-= Its official now =- Canon 50D has been announced

just this second i was browsing that Pete.
I think you get stung by import Tax though. Best bet for us Brits is to get it off Ian ( Kerso )
I think he is doing it for around £900

mrklaw wrote in post #6365854
picked up a 50D this afternoon.London Camera exchange in Bristol had one body only and one kit with 17-85.

Now to sell my 40D!

did you really?

arizona85224 wrote in post #6366519
did you really?

Several places in the UK are showing in-stock. I am just waiting for the user reports.

Roy C wrote in post #6366596
Several places in the UK are showing in-stock. I am just waiting for the user reports.

cool

Anyone who was wondering about the 50D EF-S 18-200 kit will probably be disappointed. B&H and Amazon both list the kit at $2099 US, which is exactly the same price you'd pay buying the body and lens separately.

Pete Gl wrote in post #6366451
Thought you might all be interested in this: -
www.Digitalrev.com

They were pricing the 50D at £822 inclusive a day or so ago, maybe that was an error on their site.

Note that anything you buy from them ships from Hong Kong, but if you buy through their website they have the shipping company bill them for the VAT and brokerage charges. If anything goes wrong you will need to return the camera to Hong Kong for warranty repair, which is expensive. They were worth using a couple of years ago when they charged significantly less than UK dealers, but it doesn't really seem worth it now.

I think anyone (like me) wanting a decent deal will have to wait a month or so until they feel they've squeezed as much as they can from the early adopters .

Is digital rev a legit site?? I might just have to cancel my pre-order at Ritz.

http://www.resellerrat​ings.com/store/Digital​Rev_Limited

5/10, the dissatisfied looks horrible on the companies behalf.

50D with 18-200 is $1838.
its $2099 for that same kit on b&h.

place looks like a scam, id stay away.

yeah, ^ nvm im staying away.

jjmucker wrote in post #6366262
Really? didnt even know it was out yet? how much mate?
sample images

got it for £949. Was willing to pay a little more than RGB tech for being able to pick it up in person. Had to push their price down, I guess they went for it on the basis that an immediate sale is cash in the kitty. Their website still has it up for £1200!


will try and take comparitive photos if I have time. Did have a play with the high iso though. just sitting on my sofa having a play, and only using the LCD on the back (BTW, seems to do full res when fully zoomed in, or certainly better than the 40D), 3200 seems pretty nice with standard NR on, jpeg shooting. 6400 is quite noisy and 12800 is nasty. This was shooting at 1/160 f4 ISO 12800, so it was pretty dark for the likkle thing

Main thing is I think 3200 (highest native) is very usable and I wouldn't hesitate if I needed the shutter speed.

TheShotLessTaken wrote in post #6369145
Is digital rev a legit site?? I might just have to cancel my pre-order at Ritz.

I got a 82mm filter from them a few weeks ago through their ebay site.

If you want to see some high ISO samples go to my website - www.ryanjarvisphotogra​phy.co.uk and select "events". There's some images there taken at Ely Cathedral - near Cambridge (UK).

To cut it short ISO 3200 is excellent!

It got to some shops here in Sweden today as well, I tried one in a shop during my lunch hour.

Which Memory card is the best for the 50D ? i have read UDMA is required for the full capabilities. is this correct and what is the difference between UDMA and extreme III ?

Cheers
Andy

slartibardfast wrote in post #6372361
Which Memory card is the best for the 50D ? i have read UDMA is required for the full capabilities. is this correct and what is the difference between UDMA and extreme III ?

Cheers
Andy

The maximum transfer speed is the difference, you need Extreme IV to get UDMA on a Sandisk card.