Canon tempts snappers with next-step SLR
PRO CAMERA EXPERT Canon is attempting to pry aspiring photographers away from their compact digital snappers with a new entry-level Single Lens Reflex (SLR) offering.
The Canon EOS 1000D offers users wishing to step up to more creative photography all the tools they need to compete with the pros with enough manual settings to take control of your shots when you want to, and idiot-proof automatic settings when you need them.
The new offering has a 10.1 mega pixel CMOS sensor (pretty much the same as the ones you'll see the guys with the big white lenses using at sporting events) and a sophisticated seven-point auto-focus system, along with a large 2.5-inch live view screen if you're stuck in your happy-snapper ways and don't like using the 'proper' viewfinder.
It's compatible with a massive range of lenses and other accessories from Canon and other companies and will set you back a smidge under 500 quid for the body only version or you can add another £80 and get a pretty decent 18-55mm zoom lens with it. µ
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Tech Specs
10.1 Megapixel CMOS sensor
EOS Integrated Cleaning System
7-point wide-area AF system
Up to 3 frames per second
2.5” LCD with Live View shooting
DIGIC III image processor
Compatible with SD and SDHC memory cards
Compact and lightweight body
Digital Photo Professional RAW processing software
Fully compatible with all Canon EF and EF-S lenses and EX-series Speedlites
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It's the 400D re-released with better image processing (Digic III vs. Digic II) and SD cards (vs compact flash), but with fewer focus points (7 vs 9). Oh, and a quid less.
Pretty sophisticated 7-point AF? Excuse me? This is Canon's knee-jerk reaction to the Nikon D40, D40X, D60 and the Sony A200. The Canon is a horrible little toy with a very sluggish shoot rate (1.5 FPS in RAW, and a 5-image RAW buffer is "Pro features"??? and JPEG is 3 FPS!!). It doesn't support high-speed CF media, has a paltry .81x viewfinder magnification, all-plastic body, and let;s not forget that it still uses Canon's very very slow liveview system. 

Steer away from this like the plague.
A completely pointless camera, as the far superior 450D is not only better, it's cheaper at <£500 and with a lens. Even the slightly older (but superior) 400D can be had for <£350 these days (with the same lens). 

Had they introduced the 1000D at £200-250, then it might look interesting. Otherwise, utterly pointless. Idiots.
What is this junk? Why not just publish a link to Canon's press release?

Stick to things you know nothing about and leave subjects about which you know a negative amount alone.

Foxy.
I love coming to this site for my daily tech ingest. But this doesn't cut it. That camera is far from anything 'pro' or 'serious'. It's just an uptick in their bottom-of-the-line dslr. And that kit lens... far from decent. It's way slow, of poor, poor image quality, and of limited range -if you're the type to use a zoom.