Canon 20D to be introduced soon

The offical launch should be today or tomorrow and it's supposed to be abailable by late Sept. MSRP with the 17-85 kit lens is $1599 and it's expected to sell between $1300-1400. Here's a site which shows most of it's specs. There will be 2 new ef-s lens introduced as well.

http://www.sdcard.be/Nederlands/store/viewitem.asp?idproduct=8979348

Note Canon has raised the burst rate to 5 fps with a 25 frame buffer and increased the number of focus points to 9 but I still wouldn't expect this body to be anywhere near as fast as the 1 series.

The kit with the 17-85 is going to be around $1999 from what I've seen. The $1599 has the 18-55mm (3x zoom) f/3.5-5.6 autofocus lens.

Let me start by saying this will be my first step into photography and I know very little. I am going to purchase the Canon 20D with the EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM lens and spend all winter learning as much as I can. Do you think this lens would be a good one to start out with? I've seen a lot of pictures from BillJ and others so if any of you would mind weighing in please do. TIA

(Message edited by jjared on September 07, 2004)

That looks like it'll be a decent lens, and the camera should be really sweet. Whether that's a good lens or not depends on what you're shooting. You'll probably want to pick up a zoom for shooting wakeboarding - 70-300 is only about $170.

BillJ, is that 70-300 a canon lens? Do you have a specific model number?

Canon makes a 75-300 IS, I didn't think it was that cheap though.

Canon 75-300 f/4-5.6 for $189 at B&H

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=169269&is=USA