Canon EOS 500D

Despite these difficult times, manufacturers continue to develop their range, and this is the case with the new Canon EOS 500D - it should be noted that the 450D remains in the catalog, because the price of youngest makes it less affordable plan €999 single kit with 18-55 IS.

Key features:

• CMOS sensor 15.1 million pixels
• Video Recording Full HD (1080p)
• Sensitivity up to 12800 for low-light conditions
• 3.4 im. / Sec. a maximum burst of 170 JPEG images
• LCD 3 inches (7.6 cm) Clear View Mode with Live View
• 9-point AF system
• DIGIC 4
• EOS Integrated Cleaning System
• Compatible with EF / EF-S lenses and EX Speedlites

If Olympus said it would stop the war to 12 Megapixel, obviously this is not the case of Canon. Provide large drives and SDHC cards to manage the large 15 Mp in 14 bit RAW
Screen 3 "VGA seems very comfortable, and the menus and functions seem more consistent with rapid access to settings. An Av mode "light" appeared; we do not rule the opening but the "blur background" or EV compensation but the "light-dark" on a scale (which will please allergy technical jargon)

In addition, of course the HD video option, but still without the autofocus tracking as a "real" camcorder (only the Panasonic GH1 offers this feature).
For the rest, it is a 450D (very) slightly revamped ... same box, same viewfinder, even AF...

Many will compare the Nikon D90 - which seems a bit to be his target, but he has a pentaprism viewfinder, a larger and more modern AF, and a measure of most successful light.