Canon 1000D & Canon 430EX II Released!

I’ve just noticed through dpre­view that Canon has made some addi­tions to its line up which includes a new Canon 1000D and Canon 430EX II.

‘Canon has announced the EOS 1000D (Kiss F), a new, entry-level DSLR that slots into the model line-up beneath the 450D. The 10 megapixel dig­i­tal cam­era takes many of the new fea­tures of its big brother and presents them in a lighter, less expen­sive for­mat that Canon hopes will re-shape the mar­ket in the same wayas the first Rebel (300D) did. No word yet from Canon US about their intentions.’

• 10.1 Megapixel CMOS sensor
• EOS Inte­grated Clean­ing System
• 7-point wide-area AF sys­tem with f/5.6 cross-type cen­tre point
• 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

‘Canon has today announced an update to its mid-range Speedlite 430 EX flash — the Speedlite 430EX II. The new model offers 20% shorter recy­cle times, a silent recy­cle process to min­imise dis­trac­tion and a new quick release and lock­ing mech­a­nism amongst other new fea­tures. When attached to an EOS cam­era the Speedlite 430EX II detects the sen­sor size and adjusts its angle of cov­er­age accordingly.’

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Not sure what to make of the announce­ment as I assume this is sup­posed to be an afford­able body but wasn’t that the role of the 400D? Unless we are going to see the end of that range and could see fur­ther changes to the struc­ture of the Canon line-up in the com­ing weeks? A afford­able full frame series 3D/4D with one being bet­ter in fea­tures then the other while being more expen­sive would be a nice addi­tion