SPECIFICATIONS EOS 30D

Lenses: Works perfectly with every EF and EF-S lens.

Viewfinder: adjustable, -3 to +1 Depth-of-Field Preview Button? Yes; works silently.

AF: 9 points.

AF Modes: Single (ONE SHOT), Continuous (AI SERVO), and Auto-switching (AI FOCUS, my favorite).

AF Assist Light: Not really: instead of an annoying beam, the 30D fires an ultra-annoying series of flash bursts. It doesn't work very well.

Metering: 35-zone Evaluative, Center-only (called partial by Canon), Center-weighted and spot.

Exposure Modes: Program, Manual, Shutter- and Aperture-priority and the weird depth-of-field mode (A-DEP), which I ignore.
Exposure Mode Selection: Dial on top left of camera.

Frame Rate: 5 FPS, also 3 FPS.

Shutter: 1/8,000 to 30 seconds, Bulb.

Flash Sync: 1/250.

Remote Release: Expensive dedicated cords. No easy wireless control like the Rebels.
Built-in Flash? Yes, pop-up, rated GN 13m/43' at ISO 100.

Flash System: Wireless control, E-TTL II Autoflash, FP High Speed Sync. Flash Exposure Lock, Compensation and Bracketing. Designed for EX-Series flashes. Doesn't work well with older EZ, E, EG, ML or TL flashes; use them in Manual mode if at all. E-TTL-II adds distance info over E-TTL.

Sensor: 8MP, 1.6x crop/magnification factor (APS-C), 22.5 x 15.0mm, CMOS.

Image Sizes: 3,504 x 2,336 pixel native, also 2,544 x 1,696 and 1,728 x 1,152 pixels.
File Formats: JPG (2 levels of compression) and CR2 raw.
ISO: 100 - 1,600. ISO 3,200 available as "H"

Color Spaces: sRGB (use this, the default) and Adobe RGB (avoid this unless you really, really know what you're doing and do every step of printing yourself).
LCD Monitor: 2.5," 230,000 pixels.

Battery: BP-511A Lithium-ion. CR2016 for clock back-up.
Charger: CG-580 folding plug, universal worldwide: 100 - 240 V, 50 / 60 Hz (at least in USA. Other countries may get one with a removable cord.)

Size: 5.7 x 4.2 x 2.9" (144 x 106 x 74mm), rated.
Weight: 24.7 oz. (700g) stripped (no battery, card or strap), rated.

CANON EOS 30D

EOS 30D, a mild evolution of the EOS 20D. Headline changes are a subtly redesigned body, spot metering, selectable continuous shooting speed, 100,000 shutter cycle life, a larger LCD monitor and the expected switch from simple image parameters to Canon's preferred PictureStyles. From an imaging pipeline point of view this camera has the same sensor and image processor and the default PictureStyle matches the EOS 20D's default image parameters (hence expect exactly the same imaging performance). Good news also comes in the form of a slightly lower price than the EOS 20D. We're just waiting for the name confusion to begin, it's not the six year old Canon EOS D30.
Phil: Apologies to our readers, despite its earlier leak on the web we had to hold this news to its given embargo timing of 1100 GMT.