No, I wasn’t asleep yesterday or under a rock. Instead I was at the Canon press launch in London and have only just returned to Paris, hence the slight pause in publishing news about the 5D and the 39 other new products. The upside is that I did get to have a nice meal, learn some circus tricks courtesy of the Cirque Bijou (!) and perhaps more importantly get to try some of the new cameras for myself, albeit rather briefly. The new 12.8 megapixel Canon EOS 5D digital SLR is much more compact than the 10D that I own and a little more than the 20D on which it is based. I preferred using it in conjunction with the new battery grip - without this the camera felt a bit short in terms of its height and I struggled to grip it with all the fingers of my right hand. The 5D felt very nicely balanced with the new 24-105mm f/4 L lens, which is itself very impressive, and the viewfinder is also a lot brighter than those found on the APS sensor cameras, even in the dim indoor conditions of Syon House. Will I buy one? I think I’ll wait and see until I’ve done a proper review :)