The age of the professional digital single lens reflex camera is here. At the recent Photo Marketing Association trade show in Orlando, Fla., several new cameras were introduced that will appeal to working pros, as well as aspiring amateurs who wish they were working pros.
Here's a quick look at the cameras and a few of their key features.
Canon added the EOS D60 to its line of digital SLRs. The new model's main attraction is a 6.1 megapixel image sensor (CMOS). That's up 2 million pixels from the company's EOS D30, which is only about a year old. Other improvements over the EOS D30, which looks very similar to the EOS D60, include an autofocusing system that works well in low light and a set of illuminated autofocus indicators in the viewfinder.
Contax announced the Contax N digital camera last year, but the PMA show was the first time the press had the opportunity to see a working model. The camera is the first pro digital camera to use a chip that's the size of a 35 mm frame. So, lenses on the Contax camera maintain their actual focal length. Lenses on cameras with smaller chips
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