dBlog - La Canon 20D

Ecco le prime foto scattate con la canon 20D.

http://www.canon.co.jp/Imaging/eos20d/eos20d_sample-e.html

Dpreview ha gia' molte informazioni:

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0408/04081909canon_eos20d.asp

List price
(body only)
• US: $ 1,499
• EU: € 1,599

List price
(with EF-S 18-55 DC) • US: $ 1,599
• EU: € 1,699

Body material Magnesium alloy

Sensor • 22.5 x 15.0 mm CMOS sensor *
• RGB Color Filter Array
• Built-in fixed low-pass filter
• 8.5 million total pixels *
• 8.2 million effective pixels *
• 3:2 aspect ratio

Image processor DIGIC II *

Image sizes • 3504 x 2336 (8.2 MP) *
• 2544 x 1696 (4.3 MP) *
• 1728 x 1152 (2.0 MP) *

File formats
• RAW
• JPEG (EXIF 2.21) - Fine / Normal
• RAW + JPEG (separate files) *

Color space * • sRGB
• Adobe RGB

Lenses • Canon EF / EF-S lens mount *
• 1.6x field of view crop

Focusing • 9-point TTL *
• CMOS sensor
• AF working range: -0.5 - 18 EV (at 20°C, ISO 100) *

Focus modes • AI Focus AF
• One shot AF
• AI Servo AF
• Manual focus

AF point selection • Auto
• Manual
• Home position

AF assist • Stroboscopic flash
• 4.0 m range (at center)

Metering • TTL 35 zone SPC
• Metering range: EV 1.0 - 20 EV (at 20°C, ISO 100, 50 mm F1.4)

Metering modes
• Evaluative 35 zone
• Partial (9% at center)
• Center-weighted average
• Metering range: 1 - 20 EV (at 20°C, ISO 100)

AE lock • Auto: One Shot AF with evaluative metering
• Manual: AE lock button

AE bracketing • +/- 2.0 EV
• 0.3 or 0.5 EV increments

Exposure compen. • +/-2.0 EV
• 0.3 or 0.5 EV increments

Sensitivity
• Auto (100, 200 or 400)
• ISO 100
• ISO 200
• ISO 400
• ISO 800
• ISO 1600
• ISO 3200 (Enhanced H)

Shutter • Focal-plane shutter
• 30 - 1/8000 sec *
• 0.3 or 0.5 EV increments
• Flash X-Sync: 1/250 sec
• Bulb

Aperture values • F1.0 - F91
• 0.3 or 0.5 EV increments
• Actual aperture range depends on lens used

White balance • Auto (3000 - 7000 K)
• Daylight (5200 K)
• Shade (7000 K)
• Cloudy (6000 K)
• Tungsten (3200 K)
• Fluorescent (4000 K)
• Flash (6000 K)
• Custom (2000 - 10000 K)
• Kelvin (2800 - 10000 K in 100 K steps)

WB bracketing • +/-3 levels
• 3 images
• blue/amber or magenta/green bias

WB shift • Blue (-9) To Amber (+9)
• Magenta (-9) to Green (+9)

Processing params • Parameter 1 (con +1, shp +1, sat +1, tone 0) *
• Parameter 2 (con 0, shp 0, sat 0, tone 0) *
• Set 1 (con, shp, sat, tone)
• Set 2 (con, shp, sat, tone)
• Set 3 (con, shp, sat, tone)
• B&W (con, shp, filter, toning) *

Custom params
(Set 1 - 3) • Contrast (+/-2)
• Sharpness (+/-2)
• Saturation (+/-2)
• Color tone (+/-2)

Viewfinder • Eye-level pentaprism
• 95% frame coverage
• Magnification: 0.9x (-1 diopter with 50 mm lens at infinity) *
• Eyepoint: 20 mm
• Dioptric adjustment: -3.0 to +1.0 diopter
• Precision matte screen

Viewfinder info • AF points
• Focus confirmation light
• Shutter speed
• Aperture
• Manual exposure
• AE Lock
• Exposure compensation amount
• AEB level
• Partial metering area
• Flash ready
• Red-eye reduction lamp on
• High-speed sync
• FE Lock
• Flash compensation amount
• Warnings
• Maximum burst for continuous shooting
• Buffer space

LCD monitor • 1.8" TFT LCD
• 118,000 pixels
• 5 brightness levels
• 10x zoom playback

Record review • Off
• On (histogram via INFO button) *
• 2 / 4 / 8 sec / Hold

Flash • Auto pop-up E-TTL II auto flash
• FOV coverage up to 17 mm (27 mm equiv.) *
• Guide number approx 13
• Flash compensation +/-2.0 EV in 0.3 or 0.5 EV increments
• X-Sync: 1/250 sec *

External flash • E-TTL II auto flash with EX-series Speedlites *
• Wireless multi-flash support
• PC Sync

Shooting modes
• Auto
• Program AE (P)
• Shutter priority AE (Tv)
• Aperture priority AE (Av)
• Manual (M)
• Auto depth-of-field
• Portrait
• Landscape
• Close-up
• Sports
• Night portrait
• Flash off

Drive modes • Single
• Continuous: 5 fps up to 23 frames *
• Self-timer: 10 secs

Direct printing • Canon Card Photo Printers
• Canon Bubble Jet Printers with direct print function
• PictBridge *

Other features • Orientation sensor
• Automatically writes FAT16/FAT32 depending on capacity
• LCD panel illumination

Auto rotation • On (playback uses orientation data in file header)
• Off

Playback mode • Single image
• Single image with info (inc. histogram)
• Magnified view (1.5 - 10x in 15 steps, browsable)
• 9 image index
• Auto play
• Image rotation
• Jump

Custom functions 18 custom functions with 50 settings *

Menu languages • English
• French
• German
• Spanish
• Italian
• Dutch
• Swedish
• Norwegian
• Danish
• Finnish
• Chinese
• Japanese

Firmware User upgradable

Portrait grip Via BP-E2 battery grip (option)

Connectivity
• USB 2.0 Hi-Speed *
• Video out
• N3 type wired remote control
• PC Sync flash terminal

Storage • Compact Flash Type I or II
• Microdrive supported
• FAT 12/16 and FAT 32 support
• No CF card supplied

Power • Lithium-Ion BP-511A rechargeable battery (supplied & charger)
• Supports BP-511 / BP-511A / BP-512 / BP-514
• CR2016 Lithium battery (date/time backup)
• Optional AC adapter

Dimensions 144 x 106 x 72 mm (5.6 x 4.2 x 2.8 in) *

Weight (no batt) 685 g (1.5 lb) *

Weight (inc. batt) 770 g (1.7 lb) *

Con Gli Asterischi vediamo le variazioni rispetto alla sorella, la 10d una delle digitali piu' vendute e credo migliore reflex digitale al momento. Notiamo il prezzo, che non e' cambiato, mentre il sensore e' passato a 8Mp con il nuovo digicII. Si puo' fare bianco e nero direttamente in camera. Il tempo di accensione passa a 0.2 secondi dai 2 secondi e mezzo della 10d. Nuovo autofocus a 9 segmenti, piu' veloce e piu' preciso con poca luce. Supporta lenti EF-S. La velocita' arriva a1/8000 di sec. USB 2.0.

Era una ottima macchina la 10d, con questo passo canon vuole mantenere il vantaggio che ha di fatto gia' acquisito sul mercato.

(Il prezzo poi, considerndo cosa si ha in mano, credo non valga la pena spendere 2 o 300 Euro in meno per prodotti plastici con poche possibilita'. qui abbiamo un prodotto quasi professionale.)