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Strengths: Great detailed IQ, Fast burst operation, Good ISO performance
Weaknesses: High pixel density
Summary: I've bought the EOS 50D recently and quite happy with it. Had been using EOS 450D for last one year and 50D is a nice upgrade. As a hobbyist nature/wildlife photog, these 2 bodies are more than enough for my needs. I was really impressed with its burst frame rate even with an ordinary CF card. The Digic IV is a commendable development. Have shot and compared images from these two great DSLRs at same settings in same low light condition. The 50D images contain more details undoubtedly however, the 450D gathers more light. Its gapless microlens technology is definitely an advancement although, not as much as it should have been. Therefore, Canon would have made this an unbeatable camera had the sensor contained 12 megapixels. However, there's no denying of the fact that EOS 50D is excellent in good light. In such conditions it produces virtually noise free images at ISO 100 and 200. ISO 400 also produces excellent results. Noise starts from ISO 800 and beyond. But, is there a camera out there that doesn't produce noise at high ISOs? There isn't. So, too much fuss about 50D's high ISO noise is baseless. Wildlife shooters like me use ISO 400 most of the time, occasionally 800 and rarely 1600. I always shoot in RAW and high ISO noise is effectively tackled by various processing software including Canon's own DPP. All in all EOS 50D is a decent prosumer camera and advanced hobbyists will be happy with it for quite some time to come.
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