Digital Camera News and Reviews

Canon EOS 450D

DIWA Labs has tested the new consumer DSLR from Canon, the EOS 450D or Digital Rebel XSi as it is known in USA. This is the successor to the best-selling EOS 400D camera.
Some key features for the Canon EOS 450D:
-12 megapixel sensor
-3″ LCD screen with Live View
-14-bit processing and RAW
-Spot metering
-Improved auto focus and much more

DIWA Labs tested the Canon EOS 450D with the new kit lens EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS that has built-in image stabilization. DIWA Labs says that this lens is performing pretty poor and if you buy the kit lens you should consider upgrading to some optics with better quality.
The camera body itself is able to produce excellent pictures, almost as good as the more expensive Canon 40D DSLR.

Check out the tests of the Canon EOS 450D DSLR here.
The tests done by DIWA Labs are very technical so you need to read their test guide to understand the test results.

Canon EOS 40D DSLR

Canon has updated the firmware for the Canon EOS 40D DSLR camera. The firmware include among other updates, these fixes:
1. Fixes a phenomenon in which Image Stabilization operation emits a sound when certain buttons are pressed, with the EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS lens attached to the camera.
2. Fixes a phenomenon in which the Image Stabilization operation emits a sound from the lens when IS lenses are attached to the camera.
3. Fixes a phenomenon in which a part of the image looks unnatural when reviewed on the LCD.
4. Corrects errors in the Spanish and Norwegian menu screens.

Read more about it here on Canon’s website.

Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III DSLR

LetsGoDigital has reviewed Canon’s flagship DSLR camera, the EOS-1Ds Mark III. This camera sports a full-frame 21.1 megapixel CMOS sensor and got a lot of new technology.

It doesn’t come as a big surprise that LetsGoDigital give the Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III a praising review since this camera is definitely in the top class. So if you have that kind of money this seems like a safe buy to produce truly fantastic photos.

Read the full review of the Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III here.

Canon PowerShot A590 IS

Digital Camera Resource Page has reviewed the Canon PowerShot A590 IS camera. This compact camera features 4x optical zoom (35mm film equivalent: 35-140mm), image stabilization, 8.0 effective megapixels, 2.5″ LCD screen, full manual controls and VGA video mode.

DCRP ends up giving the Canon PowerShot A590 IS a good verdict for what it is; a budget camera. The camera can produce very good pictures in good light and is an great overall performer. Some downsides are that the PowerShot A590 IS doesn’t perform very well at higher ISO’s and the video mode isn’t really good as the frame rate has dropped to 20 fps from 30 fps which previous PowerShot models has.

Read the full review of the Canon PowerShot A590 IS here.