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Lots of new Canon camera gear announced recently…

Canon EOS-5D – a 12MP full-frame camera placed in the line-up between the EOS-1D MkII and EOS-20D. Although the frame rate is 3fps compared to the 20D’s 5fps.
DPReview hands-on preview – Rob Galbraith article

Canon EOS-1D MkII N – An upgraded version of the current Mark II with a larger screen and improved buffering, among many other minor additions
DPReview article – Rob Galbraith article

Canon Powershot s80 – I’ve really liked the Powershot s40/50/60/70 series, which seems one of the best-suited compacts for professionals. The S80 continues that tradition with 8 megapixels and a wide-angle 28-100 mm f/2.8-5.3 (3.6x) optical zoom, but very disappointingly for those of us with lots of CF cards, they have dropped Compactflash in favour of SD cards as per the rest of their compact range.
DPReview article

Canon EF 24 – 105 mm F4.0 and 70 – 300 mm F4.0-5.6 lenses – The 24-105 is interesting in that it has image-stabilisation, which is rare in wide-angle zooms but a welcome addition.
DPReview article – Rob Galbraith article

Canon Speedlite 430EX Flashgun – A mid-range model probably aimed at buyers of the new EOS-5D digital SLR
DPReview Article – RobGalbraith article

In other news… Rob Galbraith reports that Delkin have released an OS X 10.4-compatible driver for their excellent CardBus 32 Compactflash adapter, and that many readers of the site have written in to say that the new Delkin driver also enables Lexar’s 32-bit CardBus CF-to-PC Card adapter to function in Mac OS X 10.4.x. Apparently the two product’s hardware is the same.