Canon 450D/Canon XSI

BUFF · 26 Jan 2008 at 20:09

DizMatt said:
interesting camera
don't think it's competing with the 40D but it does up the ante in the entry level market against sony and nikon

We'll see what Nikon & Sony launch at PMA & of course we have yet to see results from any of them.
400D still continues & will go against the new Sony A200 & whatever Nikon will have as bottom of the range (D40X perhaps?).
450D will presumably go against the new Sony A300/A350 (or whatever it will be called) with (tiltable) live view & perhaps a new Nikon with live view.

Balb0wa · 28 Jan 2008 at 19:17

A few places have the 450D up for order £599 body only, seems way pricey to me, id rather have a 40D for that much from hong kong.

jchiver · 28 Jan 2008 at 20:08

i was looking at the specs diff between the 450 and the 40 and there is not much. i think i would also go for the 40d mp are not everything.

robmiller · 28 Jan 2008 at 22:24

BUFF said:
We'll see what Nikon & Sony launch at PMA & of course we have yet to see results from any of them.
400D still continues & will go against the new Sony A200 & whatever Nikon will have as bottom of the range (D40X perhaps?).
450D will presumably go against the new Sony A300/A350 (or whatever it will be called) with (tiltable) live view & perhaps a new Nikon with live view.

Can you really see Nikon replacing the D40(X) or D80 this soon? I dunno, seems odd—although the 450D is most certainly going to steal people away from the D80, so it might be necessary.

divine` · 28 Jan 2008 at 22:27

robmiller said:
Can you really see Nikon replacing the D40(X) or D80 this soon? I dunno, seems odd—although the 450D is most certainly going to steal people away from the D80, so it might be necessary.

D40 has been out longer than the D50, D40x almost as long and the D80 has been out longer than the D70 or D70s were.

I'd say we're due a D80s and a D30 at the very least.

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 28 Jan 2008 at 22:35

I would say watch out for a D60 very soon.

and I am still holding out for a 5DII or the supprise launch of the 7D/3D (which I expect to all come out at once at the summer convention as it seems almost true that Canon will replace its entire line up of digital SLRs in 2008)

divine` · 28 Jan 2008 at 22:41

A 5D replacement is well overdue.

aztechnology · 28 Jan 2008 at 23:41

divine` said:
A 5D replacement is well overdue.

I wouldn't hold your breath. The anouncements/leaks all tend to come in one go, so I would expect any 5D replacement to hang on until Autumn (Septebmer?).

divine` · 29 Jan 2008 at 00:09

I'm not holding my breath, i have no use for a Canon

BUFF · 29 Jan 2008 at 00:43

robmiller said:
Can you really see Nikon replacing the D40(X) or D80 this soon?

If they don't replace them all together I could easily envisage dropping the D40 with it's bottom of the range position then being taken by the D40X & introducing something above that.
Otherwise I think that they'll be the only company left selling a 6Mp DSLR ...

btw Sony's A300 & A350 are starting to break cover
http://www.dyxum.com/dforum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26507&PN=1
A300 looks like an A200 with tilting live view screen & A350 looks like an A300 but with a larger (14.2Mp) sensor.

SDK^ · 29 Jan 2008 at 08:49

divine` said:
A 5D replacement is well overdue.

For sure, it's an old camera but what can Canon add to really improve it - Live view and a larger LCD doesn't really do it. I'd rather wait for something more special.