New spec list for "60D" rumor

[Demonic]

(text copied from HERE)

Someone claiming to have seen the final proofs for the 60D brochure says these are the specs of the upcoming 60D.

I’d love to see a photograph of the brochure. All submissions are anonymous!

Here are some of the specs:
- sensor seems to be a tweaked version of the current 15MP sensor (better
DR, better high ISO IQ, eliminated pattern banding at high ISO)

- 98%-coverage, 0.96x magnification VF

- 3″, 1150K-pixel, active-matrix, organic LED display (25% higher-res than
current 960K screens)

- 19-pt., all-cross type area AF ellipse (basically, the current 1-series AF
point layout w/o the 26-pt. assist AF pts.; the new 1-series apparently will
have an all-new 45-pt., all-cross type AF module; what limits Canon from
drastically reworking the AF-point layout is the fact that all the currrent
Speedlights have AF-assist beam patterns that are designed only for 7, 9 &
45-pt. AF layouts–they just can’t make a new area AF design or add more AF
pts. that easily because of that).

- 1080p@30fps full HD video with full manual controls and contrast-
detect AF, stereo audio inputs

- 7.4FPS@14-bit mode (CIPA-standard testing method)

- new DiGIC V is more than 2x faster than current DiGICIV, enables
onboard processing of all those DPP functions still not done in-camera
with the current cams (i.e., lateral CA correction, geometric
distortion correction, better highlight & shadow detail extraction,
plus new “Diffraction Elimination” function: pixel-level contrast
enhancement and sharpening to counteract aperture-related diffraction
effects)

- AE microadjustment; +/- 3 EV range with 1/6EV steps; separate saved
corrections for Evaluative, CWA, Partial and Spot metering

- new higher capacity, slightly higher-voltage (to drive the faster
mechanicals & electrical readouts for the higher framerate), chipped
Li-Polymer battery (LP-E7), with new, magnesium-alloy framed BG-E7
battery grip with AF-ON and mini-joystick selector buttons duplicated

- lastly, an all-new, pleasantly surprising “feature” that would bring
a smile to all the Canon loyalists (just watch for it) ;)

Maybe my next camera, what do ya'll think?

[crazeazn]

nice upgrade

[Jim Victory]

Not likely.

[jeffkohn]

Looks like wishful thinking to me, but I guess you never know. Isn't the 50D a relatively recent release? I'd be surprised if it's getting an upgrade in the near future...

[Demonic]

suposed release from what i have heard is somewhere around 8/25/09. they have been talking about it for a while.

50D has only been out for about a year, but i don't think canon saw the sales they wanted out of it.

[janetg]

mostly because it wasn't the upgrade from the 40d that everyone expected - i'll be anxiously awaiting this release as i promised my 40d to my kid...before she leaves for school which is the 29th..

[gusrb42]

They did the calculation wrong on 50D, right after that 5D mark ii and Rebel X1i came up with HD video.

[toverman]

I'm just curious what the secret feature is mentioned at the end. Maybe the 60D will have a cell phone in it.

[Truckman]

Originally Posted by toverman

I'm just curious what the secret feature is mentioned at the end. Maybe the 60D will have a cell phone in it.

I'd rather see a GPS device that would write to the EXIF data...Ben

[Demonic]

i am betting money on extra and more direct print buttons!!!

[FireHeart Photography]

I would take a bet on this one... they need another really great camera like the 40D and the 50 wasn't it... not enough to get those of us who love our 40d to shell out the money... and all they did was put a bunch of 40d's into the resale market which was good for us pros who wanted to upgrade our back-up cameras... wonder what the price point is going to be on that... might have to put that on Santas list...

[KobraCarry]

I upgraded from my 40d to 50d and love the extra features, but man, no I have to get another new camera when this comes out. I really hope it has more AF points. I could care less about video.

[Demonic]

Last i heard it was suposed to hit somewhere around $1999 i don't know if thats kit or not. Which i'm hoping thats for the kit and body only will run closer to $1799 or something.