature range: 0 ‹ C-40 ‹ C/32 ‹ F-104 ‹ F
Working humidity range: 85 percent or less

Battery BP-511A
Type: Rechargeable lithium batteries
Rated voltage: 7.4 V DC
Battery capacity: 1390 mA
Size (Width x x high-thick): 38~21x55 mm / 1.5 x0.8~2.2 inches
Weight: About 82 grams / 2.9 ounces
Battery Charger: CB-5L

With battery BP-511A, BP-514, BP-511 or BP-512
The length of the power cord: About 1.8 m / 5.9 ft.
Charging time: About 100 minutes
Input Voltage: 100-240 V AC
Output voltage: 8.4 V DC
Temperature range: 0 ‹ C-40 ‹ C/32 ‹ F-104 ‹ F
Working humidity range: 85 percent or less
Size (Width x x high-thick): 91~67x32.3 mm / 3.6 x2.6~1.3 inches
Weight About 105 grams / 3.7 ounces (not including the power cord)

>> News - Amazon leaks Canon 5D Mark II details
>> Via - Photography Bay


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Have Your Say
  • "so a 1.6x crop"...
    Well, so much for the new camera if that is the case.
    5D is not a cropped sensor.
    The Nikon D700 is not a cropped sensor.
    I expected the 5D mark II to be a full sensor, just like its predecessor.
    Robert, Whitman dashed
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