dSLR Dad

Canon has released a firmware update for the Canon EOS 50D dSLR Camera. According to Canon, this firmware update, Version 1.0.7, incorporates the following fixes:

1. Corrects a phenomenon where captured images may tend to appear somewhat magenta depending on the shooting scene.
2. Fixes incorrect indications on the Arabic, Romanian, Spanish, and Ukrainian menu screens.

You can download firmware version 1.0.7 from Canon Global.

Photography Blog has a digital SLR review of the Canon EOS 50D camera:

Released just one year after the 40D, the new EOS 50D DSLR is Canon’s answer to its main rival, the Nikon D300. The EOS 50D is both a worthy upgrade for current 40D owners and a real challenger to the D300, mainly thanks to the larger 15 megapixel sensor, new Digic 4 processor and expanded ISO range, which thankfully haven’t compromised image quality in any way. Despite the 50% increase in resolution, the EOS 50D offers the best image quality of any Canon APS-C DSLR camera to date, with very similar performance to the 40D at comparative ISO speeds, and the added bonus of ISO 6400 and 12800 modes. Admittedly the fastest setting is only really usable as a last resort and doesn’t quite match up to the low-light performance of the Nikon D3 and D700, but they are much more expensive cameras than the 50D. We’d happily use this camera on a daily basis up to ISO 3200 with 6400 as a back-up. All other image quality aspects are up to Canon’s usual high standards, although we’d swap the 18-55mm kit lens for the more expensive 17-85mm optic in order to get the most out of the 15 megapixel sensor. If you’re looking for the highest resolution for your money, the Canon EOS certainly doesn’t disappoint.

You can read the entire review at Photography Blog.

Digital Photography Review has published their review of the Canon EOS 50D dSLR camera:

It’s exactly eight years ago this month that Phil posted his review of the Canon D30. The camera was Canon’s first ‘developed in house’ DSLR and therefore a milestone in digital photography. But it was also the first model in the popular line of cameras of which the EOS 50D is the latest descendant. Technology has moved on at the speed of light since the year 2000 but each generation of x0D cameras left its mark in the marketplace and the photographic community alike and there is no reason to believe to 50D would be any different. Or is there?

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Canon has released a firmware update for the Canon EOS 50D dSLR Camera. According to Canon, this firmware update, Version 1.0.6, incorporates the following fixes:

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The Canon EOS 50D digital SLR Camera is the latest in the XXD series. Introduced just one year after the 40D, the new EOS 50D is a minor-model change with some major improvements to what was already a great camera. While it uses the same weather-resistant, magnesium housing of the 40D (which will still remain in Canon’s Lineup), the EOS 50D adds many new notable features:

• 15.1 Megapixel, 22.3mm x 14.9mm, APS-C sized CMOS sensor. Each pixel is just 4.7µm wide, but incorporates a larger microlens and increased light-sensing area to improve overall efficiency and help reduce noise by 1 to 1.5 stops from the 40D. Photo resolution will be 4752 x 3168 pixels.
• DIGIC 4 image processor with UDMA Compact Flash memory card support. Which is required to achieve the fast 6.3 frame-per-second continuous shooting capacity. The 16 RAW image burst is less than the Canon EOS 40D.
• Expanded ISO range from 100 to 3200, along with two high-speed settings of ISO 6400 and ISO 12800.
• 3-inch LCD with 920,000 pixels (4x the resolution of the EOS 40D). It also incorporates a three layer coating which should help reduce glare, reflections, and the ever present dSLR Dad face smudge. (more…)