Exclusive Canon 50D pictures
August 22nd, 2008 | Tags: photo | 3 Comments
This morning, a number of gadget sites drew attention to leaked specs for Canon’s rumored 50D DSLR. While I love my 40D, I can now disclose that I have been testing a prerelease copy of the 50D, and it is a remarkable camera. The most interesting new feature is support for extreme low-light photography, including an ISO 12,800 mode. Combined with the new 15.1 MP sensor, this can produce some truly astonishing images. While I’m unwilling to post these to flickr (I don’t want to be caught by an EXIF search), I’m happy to share some example pictures using this feature on this site:
First up, a picture of the night sky from outside of my house. Here’s a macro photograph of an ancient Roman coin (I post-processed this one a little). Finally, here’s an adorable one of Thomas.
I think that this new high-sensitivity mode will really mark the beginning of a creative revolution. Great work, Canon!
August 22nd, 2008 at 10:25:57 PM (#)
Something seems to be wrong with the links. I was hoping to see the adorable pic of Thomas, but no luck. Also, where did you get this camera?
August 24th, 2008 at 05:48:28 AM (#)
Offcourse you dont see any pictures here. Do you seriously believe that he has been testing the cam ?
Sorry but the web is full of people who will give the same story to get a bit of attention.
Jakob
August 24th, 2008 at 01:37:38 PM (#)
Jakob, I’m sorry to have to explain the joke.
Here is a 100% crop from an image I took with my 40D at ISO 3200. (The original picture, which is not a great photograph as such but adequately demonstrates the shortcomings of ISO 3200, is available on flickr. As a nod to H, the subject of this photo is my adorable progeny.)
The point of my post is that, if the leaked specs are accurate, then Canon has either aggressively improved the extreme low-light performance of their sensors in order to allow ISO 12800 at 15.1 megapixels, or we can look forward to a new “noise mode” with which to make photographs that are, at best, unusable at larger than wallet sizes.