Canon EOS 50D Digital SLR Camera is an upgraded version of Canon EOS 40D digital SLR camera. It is being categorized as a camera that bridges the gap between a consumer camera and a professional-level camera. This digital single lens reflex camera can produce quality images at high speed. You can use it with EF and EF-S lenses that offer 1.6x conversion factor.

With its newly designed 15.1-megapixel APS-C size CMOS image sensor, it produces exceptional quality images. It can record up to 4752 x 3168 pixels of extremely fine images with full 14-bit A/D conversion. It offers wide range sensitivity of ISO 100 to 3200, with H1 of 6400 ISO and ISO 12800 for H2.

Sporting a 3.0-inch Clear View LCD monitor with 920,000 (dots/VGA) pixels, it offers a wide viewing angle of 160 degrees. This bright and large LCD monitor offers more detailed display and has a smudge-resistant coating. It features Live View Function for composing, reviewing, editing and deleting image files.

The Live View Function features a wide array of focusing modes including Quick mode, Live mode and Face Detection Live mode. You can line up vertical and horizontal lines using its 2 overlay grid options. It allows you to enlarge images by 5x or 10x the normal size. You can also use it with a computer (through a USB cable) or a Wireless File Transfer WFT-E3A for remote controlled shooting.

Canon EOS 50D digital SLR camera has speedy power-up and auto focus as well as reduced shutter release time lag. It offers continuous drive of 6.3 frames per second. It can produce 90 JPEGs with a UDMA CF card, 60 JPEGs with a CF card and 16 RAW images in bursts. So it is not too much to say that EOS 50D is one of the fastest cameras today.

With its DIGIC 4 Image Processor, it has the ability to operate even faster. The DIGIC 4 Image Processor is composed of chips with advanced processing technologies. You can now have images with finer details, which can be reproduced with more natural color.

DIGIC 4 Image Processor was designed to maximize the cameras performance between the capturing and recording stages of digital photography. It features Face Detection Live mode, Auto Lighting Optimizer and Peripheral Illumination Correction. These are the options you can use to detect and focus faces, control exposure and enhance the capabilities of your EF lenses.

For a perfectly exposed image, the exclusive Lens Peripheral Illumination Correction was added. It can correct any light fall off in the corners of the frame. Although detected automatically, the correction data can be entered manually using the included utility software developed by Canon.

Canon EOS 50D digital SLR camera features 9-point Auto Focus, which enables it to focus faster and more accurately. It also has a self cleaning sensor unit and a dust delete data detection function to help you achieve perfectly clean image possible. It also comes with Canon EOS Digital Solution Disk Version 17.0 to provide you with more programs.

Canon EOS 50D Digital SLR Camera is an upgraded version of Canon EOS 40D digital SLR camera. It is being categorized as a camera that bridges the gap between a consumer camera and a professional-level camera. This digital single lens reflex camera can produce quality images at high speed. You can use it with EF and EF-S lenses that offer 1.6x conversion factor.

The camera has 15.1 megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor, which is always ready to capture images in an instant. It features a 14-bit analog to digital conversion (A/D conversion). This helps the camera produce 4752 x 3168-pixel sized images with smooth color tones and gradations. It has a maximum ISO rating of 12800.

It has a huge and bright 3.0-inch high resolution screen, which offers a broad viewing angle of 160 degrees horizontally and vertically. With its Live View Function, you can compose, review, edit and delete images easily. It is built with multiple coatings for improved viewing and smudge-resistant protection.

The Live View Function enables critical focus by allowing you to zoom in and navigate composition 5x or 10x the normal size. It features Quick mode, Live mode and Face Detection Live mode to assist you in focusing your subject. This function also enables you to control the camera remotely. You can either use a computer through a USB cable or an optional accessory called Wireless File Transmitter WFT-E3A.

Referred to as one of the fastest cameras today, Canon EOS 50D digital SLR camera offers instant start-up time and minimal shutter lag. It has the ability to shoot up to 6.3 frames per second or 16 RAW image files in burst. With JPEG images, it can shoot up to 90 using a UMDA CF card or 60 using a CF card in bursts.

The camera is designed with DIGIC 4 Image Processor, which uses advanced signal processing technologies. Compared to the previously developed DIGIC III, it offers finer details and more natural color reproduction. With this technology, the camera can operate faster.

The DIGIC 4 Image Processor enables Face Detection Live mode, which is used to detect and focus up to 35 faces. It also offers Auto Lighting Optimizer, which allows you to automatically correct brightness and contrast. It features Peripheral Illumination Correction that can be used to the EF lenses.

With this camera, you can adjust details for a perfect exposure. It has Lens Peripheral Illumination Correction for correcting light fall offs. It can automatically detect correction data, which can also be entered manually.

Canon EOS 50D digital SLR camera uses 9 cross-type wide area Auto Focus that features a variety of focus modes. It also features self cleaning sensor unit, which removes dusts from the camera, as well as dust delete data detection function that will help you remove dusts on the image. For additional software, you can use the included Canon EOS Digital Solution Disk Version 17.0.