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Digital Photography Review has released their hands-on preview of the Canon 5D.

Canon’s press material for the EOS 5D states that it ‘defines (a) new D-SLR category’, while we’re not typically too concerned with marketing talk this particular statement is clearly pretty accurate. The EOS 5D is unlike any previous digital SLR in that it combines a full-frame (35 mm sized) high resolution sensor (12.8 megapixels) with a relatively compact body (slightly larger than the EOS 20D, although in your hand it feels noticeably ‘chunkier’). The EOS 5D is aimed to slot in between the EOS 20D and the EOS-1D professional digital SLR’s, an important difference when compared to the later is that the EOS 5D doesn’t have any environmental seals. While Canon don’t specifically refer to the EOS 5D as a ‘professional’ digital SLR it will have obvious appeal to professionals who want a high quality digital SLR in a body lighter than the EOS-1D.

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Canon has just unleashed an army of new digital cameras on the consumer market, including the much anticipated EOS 5D (seen above). With a full-frame 12.8 megapixel CMOS sensor, the EOS 5D finds a home between the EOS 20D and the EOS 1D.

Other announcements from Canon include their updated EOS 1D Mark II N, SD450 and SD550, stylish new colors of the SD30, 8.0 megapixel S80, G-series inspired A610 and A620, and new entry level A410.

In addition to their new camera offerings, Canon is also releasing new EF 24-105mm and 70-300mm lenses, and a new “digital compatible” Speedlite 430EX flash.

[via Digital Photography Review]