As you may have noticed, for a photography blog I don't write much about camera gear. Partly this is because I'm not the sort of person who chases the latest gadgets and gizmos, but partly because I think all the focus on equipment obscures the most important aspects of photography. Good photography comes from the artistry of the photographer. Megapixel count has hardly anything to do with it.
I bring this up because Canon has just announced the first bit of gear I've been excited about in years. The Canon 50D. Ignore the bits about the 15 megapixels (irrelevant for macro) and the 6.3…