Canon 50D before Photokina?

Canon rumors is posting that the 50D will be launched on the 26th August, so not long to wait to find out if it’s true!  The post is from a source who quotes that it is aimed to compete with the D300 and it’s image/noise quality so presumably the 5d mk2 is the competitor for the D700 and will appear at Photokina.

“… so you might want to add that as an update in your post, the noise and image quality should be right in line with the D300 as this camera was intended specifically to compete with the D300. It will be announced on the 26th of this month.”

This is followed up across forums where a chinese 50D website url is circulating and receiving many comments. The site could be a mirror, hence the strange url,  it’s certainly got a huge amount of detail and images for not just the camera but also samples of photos taken with the camera. There are high ISO pictures that look good quality, some people have been studying the Exif data  and confirming that the stated image is indeed ISO1600 and 15Mp so could it be it is a competitor for the D300. If it’s fake then a lot of time has been taken in producing it and why?

If you’ve not already seen it here’s a link to one of the posts

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1019&thread=29056337

If it’s real and has the ability to directly challenge the Nikon D300 (and I couldn’t see any clues in the source code across the pages) then the all important missing link for the market is the price position. Are Canon going to go head to head or will they pitch it lower? There’s not only Nikon to consider in the (possible) launch of new products, Sony have been making waves introducing new products at very competitive price points and they have been taking some market share. (this has been the subject of some posts on the web attributed to Canon sources).

I’m eagerly awaiting the release!

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